Louisiana schools will be able to administer the new Common Core standardized test in Spanish as well as English this March.
State schools Superintendent John White said the test — called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers or PARCC for short — can be given in Spanish to newly arrived immigrants who are still learning English for the first two years they are enrolled in school. Then, the students must switch to the English version of the assessment. Continue reading “Louisiana’s Common Core test will be offered in Spanish”