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1. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) and SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium:Discussion Points State Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee Presentation
March 2011
Submitted by: Beth Higbee, Ph.D.
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Office
2. 2 44 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards * Maine and Washington have adopted the CCSS provisionally** Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA only
3. Context Funding – RTTT – Supplements for tech readiness assessments and bridges to IHEs
Current participation status/MOU
Governing vs. Advisory/Participating Status
Geography/National Scene
ESEA College and Career Ready Emphasis; IHE partnerships
4. Partners PARCC
Achieve (California Diploma Project; EAP)
Massachusetts Commissioner of Education serves as Chair of Governing Board
K-12 and IHEs
Referenced list of researchers, educators, and state leaders
5. 5 PARCC States
6. Partners SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
WestEd
Linda Darling-Hammond Policy Advisor
Involvement of multiple West Coast states
K-12 and IHEs
Referenced list of researchers, educators, and state leaders
10. Common Core Assessment Comparisons
11. For Further Information PARCC and SMARTER Balanced web sites for power points and references
www.achieve.org/PARCC
www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER
SBE March 2011 archived sessions
RTTT applications
www.k12center.org/publications.html
www.ets.org/commonassessments (visuals)