New Mexico ed officials announce changes to state PARCC test

New Mexico school districts now will get student test scores by the end of the school year and will have 15 more days to prepare for statewide exams.

The state’s Public Education Department announced changes on Tuesday after state Education Secretary Christopher Ruszkowski (ruhs-COW’-skee) says he received feedback.

Under the changes, results from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, will be available for school districts by May instead of the summer. The window where school districts can administer the test also will be reduced.

The PARCC exams, administered by New Mexico and 5 other states, are designed to show how well schools helped students from grades 3 to 11 meet Common Core standards.

Charles Goodmacher of NEA-New New Mexico says getting the results so late in the year still doesn’t help teachers.