PARCC Exam for Grades 3-8

On March 2, 2015, CPS announced that all students, grades 3-8, will take the PARCC assessment (see 3-2-15 CPS Letter to Parents_ and 3-2-15 ISBE News Release). Please refer to the February 16thPrincipal's Digest if you need additional information on the PARCC exam. If you remember, the PARCC exam is divided into two timeframes: the PARCC Performance Based Assessment (PBA) window is from 3/9-4/2. The second PARCC exam timeframe is the PARCC End-of-Year (EOY) assessment whose testing window is from 4/27-5/22. It is important that your grades 3-8 students are not tardy and are in attendance on these test dates to take the exam. We have very little time for make-up exams. The PARCC PBA assessment schedule is as follows:

• Grade 8 PARCC- Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13, 10-12 A.M.;
• Grades 6 and 7 PARCC- Monday, March 16-Friday, March 20, 10-12 A.M.;
• Grades 3, 4, and 5 PARCC- Monday, March 23-Friday, March 27, 9-11 A.M.