Assessments+and+Accountability

=**﻿Assessments and Accountability **= ====The Common Core State Standards are designed to be relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in both college and work. The current assessment system will undergo significant adaptations that are in the very early stages of design and development. ==== 
 * [[file:assessment_FAQs.pdf]]
 * ====**No changes will be in place for the 2011 3-8 Assessments in ELA and Math.** ====
 * ====The target date for implementation of the new assessment is the 2014‐15 school year. ====
 * ====The development of a plan for transitioning from 2005 standards and assessments to CCSS and assessments will be underway in the summer of 2011. ====
 * ====NYS is a governing state in a 26 state consortium on assessment called the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). PARCC assessments will incorporate more frequent assessments and include performance tasks to measure the new Common Core Standards more effectively. ====

For more information on the implementation of new assessments, see the files below:

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