New Jersey and the PARCC Technology Readiness Tool (TRT)

Step one in making online readiness a reality is to assess the current status of infrastructure, technology and Internet connectivity at both a state and local level. As part of this process, districts and New Jersey testing sites must update and maintain the information for each school in PARCC's Technology Readiness Tool (TRT).

Every district and New Jersey testing site is required to supply contact information for a PARCC Coordinator and PARCC IT Contact in the NJDOE CDS system at: http://homeroom.state.nj.us/. Input instructions are available.

PARCC National Snapshots of TRT Data

PARCC is taking a series of national snapshots of the data in the TRT. The New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) collected and uploaded the data for the first snapshot. Districts and New Jersey testing sites are responsible for ensuring their data is up to date before each of the remaining snapshots. Please reference the chart below for the dates of each snapshot.

Tutorials and Webinars

Tutorials and Webinars
Please see the training modules and user guide at  http://techreadiness.org/Resources for using the Technology Readiness Tool (TRT).

Webinar on Strategic Planning and PARCC's Assessment Administration Capacity Planning Tool
PARCC released an Assessment Administration Capacity Planning Tool.  NJDOE held a training webinar on April 10, 2013 regarding strategic planning and reviewed the Assessment Administration Capacity Planning Tool as one element to assist in the planning process.  A recording of the webinar is at https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.D83F21A5E69B22CE7FB21D7B9C435F&sid=2011044.

A PDF version of the slides can be accessed at http://www.nj.gov/education/sca/parcc/tech/survey/NJPARCCWebinar041013.pdf.

Webinar on Online Readiness and PARCC's Technology Readiness Tool (TRT)

PARCC has added new fields to the TRT and introduced the readiness calculator which will impact the data collection snapshots beginning with the February 15, 2013 snapshot. NJDOE held a training webinar on January 23, 2013 regarding these changes in the PARCC Technology Readiness Tool.  A recording of the webinar is at https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.735AFB3387DAE06D95C8909E7B56A0&sid=2011044.

A PDF version of the slides can be accessed at http://www.nj.gov/education/sca/parcc/tech/survey/NJPARCCWebinar012313.pdf.