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The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers:

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers: Released Items for Mathematics. Tamisha Thompson, Mathematics Liaison, Worcester, MA Marilyn Decker, Director , Office of Science, Technology/Engineering & Mathematics, MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.

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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: Released Items for Mathematics Tamisha Thompson, Mathematics Liaison, Worcester, MA Marilyn Decker, Director, Office of Science, Technology/Engineering & Mathematics, MA Department of Elementary & Secondary Education January 23, 2014

  2. Agenda • 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

  3. 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.

  4. *Minnesota adopted the CCSS in ELA/literacy only 46 States + DC Have Adopted the Common Core State Standards

  5. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)

  6. Key Math Shifts in the Common Core ANCHORED IN COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

  7. Common Core to PARCC

  8. Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11 2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration • End-of-Year • Assessment (EOY) • Innovative, computer-based items • Required • Mid-Year Assessment • Performance-based • Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards • Potentially summative • Locally scored • Performance-Based • Assessment (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 • Speaking And Listening Assessment • Locally scored • Non-summative, required, not included in summative score

  9. 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.

  10. PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual November 2013 Second Edition Release

  11. PARCC Comprehensive Accessibility Policies * Available to all participating students **For students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities

  12. Accessibility Features for All Students

  13. Accessibility Features Identified in Advance

  14. PARCC Math Sample Item Review

  15. PARCC’s Core Commitments to Mathematics Assessment Quality • 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.

  16. Overview of Mathematics Task Types PARCC mathematics assessments will include three types of tasks. For more information see PARCC Item Development ITN Appendix D.

  17. Summary of Items Released November 2013 Mathematics: Grades 3-5

  18. Summary of Items Released November 2013 Mathematics: Grades 6-8

  19. Summary of Items Released November 2013 Mathematics: High School

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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)

  23. Thank You

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