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Page 1: Top Ten Facts for Scheduling PARCC Assessments Fall/Winter Block Administration 2014 Spring Administration 2015 0.

Top Ten Facts for Scheduling PARCC Assessments

Fall/Winter Block Administration 2014Spring Administration 2015

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Fact #1: PARCC Administration Flowchart

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• Administration: Performance-Based Assessment, End-of-Year• Session: Grouping of students, composed of units• Unit: Literary Analysis Unit, Research Simulation Unit, etc. • Section: Calculator or non-calculator sections of Math units

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*Grades 3-5 ELA/L does not include Unit 2

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Fact #2: Number of Test Units

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Grades 6-High School: 9 units totalELA/L Mathematics

PBA 3 units 2 unitsEOY 2 units 2 unitsTotal 5 units 4 units

Grades 3-5: 8 units totalELA/L Mathematics

PBA 3 units 2 unitsEOY 1 unit 2 unitsTotal 4 units 4 units

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Fact #3: Administration Time – Guidelines for Scheduling

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Task Approximate Time1. Complete preliminary test preparation after students arrive (includes reading instructions to students and answering questions).

10 minutes

2. Distribute test materials to students/help students log-in.

5 minutes

3. Administer unit (times vary by unit). 60-90 minutes 4. Complete end-of-unit activities, including closing units and collecting test materials.

5-10 minutes

Total 80-120 minutes

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Fact #4: Unit Testing Time

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PBAUnit 1

PBA Unit 2

PBA Unit 3

EOY Unit 1

EOY Unit 2

Grade 3 75 75 60 75 -

Grade 4-5 75 90 60 75 -

Grades 6-10 75 90 60 60 60

PBA Unit 1

PBA Unit 2

EOY Unit 1

EOY Unit 2

Grade 3 75 75 75 75Grade 4-5 80 70 75 75Grades 6-8 80 70 80 75

Algebra I, Geometry 90 75 80 75

Mathematics

English Language Arts/Literacy

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Fact #5: Spring 2015 Testing Windows

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“Regular Administration” for COMPUTER-BASED TESTING

Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) March 16−April 10, 2015

End-of-Year (EOY) May 4−May 29, 2015

“Regular Administration” for PAPER-BASED TESTING

Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) March 23−April 3, 2015

End-of-Year (EOY) May 11−May 22, 2015

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Fact #6: Length of Testing Window

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• General rule is 20 consecutive school days for computer-based testing and 10 consecutive school days for paper-based testing

• Breaks/holidays at any point during the window do not count towards 20/10 days

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• Schools may schedule units at any time during their testing window

• All units for all grade levels and content areas are available throughout each testing window

• For paper-based testing, each unit must be completed by all students within a grade/course on the same school day

• For computer-based testing, each unit within a grade/course should be scheduled as close together as possible

Fact #7: Form Availability

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• It is highly recommended that schools schedule no more than two units per day for any given student

• However, a school may schedule as many units a day as needed for multiple groups of students

• Schools may schedule units back-to-back for students, but must give students a short break in-between units

Fact #8: Number of Units in a Day

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• Within content areas, units must be administered in sequential order (except for make-up testing)– For example: Unit 1 → Unit 2, Literary Analysis → Research

Simulation → Narrative Writing

• There is no specific order for content area – schools can administer ELA/L or Mathematics first

• Schools may alternate between content areas – For example: Unit 1 ELA/L → Unit 1 Mathematics → Unit

2 ELA/L → Unit 2 Mathematics

Fact #9: Testing Order

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• If students miss a unit, they may skip the unit to continue testing with their testing group and make up the unit at another time within the testing window

• Schools must schedule make-up testing within the specified testing window

• Schools may combine students for content areas if the unit testing times and administration scripts are the same– For example: Grade 3 ELA/L PBA and Grade 4 ELA/L PBA)

Fact #10: Make-Up Testing

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• Questions about scheduling policies? Please send them to [email protected]

Questions

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• For more information and resources on scheduling, please view the Scheduling Tool Kit on PARCC Online: http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-administration-guidance

• This includes scheduling FAQs, schedule templates, and sample schedules

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