Does the PARCC Test Succeed in Predicting College Outcomes?

Published: Oct. 4, 2015, midnight

A Mathematica report shows that students\u2019 scores on the existing high school assessment in Massachusetts predict college performance as well as scores on a new test that was recently developed by a consortium of states to align with Common Core standards. Mathematic education policy experts Brian Gill and Ira Nichols-Barrer discuss the national implications of these findings.