Intro to Parcc
- 1. August 2014
- 2. Changes in Testing 2014-15 • NJ ASK becomes === PARCC • APA becomes ===DLM • Science will be tested as usual using a paper version of NJASK in grades 4 & 8
- 3. What is PARCC? • The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of 17 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers. • PARCC assessments are computer based and aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).
- 4. Devices To Be Used • Grades 3-5: oiPad • Grades 6-8: oLaptop or desktop computer
- 5. PARCC Assessment Design English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11 End-of-Year Assessment • Innovative, computer-based items •Required Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) • Extended tasks • Applications of concepts and skills • Required 2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Diagnostic Assessment • Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD •Non-summative Speaking And Listening Assessment • Locally scored • Non-summative, required Administration Mid-Year Assessment •Performance-based •Emphasis on hard-to- measure standards •Potentially summative 5
- 6. Performance Based Assessment (PBA) oMarch 2 – March 27 (starts 110th day) • 3rd and 6th • 4th and 7th • 5th and 8th oIncludes Reading and Writing (3 days) oExtended Math Responses (2 days) 6
- 7. End of Year Assessment (EOY) oApril 27 – May 22 (about 30 days later) oReading Comprehension (2 days) oMath Concepts and Fluency (2 days) 7
- 8. PARCC Performance Levels 8 Level 1 Did not demonstrate partial command Level 2 Partial Command Level 3 Moderate Command Level 4 Strong Command Level 5 Distinguished Command Level 4 (Strong Command) is the proposed level for earning a college-ready determination. Old PP
- 9. Advances in the PARCC ELA/Literacy Assessment 9
- 10. PARCC Design for ELA 1. Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language. 2. Evidence: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and informational. 3. Knowledge: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction. 10
- 11. Performance-Based Components • Literary Analysis Tasks – students will read literature and compose an analytic essay. • Research Simulation Tasks – students will analyze an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli and then answer a series of questions, synthesizing information from multiple sources, in order to write two analytic essays. • Narrative Tasks – students will convey real or imaginary, experiences or events (e.g. write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, describe an account of events, scenes or objects).
- 12. End-Of-Year Assessment - ELA • Students will demonstrate their ability to read and comprehend complex informational and literary texts by answering questions that will be sequenced in a way that draw students into deeper encounters with the texts.
- 13. Advances in the PARCC Mathematics Assessment 13
- 14. Advances in assessment demanded by the shifts • Conceptual understanding • Procedural skill and fluency o Grade 3: Multiplication/Division Facts and Add/subtract within 1,000 o Grade 4: Addition & Subtraction of Multi-digit Numbers o Grade 5: Multi-digit multiplication of whole #’s • Application 14
- 16. Accessibility Features for All Students • Eliminate answer choices • Flag items for review • Highlight tool • Line reader tool • Magnification • Headphones • Audio Amplification • Notepad • Pop Up Glossary • Clarify general administration directions • Redirect student to the test • Spell checker
- 17. Accessibility Features for All Identified in Advance • Answer masking • Background/font color (color contrast) • General masking • Text to Speech for Math
- 21. Setting/Timing and Scheduling Accommodations
- 23. What is Not New? • New Jersey will administer a general state assessment in mathematics, English Language Arts and Science (PARCC) AND an alternate assessment for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (DLM). • The IEP team determines whether a student with disabilities will participate in the PARCC or the DLM. • The IEP or 504 team will determine what accommodations will be provided during administration of the PARCC and list them in the IEP or 504 plan. • General education and special education staff need to plan ahead to ensure appropriate selection and administration of accommodations.
- 24. Taking the Test • Sample Assessments: http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/ • Additional resources: o ELA - http://www.gtps.k12.nj.us/homesite/LAL.htm o Math - http://gtpsmath.weebly.com/parcc.html