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PARCC RESULTS AND The 2015 BASELINE Measuring College and DELRAN TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT Career Readiness A PRESENTATION TO PARENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS JANUARY 12, 2016

PARCC - HOW DID WE GET HERE? A VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY “New Jersey will educate all students to prepare them to lead productive, fulfilling lives. Through a public education system that is seamlessly aligned from pre-school to college, students will gain the requisite academic knowledge and technical and critical thinking skills for life and work in the 21 st century.”

RAISING PARCC: How Did We Get Here? College STANDARDS and Career Ready Standards Arrive in New Jersey “Align New Jersey high school standards and graduation requirements to college and 2009: New Jersey adopted higher workforce entry requirements.” – NJ High course taking requirements for all School Redesign Steering Committee (HSRSC - students. 2008) 2010: New Jersey adopted the Common Core State Standards in English New Jersey has adopted standards that “are Language Arts and Mathematics. widely recognized as appropriate standards for college and career readiness.” - College and Career Ready Taskforce (CCRT - 2012)

PARCC: How Did We Get Here? NEXT STEPS: REPLACE HSPA “Currently the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) does not measure college or work readiness…Further, New Jersey colleges and universities do not use scores from the HSPA for admissions or placement, because the test does not reflect postsecondary placement requirements.” (HSRSC - 2008)

PARCC: How Did We Get Here? A IMPROVING STUDENT System of Aligned Assessments ASSESSMENT “Replace HSPA with a series of end of course assessments in math… and a 2015: New Jersey proficiency exam in language arts adopted the Partnership for literacy that are aligned with the Assessment of Readiness for College expectations of higher education and and Careers (PARCC) assessments in the workplace.” (HSRSC - 2008) English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Current tests should be “replaced with a system of end-of-course assessments.” (CCRT - 2012)

NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM ฀ In 2015, New Jersey adopted the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) to replace HSPA and previous assessments in the elementary and middle school in language arts and mathematics. ฀ Students took PARCC English Language Arts and Literacy Assessments (ELA/L) in grades 3 – 11. ฀ Students took PARCC Mathematics Assessments in grades 3 – 8 and End of Course Assessments in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II.

PARCC PERFORMANCE LEVELS ฀ Level 1: Not yet meeting grade-level expectations ฀ Level 2: Partially meeting grade-level expectations ฀ Level 3: Approaching grade-level expectations ฀ Level 4: Meeting grade-level expectations ฀ Level 5: Exceeding grade-level expectations

YOUR CHILD’S SCORE REPORT: MATH AND ELA ฀ Overall Performance Indicates the degree to which your child has met grade ▪ level expectations in mathematics Level 1 through Level 5 ▪ ฀ Additional Information About Your Child’s Score Shows how your child performed in each of 4 or 5 areas ▪ 3 levels indicated by arrow symbols ▪ up arrow: meets or exceeds expectations ▪ sideways arrow: nearly meets expectations ▪ down arrow: below expectations ▪

YOUR CHILD’S SCORE REPORT: ELA English Language Arts Categories: ฀ Reading Literary ▪ Information ▪ Vocabulary ▪ ฀ Writing Expression ▪ Conventions ▪ Your Guide to Finding & Using PARCC Test Questions Parent Resources

YOUR CHILD’S SCORE REPORT: ELA Research Simulation Task (RST) For the RST, students are asked to analyze an informational topic presented through several sources. Students answer a series of questions and writing a response to a prompt, synthesizing information from multiple sources. Literary Analysis Task (LAT) For the LAT, students read and analyze two pieces of literature. Students write an analytic response to a prompt based on the literary texts. Narrative Writing Task (NWT) Students read a literary text from a grade-appropriate short story, novel or poem. Students write a narrative response to a prompt based on this literary text.

YOUR CHILD’S SCORE REPORT: ELA GUIDE TO ELA/LITERACY RELEASED ITEMS: UNDERSTANDING SCORING Example of the Reading Comprehension trait from the grades 6-11 rubric: Reading Comprehension of Key Ideas and Details: Score Point 4 The student response demonstrates full comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and inferentially by providing an accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with effective and convincing textual evidence. Score Point 3 The student response demonstrates comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/ or inferentially by providing a mostly accurate analysis, and supporting the analysis with adequate textual evidence.

