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Common Core Implementation Update Supporting College- and Career-Readiness through Common Core Assessments and PARCC December 2012. NYSED provided Common Core sample questions in Grades 3-8 ELA and math and grade-specific test guides intended for teachers.
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Common Core Implementation UpdateSupporting College- and Career-Readiness through Common Core Assessments and PARCCDecember 2012
NYSED provided Common Core sample questions in Grades 3-8 ELA and math and grade-specific test guides intended for teachers. • Educators can use these teaching tools to: • Better understand the shifts needed in classroom instruction; • Better understand how student knowledge and skills will be assessed beginning in 2012-13. • http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/common-core-sample-questions/ • http://engageny.org/resource/test-guides-for-english-language-arts-and-mathematics
Common Core Regents Spring 2015: Algebra II Spring 2014: English Algebra I Geometry 4
PARCC Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration • End-of-Year • Assessment • Innovative, computer-based items • Mid-Year Assessment • Performance-based • Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards • Potentially summative • Performance-Based • Assessment (PBA) • Extended tasks • Applications of concepts and skills • Diagnostic Assessment • Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD • ELA - Speaking And Listening • Assessment • Locally scored • Non-summative, required Summative, Required assessment Interim, optional assessment
PARCC Timeline SY 2010-11 Launch and design phase SY 2011-12 Development begins SY 2012-13 Field testing SY 2013-14 Field testing SY 2014-15 First year administration Spring 2015 Set achievement levels New York Transition to the Common Core NY 3-8 First year admin Regents Field Testing NY First year admin: Regents NY 3-8 field testing
Latest on PARCC • Model Content Framework (MCF) • Purchasing guidance for CBT • Item and passage review • College- and Career Ready Determination and Performance-Level Descriptors • General assessment policies • Calculator policy and math reference sheets • Field Test RFP released • State and national engagement and outreach, including higher education leadership