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The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers:Released Items for Mathematics
Tamisha Thompson, Mathematics Liaison, Worcester, MAMarilyn Decker, Director, Office of Science, Technology/Engineering & Mathematics, MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
January 23, 2014
• Basics on the Common Core State Standards and PARCC
• Previewing the PARCC Math assessments• A close look at math items for grades 4 and 9• PARCC Transition Plan for Massachusetts
Agenda
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PARCC 101: The Basics
PARCC is based on the Common Core State Standards, which are included in the 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics. The ultimate purpose of the standards and assessments is to prepare students for success after high school.
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46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards
*Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only
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Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
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MATHEMATICS
Focus, coherence and clarity: emphasis on key topics at each grade level and coherent progression across grades
Procedural fluency and understanding of concepts and skills
Promote rigor through mathematical proficiencies that foster reasoning and understanding across discipline
High school standards organized by conceptual categories
Key Math Shifts in the Common Core
ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS
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Common Core to PARCC
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Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11
End-of-Year Assessment (EOY)
• Innovative, computer-based items
• Required
Performance-BasedAssessment (PBA)• Extended tasks• Applications of
concepts and skills• Required
Diagnostic 2-8 / K-1 Formative Assessments• Early indicator of
student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD
• Non-summative
2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration
Mid-Year Assessment
• Performance-based
• Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards
• Potentially summative
• Locally scored
Speaking And Listening Assessment• Locally scored• Non-summative, required, not included in summative score
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Administration Time
PARCC estimates that students will spend the approximate times below to complete the PARCC performance-based and end-of-year assessments in ELA/literacy and math:
• 8 hours annually in 3rd grade• Just over 9 hours in grades 4–5• A little less than 9 ½ hours in middle school• A little more than 9 ½ hours in high school
Schools and districts will have a maximum of one four-week window to complete the administration of the performance-based and another maximum four-week window to complete the end-of-year tests.
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PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual
November 2013Second Edition Release
PARCC Comprehensive Accessibility Policies
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Accommodations**
* Available to all participating students**For students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities
Accessibility Features for All Students
Accessibility Features for All StudentsAudio Amplification
Blank Paper (provided by test administrator)
Eliminate Answer ChoicesFlag Items for Review
General Administration Directions Clarified (by test administrator)
General Administration Directions Read Aloud and Repeated (by test administrator)
Highlight ToolHeadphones
Magnification/Enlargement DeviceNotePad
Pop-Up GlossaryRedirect Student to Test (by test administrator)
Spell CheckerWriting Tools
Line Reader Tool12
Accessibility Features Identified in Advance
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Accessibility Features Identified in Advance
Answer Masking
Background/Font Color (Color Contrast)
General Masking
Text-to-Speech for the Mathematics Assessments
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PARCC Math Sample Item Review
Focus: PARCC assessments will focus strongly on where the Standards focus. Students will have more time to master concepts at a deeper level.
Problems worth doing: Multi-step problems, conceptual questions, applications, and substantial procedures will be common, as in an excellent classroom.
Better Standards Demand Better Questions: Instead of reusing existing items, PARCC will develop custom items to the Standards.
Fidelity to the Standards: PARCC Evidence Statements are rooted in the language of the Standards so that expectations remain the same in both instructional and assessment settings.
PARCC’s Core Commitments to Mathematics Assessment Quality
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Overview of Mathematics Task Types
PARCC mathematics assessments will include three types of tasks. Task Type Description of Task Type
I. Tasks assessing concepts, skills and procedures
• Balance of conceptual understanding, fluency, and application• Can involve any or all mathematical practice standards• Machine scorable including innovative, computer-based formats• Will appear on the End of Year and Performance Based Assessment
components
II. Tasks assessing expressing mathematical reasoning
• Each task calls for written arguments / justifications, critique of reasoning, or precision in mathematical statements (MP.3, 6).
• Can involve other mathematical practice standards• May include a mix of machine scored and hand scored responses• Included on the Performance Based Assessment component
III. Tasks assessing modeling / applications
• Each task calls for modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario (MP.4)
• Can involve other mathematical practice standards.• May include a mix of machine scored and hand scored responses• Included on the Performance Based Assessment component
For more information see PARCC Item Development ITN Appendix D.
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Summary of Items Released November 2013Mathematics: Grades 3-5
Grade Item Click to View Item withAnnotation/Rubric
3 Patricia’s reading time3 The art teacher’s
rectangular array
4 Fraction comparison4 Three friends’ beads5 Two aquarium tanks
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Summary of Items Released November 2013Mathematics: Grades 6-8
Grade Item Click to View Item withAnnotation/Rubric
6 Proportions of instruments
6 Fraction model
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Summary of Items Released November 2013Mathematics: High School
Course Item Click to View Item withAnnotation/Rubric
Alg2/Math3 Graphs of functionsAlg1/Math2 Mini Golf pricesAlg1/Math1 Brett’s raceAlg1/Math2 Picture frameAlg1/Math1 Popcorn inventory
PARCC Online Test Samples
Test drive the ELA and math assessment items!
The Technology Platform: http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/Notes about the online test sample:• Safari, Chrome (PC), Firefox 14 or higher• Some functionality on iPad 2 in Safari
Additional ELA and math items: http://www.parcconline.org
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Massachusetts Transition Plan
• The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has voted to “test drive” PARCC– Spring-Fall 2014: Field Test and Analysis of Field
Test Data– Winter-Spring 2014-2015: MA Schools Administer
first PARCC operational tests– Summer-Fall 2015: Standard setting for PARCC
tests; Board votes on whether or not to adopt PARCC
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Resources
Any publicly released assessment policies, evidence tables, item prototypes, PARCC Model Content Frameworks, and other valuable resources can be found at www.parcconline.org
Information on PARCC Transition Plan and Field Tests in Massachusetts:• http://www.doe.mass.edu/parcc (MA Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education)• http://www.mass.edu/currentinit /parcc.asp (MA Department
of Higher Education)
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Thank You
