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The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Wes Bruce, Indiana Department of Education NCES Summer Forum July 25, 2011. About PARCC.

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The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

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  1. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Wes Bruce, Indiana Department of Education NCES Summer Forum July 25, 2011

  2. About PARCC • PARCC is an alliance of 25 states working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers • PARCC is state-led and a subset of PARCC states make up its Governing Board • Governing Board: AZ, AR, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MD, MA, NJ, NY, OK, RI, TN • Governing Board Chair: Massachusetts Commissioner Mitchell Chester • Fiscal Agent State: Florida oversees budget, procurement, and reporting functions • Project Management Partner: Achieve

  3. PARCC States Governing Board States Participating States Governing Board States Participating States

  4. The PARCC Vision • Build a pathway to college and career readiness for all students • Create high-quality assessments that measure more sophisticated, authentic student performances • Support educators in the classroom • Make better use of technology in assessments • Advance accountability at all levels

  5. Assessment Design End- Of-Year END OF SCHOOL YEAR Real-time student achievement data Real-time student achievement data Real-time student achievement data START OF SCHOOL YEAR 90% 25% 50% 75% Through-Course 2 Through-Course 1 Through-Course 3 Real-time student achievement data Through-Course 4 • Benefits: • Through-course assessments provide teachers information on their students performance at key points during the year, allowing them to adjust instruction and target interventions • Results will be returned quickly so they are more useful to schools • Assessments will measure more sophisticated, authentic performances Source: Graphic adapted from a representation prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management (www.k12center.org)

  6. Role of Technology • Technology will be central to PARCC, providing cutting edge solutions to test development, administration, scoring and reporting • Integrated modular system and interoperable platform • Administration • Assessments delivered to schools online • Grades 6-11 and end-of-year 100% online administration • Item types • End-of-year: computer-enhanced, innovative items • Through-course components: searchable environments for student research and dynamic online calculators • Preprogrammed accommodations

  7. Role of Automated Scoring • PARCC’s computer-based assessments will: • Produce timely snapshots of students’ knowledge throughout the year • Give parents, students and teachers the ability to adjust accordingly rather than waiting until the end of the school year • PARCC assessments will be scored: • By a combination of automated and human scoring (with the end-of-year tests machine scored) • States will individually determine the extent to which teachers will be involved in scoring • By using automated scoring, scores can be returned more quickly to students and teachers, allowing for a quicker response to the data provided.

  8. PARCC Timeline SY 2012-13 First year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection SY 2013-14 Second year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection SY 2014-15 Full administration of PARCC assessments Summer 2015 Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels SY 2010-11 Launch and design phase SY 2011-12 Development begins For more information see, www.PARCCConsortium.org/Timeline

  9. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers http://www.parcconline.org/ http://www.fldoe.org/parcc/ http://www.achieve.org/parcc

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