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Education Research Report: PARCC Releases Model Content Frameworks

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PARCC Releases Model Content Frameworks

The state-led Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) today released Model Content Frameworks that will be used to inform the development of item specifications and blueprints for K-12 assessments in English and math. The frameworks also provide support and guidance for implementation of the Common Core State Standards.

The frameworks were created through a collaborative process that included state experts and writers of the Common Core State Standards. Nearly 1,000 individual comments were submitted from K-12 educators, principals, superintendents, higher education faculty, school board members, parents and students. The writing teams took that feedback into account when revising the model content frameworks.

Tamara Reavis, chair of the 14-state PARCC working group on implementation of the Common Core State Standards and the Director of Assessment and Accountability for the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of