YOUR CHILD’S SCORE REPORT: ELA Score Point 2 The student response demonstrates basic comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/or inferentially by providing a generally accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with basic textual evidence. Score Point 1 The student response demonstrates limited comprehension of ideas stated explicitly and/or inferentially by providing a minimally accurate analysis and supporting the analysis with limited textual evidence. Score Point 0 The student response demonstrates no comprehension of ideas by providing inaccurate or no analysis and little to no textual evidence.

Your Child’s Score Report: Mathematics ฀ Major Content Performance on the most essential math concepts and ▪ standards in the grade level standards. ฀ Additional and Supporting Content Performance on additional and supporting mathematics ▪ concepts and standards in the grade level standards.

Your Child’s Score Report: Mathematics ฀ Mathematical Reasoning Performance on tasks requiring students to create and ▪ justify logical solutions to problems, and/or analyze and correct the reasoning of others. ฀ Modeling & Application Performance on tasks requiring students to create and ▪ use mathematical models, such as equations, to solve problems.

Your Child’s Score Report: Mathematics Handouts for Mathematics: ฀ Major, Additional, and Supporting Content for your child’s previous and current grade levels. ฀ Reasoning and Modeling Task Examples ฀ How your child’s score was determined Online Guide to PARCC Scores for Grades 3-8

DELRAN TOWNSHIP 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY Count unt of Valid d Approachi aching ng Meeti ting ng Exce ceedi ding ng District ct % >= NJ % > >= Test Scores Expectat ations ons Expectat ations ons Expectat ations ons (Level Level 3 Level 3 (Level 3) (Level 4) 5) 5) Grade 3 172 34% 30% 1% 65% 65% 68% 68% Grade 4 127 31% 44% 9% 84% 84% 78% 78% Grade 5 176 34% 39% 7% 80% 80% 77% 77% 159 34% 28% 9% 71% 71% 77% 77% Grade 6 Grade 7 124 27% 35% 18% 80% 80% 75% 75% Grade 8 128 23% 49% 5% 77% 77% 74% 74% 129 20% 30% 4% 54% 54% 64% 64% Grade 9 Grade 10 91 29% 11% 0% 40% 40% 57% 57% Grade 11 88 22% 34% 10% 66% 66% 65% 65%

INITIAL OBSERVATIONS - ELA **As compared to all schools in NJ** READING WRITING Literary Information Vocab Expression Conventions G6 Slightly Slightly Slightly Lower Lower lower lower lower G7 Slightly Slightly Slightly Slightly Slightly higher lower higher higher higher G8 Higher Higher Slightly Slightly Slightly lower higher lower Lower Equal Higher Lower Lower G9 G10 Lower Lower Lower Lower Lower Higher Higher Slightly Higher Slightly higher G11 higher

TEST TAKER DEMOGRAPHICS - ELA (DMS) Test # of Enrollment % Test Average % Taken Levels Taken Level 4 4 and and above above On-level 109 30 165 66% 736 28% Grade 6 Honors 32 29 42 76% 783 91% POR 14 2 21 67% 711 14% On-level 72 31 135 53% 745 43% Honors 38 32 53 66% 778 84% Grade 7 POR 11 2 21 52% 716 18%

TEST TAKER DEMOGRAPHICS - ELA (DMS) Test Passed# Enrollment % Test Average % Level Taken of s Taken 4 and above On-level 71 34 147 48% 746 52% Grade 8 Honors 38 34 63 60% 773 89% POR 13 1 20 65% 703 8%

TEST TAKER DEMOGRAPHICS - ELA (DHS) Test # of Enrollment % Test Average % Level Taken Levels Taken 4 and 4 and above above General 5 0 9 55.6% 699 0% CP 75 22 132 56.8% 731 29.3% Grade 9 Honors 29 22 55 52.7% 765 75.9% POR 14 0 17 82.4% 699 0% General 4 0 9 44.4% 686 0% CP 59 6 150 39.3% 712 10.2% Grade 10 Honors 12 4 54 22.2% 750 33.3% POR 8 0 12 66.7% 683 0%

TEST TAKER DEMOGRAPHICS - ELA (DHS) Test # of Enrollment % Test Average % of Taken Levels 3 Taken Levels 3 and and above above General 9 2 23 39.1% 701 22.2% CP 31 23 103 30.1% 739 74.2% Grade 11 Honors/ 35 32 85 41.2% 772 91.4% AP POR 9 0 11 81.8% 690 0%