A Walk in the PARCC – Part 2: ELA from Puzzl_ED – Match Education

Just as we prefer the new PARCC-Math tests to the old MCAS-Math tests, we prefer the new PARCC-ELA tests to their MCAS predecessors.

Here is why:

1. PARCC-ELA mitigates the role of luck.
2. PARCC-ELA, more than MCAS-ELA, requires students to distinguish nuances of word meaning.
3. PARCC-ELA, more than MCAS-ELA, demands that students analyze authors’ uses of literary devices.
4. PARCC-ELA, more than MCAS-ELA, tests true reading comprehension.
5. PARCC-ELA, far more than MCAS-ELA, tests writing extensively and requires students to write in response to complex texts.

Source: A Walk in the PARCC – Part 2: ELA from Puzzl_ED – Match Education