District 153 board member Tom Brabec proved just how difficult the PARCC test can be.
Students will begin taking the new state mandated five-part assessment test Feb. 25, but at the school board’s meeting Monday, Brabec volunteered to come up to a computer and take a three-part practice test in math designed for a 3rd grader.
Watching his actions on the overhead projector, no one in the room found it to be a laughing matter. Brabec first calculated an…


