NEW: PARCC Tests to Be Shorter in RI, All States Next Year
Thursday, May 21, 2015
GoLocalProv News Team
The Rhode Island Department of Education announced Thursday that the Governing Board of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) voted Wednesday to use only one testing window and to reduce total testing time by 90 minutes in the coming school year (2015-16).
“The redesign of the PARCC assessment will meet our goal of streamlining assessments in Rhode Island at all levels – state, district, and school,” said Deborah A. Gist, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education. “I am confident that, with a narrower testing window and with a shortened testing time, the PARCC assessments will allow more time for classroom instruction while still providing valuable information to families and educators about student progress and achievement.”
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This year, schools in all PARCC states administered the assessments during two testing periods: the performance-based assessment, which began in mid-March, and the end-of-year assessment, which began two weeks ago. About 5 million students in 11 states and the District of Columbia completed the PARCC assessments in English language arts and mathematics this year – including about 75,000 students in Rhode Island.
The Governing Board approved these changes as a result of feedback from all PARCC states during the first year of testing and after a careful review of the test design. As a result of the Governing Board vote, next year the PARCC consortium will:
· consolidate the two testing windows that stretched from March to June into one testing period of approximately 30 days;
· reduce the number of test units from 8 or 9, depending on grade level, to 6 or 7 test units;
· reduce the testing time for students by 90 minutes overall (30 minutes in English language arts, 60 minutes in mathematics); and
· simplify administration of the assessments while giving schools flexibility in setting their testing schedules within the testing period.
Related Slideshow: The RI High Schools with the Most Absentee Students
Below are the rates of chronic absenteeism for public high schools across the state. Figures are taken from the InfoWorks database maintained by the Rhode Island Department of Education. As the state defines it, a student has become chronically absent when he or she has missed 10 percent of the school year. With a 180-day mandated school year, that comes out to at least 18 or more days of missed school. Data is for the most recent academic year, 2013 to 2014.
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#59 Ponaganset High School
Location: Foster and Glocester
Total # Students: 684
% Chronically Absent: 4%
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#58 Beacon Charter High School for the Arts
Location: Woonsocket
Total # of Students: 227
% Chronically Absent: 6%
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#57 Barrington High School
Location: Barrington
Total # of Students: 1,027
% Chronically Absent: 7%
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#56 North Smithfield High School
Location: North Smithfield
Total # of Students: 519
% Chronically Absent: 7 %
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#55 Portsmouth High School
Location: Portsmouth
Total # of Students: 960
% Chronically Absent: 8%
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#54 East Greenwich High School
Location: East Greenwich
Total # of Students: 729
% Chronically Absent: 9%
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#53 Exeter-West Greenwich High School
Location: Exeter and West Greenwich
Total # of Students: 540
% Chronically Absent: 9%
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#52 Chariho Regional High School
Location: Charlestown
Total # of Students: 1,201
% Chronically Absent:
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#51 Middletown High School
Location: Middletown
Total # of Students: 685
% Chronically Absent: 10%
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#50 North Kingstown Senior High School
Location: North Kingstown
Total # of Students: 1,387
% Chronically Absent:11%
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#49 Smithfield Senior High School
Location: Smithfield
Total # of Students: 755
% Chronically Absent: 11 %
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#48 Westerly High School
Location: Smithfield
Total # of Students: 917
% Chronically Absent: 11%
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#47 Block Island School
Location: New Shoreham
Total # of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 12%
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#46 South Kingstown High School
Location: South Kingstown
Total # of Students: 1,073
% Chronically Absent: 12 %
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#45 Tiverton High School
Location: Tiverton
Total # of Students: 1,607
% Chronically Absent: 14%
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#44 Coventry High School
Location: Coventry
Total # of Students: 1,607
% Chronically Absent: 14 %
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#43 Cumberland High School
Location: Cumberland
Total # of Students: 1,337
% Chronically Absent: 14%
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#42 Narragansett High School
Location: Narragansett
Total # of Students: 429
% Chronically Absent: 14%
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#41 The Greene School
Location: Exeter
Total # of Students: 162
% Chronically Absent: 15%
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#40 Highlander Charter Academy
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 16%
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#39 Burrillville High School
Location: Burrillville
Total # of Students: 682
% Chronically Absent: 18%
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#38 Lincoln Senior High School
