One of the state groups designing tests for the common standards released a flurry of sample items today that offer an idea of what the assessments might look like. The 26 new items came out of ...

have been circulating sample test items in the field, for feedback and to guide vendors developing the tests. (Consortia Provide Preview of Common Tests, Aug. 22, 2012.) PARCC also released a set ...

PARCC has made its sample test questions available for computer-based practice. Sample items for the upcoming assessments of Common Core State Standards have been released previously for testing on ...

And PARCC (an option for the Common Core tests that could replace FCAT) released more sample items this week, showing the types of questions students could be asked on new, more challenging math ...

The Mississippi Department of Education this week released sample questions from a third-grade reading test that will determine the fate of some 38,000 students statewide. The Third-Grade Reading ...