PARCC and Online Readiness

As a member of PARCC (http://www.achieve.org/PARCC), New Jersey is committed to the administration of online assessments for the Common Core State Standards in the 2014/2015 school year.  In order to help schools in member states prepare for online assessment, PARCC has released a Technology Readiness Tool (TRT).  The first administration of the TRT is designed to collect technology and bandwidth information in order to establish a local, state and national technology snapshot that identifies the current status of technology in schools.  This information will help inform the planning process for PARCC, states and schools in administering the online assessments in 2014/2015.  The TRT will be administered six times over the next three years, every spring and fall until Fall 2014.