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The Challenge with PARCC

Last week our school completed their first round of PARCC testing. We were a pilot school for the new Common Core based exams last year, but the first full run proved to be quite different from the small scale practice version our AP English students undertook a year ago. Perhaps the biggest challenge we faced […]

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Preparing for final exams

Final Exams. Two words that stir anxiety in students like no others. It seems that this time of year as many in the general public are preparing for the holidays, those of us in schools are preparing for final exams. For educators, final exams signal the end of the semester and the start of a […]

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