TAXPAYERS BEWARE: TECH COSTS FOR COMMON CORE ASSESSMENTS ANNOUNCED
Now that SBAC and PARCC have finally announced the technology requirements for administering the Common Core Assessments (posted below), someone familiar with technology pricing should be able to give a fairly close estimate of the costs per student. Since it is the state taxpayers who will be left paying for the implementation of the CCS assessments, those taxpayers have a right to know. At this point, approximately 45 states (plus D. C.) have committed to the CCS. – Donna Garner]
Excerpts from Truth in American Education — 12.26.12
Technology Requirements for Common Core Assessments Released, But Not Costs
Posted: 26 Dec 2012 12:29 PM PST The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) released their technology requirements last week. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) released theirs earlier this month. Both are noticeably quiet on the costs. Here are the five recommendations made by SBAC: 1. Move away from Windows XP (which is currently used by more than half of schools today) to Windows 7. 2. Upgrade computers to at least 1 GB of internal memory. 3. Make sure that all screens being used for the assessments have a visual display of no less than 9.5-inches, with at least a 1024 x 768 resolution. 4. Make sure the student testing site operates on secure browsers. 5. The assessment requires about 5-10 Kbps of bandwidth per student. EdWeek reported last week on the PARCC requirements:
Now it would be great if we’d see some information on how much the technology will costs schools who may not meet the minimum requirements. The post Technology Requirements for Common Core Assessments Released, But Not Costs appeared first on Truth in American Education.
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