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PARCC Assessment UpdatePARCC Assessment Update

Day 3, Session 4Day 3, Session 4

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and

Careers -PARCC

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PARCC Timeline

Sept. 2011

Development phase begins

Sept. 2012

First year field testing and

related research and

data collection begins

Sept. 2013

Second year field testing begins and

related research and

data collection continues

Sept. 2014

Full administration

of PARCC assessments

begins

Oct. 2010

Launch and design phase

begins

Summer 2015

Set achievement

levels, including

college-ready performance

levels

Evidence-Centered Design (ECD)

Claims Driving Design: ELA/Literacy

ELA/Li

tera

cy

Master

Claim

Major Claims – (research is sub claim in gr. 3-5)

Sub-claims

100% of PARCC items will be reviewed prior to and following field testing

A total of 24 review meetings will take place throughout the contract period, beginning in spring 2012

Item Review Process

PARCC Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11

End-of-Year Assessment

•Innovative, computer-based items

Performance-BasedAssessment (PBA)

•Extended tasks•Applications of concepts and skills

Summative,Required assessment

Interim, optional assessment

Diagnostic Assessment• Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD

Speaking And ListeningAssessment

•Locally scored•Non-summative, required

Optional/Flexible Assessments

Mid-Year Assessment•Performance-based•Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards•Potentially summative

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ELA/Literacy Performance-based AssessmentGrades 3-11

Research Simulation Task Read more than 1

informational piece related to a given topic (may include multimedia pieces)

Respond through: Comprehension questions Summary writing Synthesis of information

through an analytic essay Academic vocabulary in

context

Literature Based Task Read more than 1

literary piece (varying lengths)

Related literary non-fiction may be used in gr. 6-12

Respond through: Comprehension questions Synthesis of multiple pieces

through an analytic essay A narrative written with

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ELA/Literacy End-of-Year AssessmentGrades 3-11

Students read several texts, including multimedia texts

The percentage of literature to informational/disciplinary literacy texts changes to reflect the shift in text emphasis in the standards

Students answer approximately 50 machine-scorable questions

PARCC Resources

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http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks

PARCC Resources

Coming soon: Assessment prototype

tasks Educator Leadership

Cadre Field testing – Jan.

2013

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