Delran Township Public Schools: PARCC Information and Test Item Exploration
What is the PARCC Test? ● P artnership for A ssessment of R eadiness for C ollege and C areers ● 10 states plus the District of Columbia are administering the PARCC assessments ● Computer-based ● Aligned to the Common Core State Standards ● English Language Arts and Math administered twice a year (PBA and EOY)
History of Academic Standards ● Academic Standards ○ No standards/district created standards > 1996 NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards > 2010 Common Core (National) State Standards (CCSS) ● CCSS ○ Aligned to college and career expectations ○ Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global world ○ Coherent and focused towards achievement ○ Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through use of higher-order skills
History of State Assessments ● Federal Regulations require states to assess students’ progress towards standards ● State regulations require districts to administer standardized assessments Standards are not new, standardized assessments are not new, the only change is PARCC!
Merits of New Standards and PARCC ● Greater consistency between districts and states ● Clearer progression of topics, content, and proficiencies ● Deeper commitment to quality curriculum ● Promote higher expectations ● Partners include 200 higher education institutions ● Foster nationwide accountability with a true national metric
NJASK and HSPA PARCC March - Performance Based Assessment Single Test Administration May - End of Year Assessment Early closings, delayed openings, and Flexible schedule allows for less major disruptions interruption of teaching and learning Paper based - no technology Administered Online 60-135 minutes per day 60-90 minutes per day ELA grades 3 - 8 and 11 ELA grades 3-11 Math grades 3 - 8 and 11 Math grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, Science grades 4 and 8 and Algebra II 2012-13 and 2013-14 NJASK - transitional alignment to CCSS content and rigor
What are the PBA and EOY? PBA- Performance-Based Assessment Analyze literature, complete writing tasks, solve math problems and apply concepts. EOY - End-of-Year Shorter responses, multiple choice type questions.
PARCC Scores and Reports NJASK and HSPA PARCC 3 Levels - Scale of 100-300 5 Levels - Scale of 1-5 Limited data Rich data Year 1 receive in Fall of next year Received in Fall of next year Years after receive by June of current year Ceiling score Score beyond grade level
Multiple Test Administrations Performance Based Assessment End-of-Year Assessment March End of April – May Reading comprehension Reading comprehension Critical thinking skills Short answer items Writing in response to reading Research simulations Real world applications of Math conceptual understanding and mathematical skills skills
PARCC Assessment Time - March Performance-Based Assessments (PBA) - ELA Literary Research Narrative Grade Level Analysis Simulation Writing Grade 3 75 minutes 75 minutes 60 minutes Grades 4-5 75 minutes 90 minutes 60 minutes Grades 6-11 75 minutes 90 minutes 60 minutes * 25 minutes will be added to each assessment session for logging in, distribution of materials and directions.
PARCC Assessment Time - March Performance-Based Assessments (PBA) - Math Grade Level Unit 1 Unit 2 Grade 3 75 minutes 75 minutes Grades 4-8 80 minutes 70 minutes Algebra I, Algebra II, 90 minutes 75 minutes and Geometry * 25 minutes will be added to each assessment session for logging in, distribution of materials and directions.
PARCC Assessment Time - April/May End-of-Year Assessments (EOY) - ELA Grade Level Unit 1 Unit 2 Grade 3-5 75 minutes Grades 6-11 60 minutes 60 minutes * 25 minutes will be added to each assessment session for logging in, distribution of materials and directions.
PARCC Assessment Time - April/May End-of-year Assessments (EOY) - Math Grade Level Unit 1 Unit 2 Grade 3 75 minutes 75 minutes Grades 4-5 75 minutes 75 minutes Grades 6-8 80 minutes 75 minutes Algebra I and Geometry 80 minutes 75 minutes Algebra II 90 minutes 75 minutes * 25 minutes will be added to each assessment session for logging in, distribution of materials and directions.
