ORADELL PUBLIC SCHOOL SEPAC PARCC PARENT PRESENTATION MONDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2016 @ 7:00PM ORADELL PUBLIC SCHOOL
TOPICS • 14-15, 15-16 Testing schedules • Test design and overview • PARCC @ OPS • General overview of PARCC testing resources • Modifications and accommodations for students with IEPs, 504s • Question and Answer
PARCC SCHEDULE 14-15- 2 SESSIONS APRIL/ MARCH PBA UNIT 1 PBA UNIT 2 PBA UNIT 3 EOY UNIT 1 EOY UNIT 2 (Literary Analysis) (Research (Narrative MAY 2015 2015 Simulation) Writing) GRADE 3 ELA 75 min 75 min 60 min GRADE 75 min n/a 3, 4, 5 ELA GRADE 3 75 min 75 min n/a MATH GRADE 3, 4 and 5 75 min 75 min GRADE 4-5 75 min 90 min 60 min MATH ELA GRADE 4-5 80 min 70 min n/a GRADES MATH 6-8 60 min 60 min ELA GRADES 6-8 75 min 90 min 60 min ELA GRADES 6-8 80 min 75 min GRADES 6-8 80 min 70 min n/a MATH MATH
PARCC SCHEDULE 15-16- 1 SESSION! ELA UNIT 1 ELA UNIT 2 ELA UNIT 3 TOTAL ELA TIME Grade 3 90 min 75 min 90 min 4 hours and 15 minutes Grades 4-5 90 min 90 min 90 min 4 hours and 30 minutes Grades 6-11 90 min 110 min 110 min 5 hours and 10 minutes MATH UNIT 1 MATH UNIT 2 MATH UNIT 3 MATH UNIT 4 TOTAL MATH TIME Grade 3-5 60 min 60 min 60 min 60 min 4 hours Grades 6-8 4 hours 80 min 80 min 80 min n/a Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II 4 hours and 90 min 90 min 90 min n/a 30 minutes
14-15 VS. 15-16 PARCC COMPARISON 14-15 total testing time 15-16 total testing time 3 rd grade 585 minutes 495 minutes (9 hours, 45 minutes) (8 hours, 15 minutes) 4 th grade 600 minutes 510 minutes (10 hours) (8 hours, 30 minutes) 5 th grade 600 minutes 510 minutes (10 hours) (8 hours, 30 minutes) 6 th grade 650 minutes 550 minutes (10 hours, 50 minutes) (9 hours, 10 minutes)
TEST OVERVIEW: ELA/LITERACY ASSESSMENTS • Students in grades 3-5 are administered three performance based tasks and two or three additional reading passages • Students in grades 6-11 will be administered three performance based tasks and four additional reading passages. • Each unit contains a performance based task (Literary Analysis, Research Simulation and Narrative Writing) and a literary or international reading passing with a number of comprehension and vocabulary questions • Students read or view one or more texts, answer comprehension and vocabulary questions and write an essay that requires them to draw evidence from the text(s) • PARCC uses both print and multimedia texts • http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/english/
TEST OVERVIEW: MATH ASSESSMENTS • Both short and extended response questions focused on applying skills and concepts to solve problems that require demonstration of the mathematical practices with a focus on modeling, reasoning and precision. • The assessments also contain short answer questions focused on conceptual understanding, procedural skills and application • http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/math/
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF TESTING RESOURCES • www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/ • www.parcconline.org/ • Practice tests: www.parcconline.org/assessments/practice-tests • PARCC released items: https://prc.parcconline. org/assessments/parcc-released-items • PARCC parent resources: www.parcconline. org/resources/parent-resources • Score reports: www.UnderstandTheScore.org • NJDOE: www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/parents/
PARCC @ OPS • “PARCC is the curriculum of the day” • For PARCC 15-16 there is only one test window as opposed to two (March 2-March 27 and April 27-May 22) during the 14-15 school year • PARCC 15-16 test administration is six weeks this year: Monday April 4, 2016 to May 13, 2016 • April 11 through 15 is OPS Spring Break; no testing • Testing locations include general education homerooms, special education classrooms, basic skills rooms, BOE conference room, ESL room, computer labs, Principal’s office • Testing administrators (proctors) include homeroom teachers, special education teachers, basic skills teachers, ESL teachers. “All hands on deck” • For 3 rd and 4 th graders, online testing locations are the two computer labs or special locations • For 5 th and 6 th graders, online testing on school laptops in homerooms or special locations • PARCC infrastructure trial in March 2016
ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS, 504S • IEP and 504 driven decisions made by Child Study Team and 504 team • Information uploaded to Pearson database that can be revised up until the start of each testing session
Types of Accommodations + Modifications • Accessibility • Presentation • Response • Scheduling
ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES • “Students should determine whether they wish to use the feature on an item-by-item basis , based on the features they use during instruction and in daily life” • Audio amplification • Bookmark • Blank scratch paper • Color contrast (background/font color) • Eliminate answer choices • General Administration Directions Clarified, Read Aloud and Repeated as Needed • Headphones • Highlight tool • Notepad • Redirect student to the test • Available to all students
PRESENTATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS W/ DISABILITIES + ELLS • How the material is presented to students • Text to speech: “The purpose of the embedded text-to-speech, ASL video, and human reader/human signer accommodation for the PARCC ELA/literacy assessment is to provide access to printed or written texts on the PARCC ELA/literacy assessments for a very small number of students with print-related disabilities who would otherwise be unable to participate in the assessment because their disability s everely limits or prevents their ability to access printed text by decoding. This accommodation is not intended for students reading somewhat (i.e., only moderately) below grade level.”
RESPONSE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES + ELLS • How students enter/write down their answers to “show what they know” • Calculation Device on non-calculator sections of Math assessment: “The purpose of the calculation device on the non-calculator sections accommodation is to provide access for students with a disability that severely limits or prevents their ability to perform basic calculations (i.e., student is unable to perform single-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division). For these students, a calculation device may be used on the non- calculator mathematics assessment sections (i.e., the device or tool would be permitted on test sections for which calculators are not allowed for other students). The IEP or 504 plan must specify which device(s) or manipulatives.”
TIMING AND SCHEDULING • IEP and 504 students with timing and scheduling accommodations test in separate location with age group, in location of class when possible • “ Students have until the end of the school day to complete a single test unit administered during the prescribed testing window . It is recommended to test students receiving the extended time accommodation in a separate setting to minimize distractions to other students, and to schedule these students for testing in the morning to allow adequate time for completion of a test unit by the end of the school day.” • “Students with extended time accommodations must be given a unit in a continuous block of time and may not be brought back to that unit at a later time. If the accommodation extends into the student’s schedule lunch, then the test administrator must either accompany the student to lunch and remain with him or her, or bring the student’s lunch to the testing room . If the Test Administrator observes that the student is no longer productively engaged, an inquiry may be made regarding testing status. Once the extended time provision is exhausted, the test administrator should proceed to the next test unit or end the testing process.” • Some IEP and 504 students remain in the general education setting (IEP/504 driven decisions)
ACCOMMODATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS, 504S • IEP and 504 driven decisions made by Child Study Team and 504 team • Information uploaded to Pearson database that can be revised up until the start of each testing session
QUESTION AND ANSWER Thanks for attending!
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