Bay State lawmakers call for dropping federal PARCC test

BOSTON – A quarter of state legislators urged Education Secretary Jim Peyser and other policymakers to reject federal PARCC academic assessment testing, raising concerns about cost and the readiness of schools to administer the computer-based exam. Rep. Keiko Orrall, a Lakeville Republican, and Rep. Marjorie Decker, a Cambridge Democrat, spearheaded the effort in advance of a decision the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to make on Nov. 17 on whether to adopt the new nati

BOSTON – A quarter of state legislators urged Education Secretary Jim Peyser and other policymakers to reject federal PARCC academic assessment testing, raising concerns about cost and the readiness of schools to administer the computer-based exam. Rep. Keiko Orrall, a Lakeville Republican, and Rep. Marjorie Decker, a Cambridge Democrat, spearheaded the effort in advance of a decision the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to make on Nov. 17 on whether to adopt the new nati…