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PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. PARCC OVERVIEW For School Test Coordinators and Technology Coordinators December 16 and 17, 2013 La Juana Green. GOALS. To discuss the roles of the school test coordinator, the back-up test coordinator, and on-site technology coordinator.
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PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PARCC OVERVIEW For School Test Coordinators and Technology Coordinators December 16 and 17, 2013 La Juana Green
GOALS • To discuss the roles of the school test coordinator, the back-up test coordinator, and on-site technology coordinator
PARCC • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) • Made up of 20 states • Goal is to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math • College Readiness Indicators • Field Test in 2014 • Operational Test 2014-2015
PARCC FIELD TEST • Today’s presentation relates to the 2014 PARCC Field Test and the administration of the field test. • Field Test Purpose • To evaluate the quality of items and tasks developed this past year • Test the administration procedures • Give schools and districts the opportunity to experience the administration of PARCC assessments
2014 PARCC FIELD TEST • Components • Performance Based Assessment (PBA) – administered after 75% of the school year completed • End-of-Year (EOY) – administered after 90% of the school year completed
PBA • English/Language Arts • Literature analysis, narrative writing, and research simulation tasks • Sessions • Mathematics • Solve problems, express mathematical reasoning, construct mathematical arguments, and solve/model real-world problems • Sessions
EOY • English/Language Arts • Demonstrate content-specific acquired skills and knowledge • Scored by machine • Sessions • Mathematics • Solve multi-step problems, conceptual questions, applications, and carry out substantial procedures. • Sessions
PARCC FIELD TEST • Methods of administrations • Online • Paper and pencil • Areas • English Language Arts/Literacy • Grades 3 - 11 • Mathematics • Grades 3 - 11 • Algebra I • Geometry • Algebra II
PCSSD PARTICIPATION • Eighteen schools will participate in the online test • Nineschools will utilize the paper-pencil test • Three schools will take both the PBA & EOY • Three schools will participate in the comparability study • Use of IPADS • Grade 4 Language Arts and Math • PBA and EOY • Maximum of 2 classes per grade or subject area selected
STUDENT PARTICIPATION • Two ways to participate • Take both the PBA and EOY in one content area • Take either the PBA or the EOY in one content area • No student will participate in the entire PARCC Field Test
PCSSD PARTICIPATION • ACTAAP RULE
PARCC TEAM • Team should consist of • Principal • School Test Coordinator • Back-up School Test Coordinator • On-site Technology Coordinator • Additional members (optional)
PARCC TEAM • Role