PARCC Tutorial and Assessments - Secondary Instructional Implications

Session Outcomes

Participants will:• Explore the design and content of three

PARCC ELA resources – tutorial, sample items, and practice tests.

• Determine how the design and content of the PARCC assessments will impact classroom instruction.

FYI

To locate updates or find answers to questions go to PARCC at http://www.parcconline.org and choose:– Search– FAQ– What’s New– Customized Learning Objects (CLOs)– Email: Questions@PARCConline.Org

(Note - This information is a revised version of the 2014 CCR Conference MSDE presentation.)

New Acronyms

http://ccssparcc.wordpress.com/

PBA

EOYPCR

EBSR TECR

TGM

PLD

TEI

PARCC Tutorial

As you go through the tutorial, consider:• How does the tutorial address UDL?• How does the PARCC assessment differ

from MSA/HSA?• What tools might teachers have to show

students how to use?

PARCC Tutorial

Familiarize yourself with the available tools.

http://practice.parcc.testnav.comClick on TUTORIAL

Accommodations Link

http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibility-features-and-accommodations-manual

Types of Accessibility Features and Accommodations

8

Features for All Students

Accessibility Features*

Identified in advance

Accommodations**

Accessibility Features for All Students on the Computer-Based Test Mode

9

Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the Computer-Based Test Mode

Audio Amplification

Blank/Scratch 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)

Text Highlighter Tool

Headphones or Noise Buffers

Line Reader

Magnification/Enlargement Device

Notepad

Pop-Up Glossary

Redirect Student to Test (by test administrator)

Spell Checker

Writing Tools

Then and Now

Grades 6-8 Condensed Scoring Rubric for Prose Constructed Response Items

http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/Grade6-11-ELACondensedRubricFORANALYTICANDNARRATIVEWRITING.pdf

PARCC WRITING FORMS

http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCSampleofWritingForms.pdf

Note, PARCC began this list by referencing one that can be found at http://www.suzanne-williams.com/formsof.htm

SAMPLE ITEMS

Things to consider:• What are the implications for instruction?• What kinds of instructional activities

should be implemented in the classroom before students take the PARCC assessment?

http://practice.parcc.testnav.comClick on SAMPLE ITEMS

PRACTICE TEST

Why would you use the practice test as a part of instruction?

• Format• Types of Assessment Items• Message to Students• Professional Learning

PRACTICE TEST

Both the English Language Arts/Literacy PBA and EOY

Assessments in March and in April/May will focus on reading comprehension and writing.

Allegany County, MD PARCC PBA Schedule

Allegany County, MD PARCC EOY Schedule

Allegany County, MD PARCC EOY Schedule

PRACTICE TEST

There are three sections: • Task 1: Literary analysis, questions 1-7• Task 2: Research simulation, questions 8-

17• Task 3: Narrative task, questions 18-23

8th Grade Research Simulation

This research simulation reflects the literacy standards for science and technical subjects.

http://practice.parcc.testnav.comClick on PRACTICE TESTS

Choose ELA. Scroll down to find your grade level.

10th Grade Research Simulation

This research simulation reflects the literacy standards for history and social studies subjects.

Choose ELA. Scroll down to find your grade level.

http://practice.parcc.testnav.comClick on PRACTICE TESTS

Explore the Assessments at Other Grade Levels

Think about• the instructional shifts required by the

standards• how items in different grade levels

reflect increased complexity

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER…

Now that we have identified three resources (the tutorial, sample items, and practice tests) and explored the PARCC website, how can you share this information with others at your school?

Talk About…

Resources• Achieve the Core http://achievethecore.org/ • Better Lesson http://betterlesson.com/ • CAST http://www.cast.org• Educators Evaluating the Quality of Instructional Products (EQuIP)

http://achieve.org/ • Great Public Schools (GPS) Network http://www.gpsnetwork.org/ • MSDE Blackboard Learn https

://msde.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp• PARCC http://www.parcconline.org/ • PARCC Field Test Resources Site http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/• PBS Learning Media http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ • ReadWorks http://www.readworks.org/ • Suzanne Williams http://www.suzanne-williams.com/formsof.htm

• Teaching Channel https://www.teachingchannel.org/• Word Press http://ccssparcc.wordpress.com/ org