New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association Legislative Conference March 21, 2014

1. New Jersey Principals and Supervisors AssociationLegislative ConferenceMarch 21, 2014 New Jersey Department of Education

2. Agenda • Why? • New Jersey’s involvement in PARCC development • Transitioning to PARCC • Think abouts…. New Jersey Department of Education

3. NAEP – 8th Grade Math New Jersey Department of Education

4. New Jersey’s NAEP Comparisons New Jersey Department of Education

5. Mismatch: State Assessments & NAEP New Jersey Department of Education

6. Why New Assessments Now? Nationwide, current state assessments were not designed to: • Measure the key advancements in the Common Core • Assess and signal whether students are on track for success in college or careers • Produce timely, actionable data for students, teachers and parents • Test key skills, such as critical thinking and ability to problem solve • Play a key role in the improvement of instruction

7. PARCC Assessment Priorities • Determine whether students are college- and career-readyor on track • Compare performance across states and internationally • Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards, including standards that are difficult to measure • Measure the full range of student performance, including the performance of high and low performing students • Provide data for accountability, including measures of growth • Incorporate innovative approaches throughout the system

8. Evidence-Centered Design (ECD)

9. General Content Claims • In ELA/literacy, general content claims at each level describe how well students are able to • Read and comprehend a range of sufficiently complex text independently • Write effectively when using and/or analyzing sources • Build and present knowledge through the integration, comparison, and synthesis of ideas • Use of context to determine the meaning of words and phrases • In Mathematics, the general content claims at each level describe how well students are able to • Solve problems involving the major content with connections to the practices • Solve problems involving the additional and supporting content with connections to the practices • Express mathematical reasoning by constructing viable arguments • Solve real world problems

10. Summative Assessment Components • Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) administered as close to the end of the school year as possible. The ELA/literacy PBA will focus on writing effectively when analyzing text. The mathematics PBA will focus on applying skills, concepts, and understandings to solve multi-step problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance, and strategic use of tools • End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) administered after approx. 90% of the school year. The ELA/literacy EOY will focus on reading comprehension. The math EOY will be comprised of innovative, machine-scorable items • End-of-Year • Assessment (EOY) • Innovative, computer-based items • Performance-Based • Assessment (PBA) • Extended tasks • