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PARCC Update

PARCC Update. Stephanie Boyd May 2013. Two Sources for Assessments. * Pearson is contracted for field test and year 1 implementation. PARCC Assessment Design. Mid-Year Assessment Performance-based Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards Optional. End-of-Year Assessment

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PARCC Update

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  1. PARCC Update Stephanie Boyd May 2013 1

  2. Two Sources for Assessments 2 * Pearson is contracted for field test and year 1 implementation

  3. PARCC Assessment Design • Mid-Year Assessment • Performance-based • Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards • Optional • End-of-Year • Assessment • Innovative, computer-based items • Required • Performance-Based • Assessment • Extended tasks • Applications of concepts and skills • Required • Diagnostic Assessment • Early indicator of knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD • Optional Speaking and Listening Assessment (Required): Locally scored

  4. Accommodations Manual • Just under 500 responses on the accommodations manual • ~35% of responses were cut and paste from a blog post • Letters from several groups of stakeholders were also sent and will be reviewed • About 145 responses to the EL section 4

  5. PARCC Assessment blueprints and Test Specifications http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-test-specs 5

  6. Sign Up http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-assessment 6

  7. Ongoing Committees • Committees with Colorado Educators and State Leaders • Item Review (2 levels of involvement: state and district) • Bias reviews • Developing reporting attributes • Non-summative (Speaking and Listening and the diagnostic assessments) • Educator Leader Cadre (ELC) 7

  8. PARCC 8

  9. Educator Leader Cadre This group is to help districts focus on Common Core implementation (CAS enhanced Common Core) What would be beneficial for you from this group? 9

  10. New Assessments Webpage http://www.cde.state.co.us/assessment/NewAssess.asp

  11. Technology for PARCC • Headphones/earphones are required for all students for all PARCC assessments in 2015. • Some student accommodations may also require headphones/ earphones (e.g., text to speech). • Microphones may be required for all students taking the Speaking and Listening Assessment. • Some student accommodations may also require microphones (e.g., speech-to-text; voice controls) for other parts of the PARCC assessments. 11

  12. How can we help you? What else should be on the website? What would be of use to you? 12

  13. Summative Assessment Timeline

  14. 2014 – Field Testing Here is what we know: Spring Window for Performance Based Assessment (PBA) Window for End of Year Assessment (EOY) Approximately 3 week windows Students will take one test or the other Only a few students will take both PBA and EOY Same platform as the Science and Social Studies tests 14

  15. 2014 What we do not know: When How many students Which schools July should bring information on these topics 15

  16. 2015 – PARCC Implementation In August will have an update • Two testing windows in the spring • PBA (3 sessions ELA and 2 Math) • EOY (2 sessions ELA and 2 Math) 16

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