Location: Lincoln
Total # of Students: 1,005
% Chronically Absent: 18%
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#37 Mt. Hope High School
Location: Bristol
Total # of Students: 990
% Chronically Absent:19%
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#36 East Providence High School
Location: East Providence
Total # of Students: 1,502
% Chronically Absent: 19%
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#35 Paul Cuffee Charter School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 19%
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#34 Times2 Academy
Location: Providence
Total Number of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 19%
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#33 Academy for Career Exploration
Location: Providence
Total Number of Students: 168
% Chronically Absent: 19%
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#32 Scituate High School
Location: Scituate
Total Number of Students: 469
% Chronically Absent: 19%
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#31 J.M. Walsh School
Location: Pawtucket
Total number of students: 192
% Chronically Absent: 20%
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#30 Classical High School
Location: Providence
Total Number of Students: 1,119
% Chronically Absent: 21%
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#29 Toll Gate High School
Location: Wawick
Total # of Students: 958
% Chronically Absent: 21%
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#28 West Warwick Senior High School
Location: West Warwick
Total # of Students: 935
% Chronically Absent: 21%
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#27 Davies Career and Techinical Center
Location: Lincoln
Total # of Students: 849
% Chronically Absent: 22%
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#26 Pilgrim High School
Location: Warwick
Total # of Students: 991
% Chronically Absent: 22%
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#25 Johnston Senior High School
Location: Johnston
Total # of Students: 893
% Chronically Absent: 24%
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#24 North Providence High School
Location: North Providence
Total # of Students: 969
% Chronically Absent: 26%
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#23 Cranston High School East
Location: Cranston
Total # of Students: 1,583
% Chronically Absent: 27%
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#22 Warwick Veterans Memorial High School
Location: Warwick
Total # of Students: 910
% Chronically Absent: 27%
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#21 RI Nurses Institute
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 266
% Chronically Absent: 29%
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#20 Rogers High School
Location: Newport
Total # of Students: 538
% Chronically Absent: 32%
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#19 RI School for the Deaf
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 32%
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#18 Tolman Senior High School
Location: Pawtucket
Total # of Students: 1,034
% Chronically Absent: 33%
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#17 Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 838
% Chronically Absent: 33%
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#16 Cranston High School West
Location: Cranston
Total # of Students:1,526
% Chronically Absent: 33%
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#15 Village Green Virtual Charter School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: NA
% Chronically Absent: 39%
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#14 E-Cubed Academy
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 349
% Chronically Absent: 39%
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#13 Mount Pleasant High School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 898
% Chronically Absent: 39%
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#12 Central Falls High School
Location: Central Falls
Total # of Students: 727
% Chronically Absent: 40%
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#11 Shea Senior High School
Location: Pawtucket
Total # of Students: 858
% Chronically Absent: 42%
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#10 Blackstone Charter Academy
Location: Pawtucket
Total # of Students: 168
% Chronically Absent: 43%
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#9 Providence Career and Technical Academy
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 577
% Chronically Absent: 44%
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#8 Woonsocket High School
Location: Woonsocket
Total # of Students: 1,579
% Chronically Absent: 47%
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#7 Cranston Construction Career Academy
Location: Cranston
Total # of Students:158
% Chronically Absent: 49%
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#6 William B. Cooley Senior High School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 617
% Chronically Absent: 50%
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#5 Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 486
% Chronicallly Absent: 53%
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#4 Central High School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 1,112
% Chronically Absent: 55%
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#3 Hope High School
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 894
% Chronically Absent: 55%
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#2 Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy (II)
Location: Providence
Total # of Students: 81
% Chronically Absent: 87%
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#1 Sheila Skip Nowell Leadership Academy (I)
Location: Central Falls
Total # of Students: 73
% of Chronically Absent: 89%
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