Analyzing the Rigor of PARCC Reading Assessment...

Analyzing the Rigor of PARCC Reading Assessment Items

Angela LaBounty

PARCC Sample Items and Tasks Review With your partner or table groups …

What are some of the common characteristics that exist in the question stems/tasks?

Where do you notice an increase in rigor from past standards to the expectations now for students within the Common Core?

What kind of instruction is needed to ensure student success on these types of tasks?

Points to Ponder …

Where would my students succeed?

Where would my students stumble?

How does my grade level build before or from the rigor of this task?

Given what I know now, what is ONE next step I should take to prepare myself to write common assessments and/or plan instruction?

What is ONE next step for my team?

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PARCC Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document ELA/Literacy: Grade 3

Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: “Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing In the World” by Thornton Burgess Item Number

Answer Standards Alignment

1 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: B

RL1; RL4

2 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: B

RL1; RL2; RL3

3 Item Type: TECR

RL1; RL2; RL3

Passage 2: “Me First” by Helen Lester 4 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: C Part B: B

RL1; RL4; L4

5 Item Type: TECR Part A:

Part B:

RL1; RL7

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6 Item Type: TECR Part A: D Part B: C

RL1; RL3

Passage 1: “Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing In the World” by Thornton Burgess and Passage 2: “Me First” by Helen Lester 7 Item Type: PCR

Refer to Grade 3 Scoring Rubric RL1; RL3; W2; W4-10

Items 8-13 Task: Narrative Writing (NWT) Passage: “A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience” by Sandra Beswetherick Item Number


8 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: C

RL1; RL4; RL5

9 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: D

RL1; RL3

10 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: B and C

RL1; RL3

11 Item Type: TECR

RL1; RL2


L1; RL2

13 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 3 Scoring Rubric

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Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: from Ida B by Robert McCammon Item Number

Answer(s) Standards Alignment

1 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: A

RL1; RL4; L6

2 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D

RL1; RL5

3 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D Part B: C and D

RL1; RL3

Passage 2: “Emancipation: A Life Fable” by Kate Chopin 4 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: B Part B: D

RL1; RL4; L5

5 Item Type: TECR

RL1; RL2; RL3

Passage 1: from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon and Passage 2: “Emancipation: A Life Fable” by Kate Chopin 6 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: D Part B: A

RL1; RL2; RL9

7 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 4-5 Scoring Rubric

RL1; RL9; W2; W4-10

Items 8-17 Task: Research Simulation (RST) Passage 1: “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams


Item Number


8 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: B

RI1; L4; RI4

9 Item Type: TECR

RI1; RI2; RI5

10 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: D

RI1; RI6

Passage 2: “The Zoos Go Wild” from No More Dodos by Nicholas Nogiotis 11 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: D Part B: B

RI1; L4; RI4

12 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: B

RI1; RI3


RI1; RI3

Passage 3: “Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo’s Lion Cub” (video) 14 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: A Part B: C

RI1; L4; RI4

15 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: B

RI1; RI5

Passage 1: “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams, Passage 2: “The Zoos Go Wild” from No More Dodos by Nicholas Nogiotis, and Passage 3: “Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo’s Lion Cub” (video) 16 Item Type: TECR (correct answers appear in yellow)

RI1; RI2; RI7



RI1; RI8; RI9; W2; W4-10

Items 18-23 Task: Narrative (NWT) Passage: from Magic Elizabeth by Norma Kassirer Item Number


18 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: C

RL1; RL2

19 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: D and F

RL1; RL3


RL1; RL4

21 Item Type: TECR

RL1; RL2



RL1; RL5


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Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: from “Red Cranes” by Jacey Choy Item Number


1 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: C

RL1; RL4


RL1; RL3


RL1; RL3

Passage 2: from “The Firefly Hunt” by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki 4 Item Type: TECR

Part A: B Part B:

RL1; RL4; L6


RL1; RL2; RL6

6 Item Type: TECR Part A: C Part B:

RL1; RL5

Passage 1: from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon and Passage 2: “Emancipation: A Life Fable” by Kate Chopin



RL1; RL3; RL6; W2; W4-10

Items 8-17 Task: Research Simulation (RST) Passage 1: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas Item Number



RI1; L4

9 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: B and C

RI1; RI2

10 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D Part B: C

RI1; RI5; RI6

Passage 2: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black 11 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: D Part B: A

RI1; L4

12 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: A

RI1; RI2; RI6

Passage 1: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas and Passage 2: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black 14 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: D Part B: C

RI1; RI5; RI6; RI9

Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 15 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: B Part B: C

RI1; L4

Passage 1: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas and Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 16 Item Type: EBSR

Part A: A Part B: D

RI1; RI9

Passage 1: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas, Passage 2: “Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District” dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black, and Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 17 Item Type: PCR

Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric RI1; RI3; RI9; W2; W4-10

Items 18-23 Task: Narrative (NWT) Passage: from Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome Item Number


18 Item Type: TECR Part A: C Part B: either Paragraph 7 OR Paragraph 12

RL1; RL2; RL3; RL6

19 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL6


Part A: A Part B: B


RL1; RL4; RL6

21 Item Type: TECR Part A: A Part B: Paragraph 7

RL1; RL2; RL3; RL6

22 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: C and F

RL1; RL3; RL6


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