Montville School Board to Talk PARCC Testing on Tuesday

The Montville School Board will meet at town hall at 7:30 p.m. Superintendent Paul Fried will talk about PARCC Field Testing.

The new state test “PARCC will replace NJ ASK starting next year 2014-15 school year and will be directly aligned to Common Core,” according to Andrea Selvaggi, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. "The NJ ASK does not assess every standard deeply enough to generate very specific data for you, but the PARCC will ... it will test deeper than NJ ASK and will test more. Children will have about eight hours of testing two times throughout the school year.”

Selvaggi gave a break down of the upcoming PARCC test and common core standards at a recent meeting about the new elementary report cards. 

The common core state standards were adopted in 2010 by the State Board of Education and they are in two subject areas: Mathematics and English Language Arts, said Selvaggi, “These are K-12 standards … our Race to the Top money … is tied into New Jersey adopting the Common Core state standards.”

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Cedar Hill’s Holiday Fair is Tuesday – Friday in the school’s lobby. Hilldale’s Holiday Boutique is Tuesday – Thursday.

The Economic development committee will meet at town hall at 8:15 a.m. and the Montville Chamber of Commerce will meet from 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.