Parent Information

PARCC

Take a look at all of the great resources the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) has provided to help parents better understand the PARCC assessments and what to do to prepare your child to take the PARCC assessments.

PARCC Assessment - Parent Resources

Help Your Child Succeed
Use this simple tool to understand your child's PARCC score report and discover ways you can help them at home.

NAEP

NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) is the largest nationally representative assessment of what students know and can do in various subjects (including the arts, mathematics, reading, science, writing, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history).
NAEP is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education.
NAEP is different from our state assessment because it provides a common measure of student achievement across the country. The results are released as The Nation's Report Card, which provides information about student achievement to educators, parents, policymakers, and the public.

Things to know about NAEP:

Your child's grades will not be affected
NAEP depends on student participation to help policymakers improve education
What every parent should know about NAEP

Introduce Your Student to NAEP:

Parental Refusal Information

Please read through all of the documentation below so you are fully informed about the impact on your child if you refuse to allow your student to participate in state mandated testing.

Parental Refusal Process:

Information about parental refusal of assessments is available on the APS website and all school websites.
Parent/Guardian evaluates the implications of refusing to participate in the assessment and determines what is in the best interest of their child.
- Parental Refusal FAQ: High School, Middle School, Elementary School
If the Parent/Guardian refuses to allow their student to test, it is necessary to complete the Parental Refusal Form for the appropriate school level and submit the form to their child’s school administration office. Paper copies of these forms are available at school and district offices.
- Parental Refusal Form: High School, Middle School, Elementary School

Parent Roadmaps for K-8

Albuquerque Public Schools has partnered with the Council of the Great City Schools to create a full set of Parent Roadmaps to help your child succeed in school. Each roadmap will include what your child will be learning and will offer suggestions on what you can do at home to help support their classroom instruction. You will find roadmaps for the subjects of Math and English Language Arts for grades Kindergarten through 8th grade. Please click on the links below to select the correct version.

Parent Roadmaps for K-8
Grade	MATH		ELA
Kindergarten	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 1	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 2	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 3	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 4	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 5	English	Spanish	English	Spanish
Grade 6	English	NA	English	NA
Grade 7	English	NA	English	NA
Grade 8	English	NA	English	NA