Assessment Education Policy Common Core Balanced Assessment Systems
An Unfinished Track to College and Career Readiness
How we can use state assessment effectively to support a K-12 path that leads to postsecondary success
Between 2008 and 2010, I made regular trips to Washington, DC through Dulles Airport, working on projects related to the development of the Common Core State Standards and the creation of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium. As I rode an airport shuttle or Metrobus to and from Dulles, I would watch the crews grading and preparing the track bed for the Silver Line Metro train that would finally connect Dulles with the rest of the DC Metro system.