IL HJR0058

Urges the State Board of Education to reconsider its use of the PARCC exam as the primary student assessment tool for kindergarten through 12th grade.

Cites that PARCC is not recognized by colleges as a college readiness exam and does not replace the ACT or SAT, reducing student incentive to perform well.

Notes the 2014-2015 PARCC administration experienced computer glitches that prevented student access and slowed testing, and that the exam contains content errors and poorly-worded questions.

States that PARCC exam length and difficulty consume excessive instructional class time.

Urges the State Board of Education to review alternative Common Core-based assessment systems aligned with ACT College Benchmarks as replacements for PARCC testing.