Did NM-MSSA replace PARCC?

Yes. New Mexico used PARCC through 2018, then a transitional test (TNMM) through 2020, and launched NM-MSSA in 2021 as a fully state-built assessment delivered by Cognia. The blueprint is shorter than PARCC but covers the same Common Core-derived domains.

Is NM-MSSA computer-adaptive?

No. NM-MSSA is a fixed-form online test — every student in a grade sees the same items. New Mexico chose a fixed-form design to simplify accommodations and shorten total testing time.

NM-MSSA Math Practice — Grades 3-8

About the NM-MSSA

The NM-MSSA — New Mexico Measures of Student Success and Achievement — replaced the PARCC-derived TNMM transitional assessment in 2021 and is now the state's annual math test for grades 3 through 8. The test is built on the New Mexico Mathematics Standards, the state's 2018 adoption that revised the Common Core, and is delivered online through Cognia (formerly AdvancED). The Public Education Department designed NM-MSSA to be shorter than PARCC, removing the long performance-task block but keeping the multi-step problem-solving items that anchor the Common Core.

Each NM-MSSA math test runs about two hours total across two sessions and is administered in a roughly nine-week spring window opening in early March. Score reports use New Mexico's four-tier scale — Not Yet Proficient, Approaching Proficient, Proficient, and Advanced — and the Proficient cut is the federal accountability bar. The PED publishes annual results on the New Mexico Vistas dashboard, which includes school- and district-level math proficiency rates, and family score reports are returned through the school district in the fall.

Official source: https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/assessment/

NM-MSSA Math Practice

About the NM-MSSA

Practice by Grade

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