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PARCC Pros And Cons

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The terrible and abrupt change to the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) all around the country has caused many students, parents, and teachers to protest. In Massachusetts, students like me feel that you, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education need to get rid of PARCC. Our state has switched from MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) to PARCC, but that decision was terrible. Students have been using MCAS since 1993, and it should not be changed. PARCC is very bad because it is a very long timed test, is on the computer, and has an excessive amount of testing. There are millions of others reasons to hate PARCC. Most other states hate PARCC, and have decided to switch back to their original state assessments. In the 2013-2014 year there were 18 states, now there are less than 11. We the students, demand that the whole state should switch back to MCAS. …show more content…

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