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PARCC Assessment Update

PARCC Assessment Update. Day 3, Session 4. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers - PARCC. PARCC Timeline. Sept. 2012 First year field testing and related research and data collection begins. Sept. 2013

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PARCC Assessment Update

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  1. PARCC Assessment Update Day 3, Session 4 MSDE

  2. The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers -PARCC MSDE

  3. PARCC Timeline Sept. 2012 First year field testing and related research and data collection begins Sept. 2013 Second year field testing begins and related research and data collection continues Sept. 2014 Full administration of PARCC assessments begins Summer 2015 Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels Oct. 2010 Launch and design phase begins Sept. 2011 Development phase begins

  4. Evidence-Centered Design (ECD)

  5. Claims Driving Design: ELA/Literacy ELA/Literacy Master Claim Major Claims – (research is sub claim in gr. 3-5) Sub-claims

  6. Item Review Process • 100% of PARCC items will be reviewed prior to and following field testing • A total of 24 review meetings will take place throughout the contract period, beginning in spring 2012

  7. PARCC Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11 Optional/Flexible Assessments • 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 • Speaking And Listening • Assessment • Locally scored • Non-summative, required Summative, Required assessment Interim, optional assessment

  8. ELA/Literacy Performance-based AssessmentGrades 3-11 Research Simulation Task Literature Based Task Read more than 1 literary piece (varying lengths) Related literary non-fiction may be used in gr. 6-12 Respond through: Comprehension questions Synthesis of multiple pieces through an analytic essay A narrative written with literature as the stimulus Academic vocabulary in context • Read more than 1 informational piece related to a given topic (may include multimedia pieces) • Respond through: • Comprehension questions • Summary writing • Synthesis of information through an analytic essay • Academic vocabulary in context MSDE

  9. ELA/Literacy End-of-Year AssessmentGrades 3-11 • Students read several texts, including multimedia texts • The percentage of literature to informational/disciplinary literacy texts changes to reflect the shift in text emphasis in the standards • Students answer approximately 50 machine-scorable questions

  10. PARCC Resources http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-content-frameworks MSDE

  11. PARCC Resources • Coming soon: • Assessment prototype tasks • Educator Leadership Cadre • Field testing – Jan. 2013 MSDE

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