Grades 3-5 PARCC Parent Night Presented By: Robert Ghiretti, Grades 2-5 LA Supervisor Terri Matthews, Grades 2-5 MA Supervisor Maureen Corbett, Grades Pre-K-2 Supervisor
PARCC Presentation for Parents of the Township of Union • November 23, 2015 12/15/2015 2
A Strong Foundation: The Common Core State Standards • The Common Core State Standards in English language arts/literacy and mathematics were created by educators around the nation. • Nearly every state in the nation is working individually and collectively to improve its instruction and assessments to ensure students graduate with the knowledge and skills most demanded by college and careers. 12/15/2015 3
What is PARCC? Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
Setting a New Baseline: New Test, New Scores The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) tests were administered for the first time in spring 2015 and were designed to measure the new state standards that are guiding instruction in math and English language arts. The new, more rigorous expectations focus on the skills students need in today’s world, including critical thinking, problem solving, and reasoning. Because the PARCC tests are measuring these complex skills, which are different from previous state tests, it is expected that scores on the PARCC test will look lower. 12/15/2015 5
Why PARCC Scores Look Different than Scores on Previous State Tests The tests measure performance against a higher set of standards. Fewer students are likely to meet them initially. That doesn ’ t mean they aren ’ t doing as well – it just means the expectations are higher. The tests measure skills students need in the real world. The PARCC tests go beyond multiple choice questions and require students to use skills like analyzing, problem solving, and writing effectively. All of these skills are necessary to practice and master to be successful beyond high school--whether in college, the military or a career. There is an opportunity to make sure students ready for the next step. The new tests provide accurate information about how students are performing against the new standards so that teachers, parents and students can start working together now to ensure kids are prepared for success – from grade to grade and beyond high school. It is easier to address any weaknesses early on so students can receive the support they need to get back on track. 12/15/2015 6
No state is alone. All states administering PARCC, as well as other new tests designed to measure the new standards, will see a change in scores. It will take time. While teachers have been gearing up for the new standards for almost four years, the tests are new and they ask questions in different ways, and require students to show their work. As happens with every new test, scores will start to improve as teachers and students become more familiar with the standards and acquire the skills and knowledge to meet them. Students are just as smart, but the bar has been raised. The new tests emphasize skills like critical thinking, and problem solving. Students are required to explain their answers, and defend their reasoning, which is different from previous tests. A student who was performing well on the previous test might not do as well on the new PARCC test. 12/15/2015 7
Student scores will improve. As students and teachers gain the skills and knowledge needed to meet the new higher standards, performance will also improve. In the first year, PARCC scores set a new baseline. This first year ’ s scores will identify where students excel and where they need additional support, so that progress can be measured moving forward. In other cases where more rigorous tests have been implemented, students improved performance after the first year. 12/15/2015 8
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Testing Dates for Spring 2016 • April 4 through May 13, 2016 12/15/2015 13
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How Much Time Will the Test Take? Grade 3 Grades 4-5 • ELA Unit Times • ELA Unit Times Unit 1 - 90 min Unit 1 - 90 min Unit 2 - 75 min Unit 2 - 90 min Unit 3 - 90 min Unit 3 - 90 min • Math Unit Times • Math Unit Times Unit 1 - 60 min Unit 1 - 60 min Unit 2 - 60 min Unit 2 - 60 min Unit 3 - 60 min Unit 3 - 60 min Unit 4 - 60 min Unit 4 - 60 min 12/15/2015 16
Score Comparisons: Unlike many previous state test score reports, PARCC 3 score reports show how your student is performing compared to students in the same grade at the same school, across the school district, around the state, and across the states administering the PARCC test. 12/15/2015 17
Scoring • Receive one score for Math and one score for ELA Level Descriptor 5 Exceeded Expectations 4 Met Expectations 3 Approached Expectations 2 Partially Met Expectations 1 Did Not Yet Meet Expectations
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.
0%20%40%60%80%100%11109876543Edit chart » N.J.'s 2015 PARCC scores: English language arts/literacyPercent of StudentsGrade LevelNot meeting expectationsPartially meeting expectationsApproaching expectationsMeeting expectationsExceeding expectationsNot all scores equal 100% due to rounding 12/15/2015 20
Three Innovative Item Types That Showcase Students’ Command of Evidence with Complex Tasks • Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) – Combines a traditional selected-response question with a second selected-response question that asks students to show evidence from the text that supports the answer they provided to the first question. Underscores the importance of Reading Anchor Standard 1 for implementation of the CCSS. • Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR)- Uses technology to capture student comprehension of texts in authentic ways that have been difficult to score by machine for large scale assessments (e.g., drag and drop, cut and paste, shade text, move items to show relationships). • Range of Prose Constructed Responses (PCR)- Elicits evidence that students have understood a text or texts they have read and can communicate that understanding well both in terms of written expression and knowledge of language and conventions. There are four of these items of varying types on each annual performance-based assessment.
Grade 3 Evidence-Based Selected-Response Item
Grade 3 Technology-Enhanced Constructed- Response Item Drag the words from the word box into the correct locations on the graphic to show the life cycle of a butterfly as described in “How Animals Live.” Words: Adult Pupa Egg Larva 23
Range of Prose Constructed Responses (PCR)
Mathematics The 3 CCSS Shifts in Assessment 1. Focus : The PARCC assessment will focus strongly where the Standards focus. 2. Coherence : Think across grades and link to major topics within grades. 3. Rigor : In major topics, pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skill and fluency, and application.
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Overview of Three Mathematics Task Types • Task 1: Tasks assessing “concepts, skills and procedures” a. A mix of conceptual understanding, fluency, and application b. Can involve any or all mathematical practice standards c. Machine scorable • Task 2: Tasks assessing “expressing mathematical reasoning” a. Written arguments/justifications, critique, and precision b. Can involve other mathematical practice standards c. Mix of machine scored and hand scored • Task 3: “modeling/applications” a. Modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario and precision b. Can involve other mathematical practice standards c. Mix of machine scored and hand scored
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PARCC Assessment Design - Math • Math Reference Sheet Given (grade 5 only) • Scrap paper & pencils allowed • Grades 3-5 NO CALCULATOR ALLOWED • Except for students with IEP/504 • PARCC will still have a Non-Calculator Section where no calculator is permitted regardless of classification (same as NJASK)
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS • Accessibility Features for All Students • Blank Paper (provided by test administrator) • Eliminate Answer Choices • Flag Items for Review • General Administration Directions Clarified (by test administrator) • General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated. (by test administrator) • Highlight Tool • Headphones • Magnification/Enlargement Device • Notepad • Pop-Up Glossary • Redirect Student to Test (by test administrator) • Spell Checker • Writing Tools
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