PARCC vs TCAP for 2014-2015

As you are probably aware, the TN General Assembly recently voted to delay the PARCC Assessment for 2014-15. This means that students in grades 3+ will continue taking the TCAP Achievement and EOC tests next year. Also, the State will begin an RFP process seeking competitive bids for assessments in 2015-16 (and beyond) so it is possible that TN will never administer the PARCC assessment. the general Assembly did not approve the measure to roll back the implementation of the CCSS so as of now, we have an additional year of instruction based on the CCSS with assessment/accountability based on the TN SPIs. Lots of decisions remain for next year such as: Will there be additional SPIs dropped in ELA and/or Math? How does this affect the MAAS assessment for 2014-15? Does this have any impact on a previous decision to not assess Social Studies at the State level in 2014-15? How does this impact DEA and/or the current MNPS budget already sent to the Mayor? I will post more as I hear it. Just keeping you in the loop :)