PARCC Schedules - March Middle School (Grades 6-8) March 2-6 ELA Literary ELA Research ELA Narrative Math Unit 1 Math Unit 2 Grade 6 Analysis Simulation Writing AM March 16- ELA Literary ELA Research ELA Narrative Math Unit 1 Math Unit 2 20 Analysis Simulation Writing Grade 7 AM March ELA Literary ELA Research ELA Narrative Math Unit 1 Math Unit 2 23-27 Analysis Simulation Writing Grade 8 AM
PARCC Schedules - March High School (Grades 9-11) March 9- MARCH 9 MARCH 10 MARCH 11 MARCH 12 MARCH 13 13 Geometry Part 1 Algebra 2 Part 1 ELA 11 Part 1 ELA 10 Part 2 ELA 9 Part 2 AM Geometry Part 2 Algebra 2 Part 2 ELA 11 Part 2 ELA 10 Part 3 March 9- Algebra 1 Part 1 ELA 9 Part 1 ELA 10 Part 1 ELA 11 Part 3 ELA 9 Part 3 13 Algebra 1 Part 2 PM
Typical Student’s Testing Experience ● Classrooms (gr. 6-8); Cafeteria (gr. 9-11) ● AM only (gr. 6-8); AM & PM (gr. 9-11) ● Typically administered by your child’s teacher (gr. 6-8); counselors and teachers (gr. 9-11) ● Teachers permitted to help with students with technology questions ● Teachers can clarify directions ● Students can flag questions, review, and change answers ● If necessary, computer will be “swapped out” if there is a problem
Technology Enhanced Constructed Response Items Technology Enhanced Constructed Response items allow for a variety of technology-enhanced student responses, including but not limited to the following: ● drag and drop ● highlighting the text ● annotating text ● graphing ● writing equations
Purpose and Use of PARCC Data ● As one of many multiple measures that assist teachers, our schools, and the district to support differentiated instruction and strategic decision making ● To inform parents and students on progress towards “on track” college and career readiness ● By colleges and universities as one of the indicators of a student’s readiness for entry-level, credit-bearing college courses
NJDOE Graduation Requirements For the Classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018: English Language Arts Mathematics Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 9 or Passing score on a PARCC Algebra I or Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 10 or Passing score on a PARCC Geometry or Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 11 or Passing score on a PARCC Algebra II or SAT>=400 or SAT>=400 or ACT>=16 or ACT>=16 or Accuplacer Write Placer>=6 or Accuplacer Elementary Algebra>=76 or PSAT>=40 or PSAT>=40 or ACT Aspire>=422 or ACT Aspire>=422 or ASVAB-AFQT>31 or ASVAB-AFQT>31 or Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal
Key Shifts in ELA Standards ● Students read a true balance of informational and literary texts ● Students engage in rich conversations grounded in the text ● Students write using evidence from sources to support an argument
The ELA PARCC Expects Students to: ● Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend a variety of complex passages ● Defend ideas with evidence from texts
Evidence Based Selected Response Items ● Address at least two Common Core reading standards ● May have multiple interconnected parts ● For example, Part B may require students to justify their response to Part A
PARCC Assessment Tasks Three Focus Areas 1. Literary Analysis - This task will ask students to carefully consider literature worthy of close study and compose an analytic essay . 2. Research Simulation - This task asks students to exercise the career- and college- readiness skills of observation, deduction, and proper use and evaluation of evidence across text types by analyzing an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli. 3. Narrative Writing - This task asks students to write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, or to describe an account of events, scenes or objects, for example.
PARCC Assessment - ELA Item Types and Sample Questions
Prose Constructed Response ● Students will respond in writing to reading selections ● Students’ writing should: ○ include a clear purpose ○ model the language of the Common Core Writing Standards ○ specify the audience to be addressed ○ clearly state the topic, issue, or idea to be addressed ○ reference the text(s)
To Succeed on the ELA PARCC, Students Must: ● Gain a comfort level with reading passages in the science and social studies content areas ● Analyze primary source documents ● Construct written arguments using evidence from multiple texts ● Find evidence to support their arguments ● Understand and compare authors’ points of view ● Understand how point of view influences authors’ text
Key Shifts in Math Standards ● Focus: Concentration on key topics at each grade or course level ● Coherence: Builds skills within and across grade levels ● Rigor: Develops conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application with equal intensity
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