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● 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 Academic Standards
● Federal Regulations require states to assess students’ progress towards standards
● State regulations require districts to administer standardized assessments
● District funding is contingent on at least 95% student participation
Standards are not new, standardized assessments are not new,
the only change is PARCC!
History of State Assessments
● 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
Merits of New Standards and PARCC
Two Required Assessments Yield Overall Score
Performance Based Assessment 75% of school year
Extended tasks, applications
- ELA: Writing effectively when analyzing text, research simulation
- Math: Solving multi-step problems requiring reasoning, precision, perseverance, and
use of tools
End of Year 90% of school year
Innovative, short answer items
- ELA: Reading comprehension
- Math: Short items; concepts and skills
Spring Block Administration
Performance Based Assessment Administration Dates: March 23rd – May 1st
End of Year Assessment Administration Date: May 8th – June 5th
The ELA PARCC Expects Students to:
● Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend a variety of complex passages
● Defend ideas with evidence from texts
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
● Coherence: Build skills within and across grade levels
● Rigor: Develop conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application with equal intensity
The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
- Model with mathematics
The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:
- Use appropriate tools strategically
- Attend to precision
- Look for and make use of structure
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning
HSPA PARCC
Single Test Administration March - Performance Based AssessmentMay - End of Year Assessment
Paper based - no technology Administered Online
60-135 minutes per day 60-90 minutes per unit
ELA grades 3 - 8 and 11Math grades 3 - 8 and 11Science grades 4 and 8
ELA grades 3-11Math grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II
Typical Student’s Testing Experience
● Classroom, Computer Lab, or Media Center● 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
Performace Based Assessment
PBA
ELA
Literary Analysis Unit
Research Simulation
Unit
Narrative Writing Unit
Math
Unit 1
Calculator Section
Non-calculator Section
Unit 2
End of Year Assessment
EOY
ELA
Unit 1
Unit 2
Math
Unit 1
Calculator Section
Non-calculator Section
Unit 2
PARCC Assessment Time
Unit 1- PBA Unit 2- PBA Unit 3- PBA Unit 1- EOY Unit 2- EOY
Grades 9-11 ELA
Unit Time 75 90 60 60 60
Est. Time on
Task50 60 40 40 40
Algebra I, Geometry,
Integrated Math I, II
Unit Time 90 75 - 80 75
Est. Time on
Task 60 50 - 60 50
Algebra II, Integrated Math
IIIUnit Time 90 75 - 90 75
PARCC Assessment TasksThree 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 Types of Questions
● Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR)
● Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR)
● Prose-Constructed Response (PCR)
*Prose Constructed Response does not appear on EOY
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
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 ● other negotiated methods
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)
Type 1 Questions:Concepts, Skills and Procedures
● Balance of conceptual understanding, fluency and application
● Can involve any or all of mathematical practice standards
● Machine scored including innovative, computer-based formats
● Will appear on the End of Year and Performance Based Assessments
Type 2 Questions: Mathematical Reasoning● Calls for written arguments/justifications, critiques of
reasoning or precision in mathematical statements
● Can involve other mathematical practice standards
● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses
● Included on the Performance Based Assessment
Type 2: Eighth Grade Example Part A
Each box below identifies side lengths of a triangle. Classify each triangle by dragging the box to the appropriate location: Right Triangle or Not a Right Triangle
6 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm
12 in, 14 in, 16 in
triangle with vertices A (-5,1), B (-2,5), C (6,-1)
Right Triangle Not a Right Triangle
s= 3 ft
For each triangle that is not a right triangle in Part A, prove why the triangle is not a right triangle.
Type 2: Eighth Grade Example Part B
Type 3: Modeling/Applications
● Calls for modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario
● Can involve other mathematical practice standards
● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses
● Included on the Performance Based Assessment
PARCC Scores and Reports
HSPA PARCC
3 Levels - Scale of 100-300 5 Levels - Scale of TBD
Limited data Rich data
Received in Fall of next year
Year 1 receive in Fall of next year
Years after receive by June of current year
Ceiling score Score beyond grade level
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 RequirementsFor 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
PARCC Preparation
● Standards based curriculum, instruction, and programs ● Practice Tests
http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/● Technology
○ Strategic plan to support infrastructure and accessibility
○ Skills - Drag and drop, highlight text, cut and paste, move items, use of math tools and online calculators (6-11), graphing tools, and type written responses in ELA and Math
○ http://nextgen.nwoca.org/skill-development ○ http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/ (TestNav8
tutorial)● Mindset - “Do your best but don’t stress!”