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NJEA rep slams Hespe testimony on PARCC exams, calls it ‘frustrating’
TRENTON — Leaders of New Jersey’s largest teachers union weren’t convinced by Department of Education Commissioner David Hespe’s testimony on PARCC exams in front of the Senate Education Committee this morning.
In fact, they’ve still got “real concerns” about the test’s roll out. (Brush/PolitickerNJ)
PARCC Proficiency Test Is Good For Students, N.J. Education Chief Says
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Some New Jersey parents have come out so strongly against a new computer-based math and language arts test that they have refused to allow their children to take the exam – but state education officials have rushed to its defense.
As CBS2’s Christine Sloan reported Tuesday, the state’s largest teachers’ union is also against the exam — called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers – PARCC for short.
But New Jersey state Education Commissioner David Hespe said the students will benefit from being challenged by the exams. (CBS News)
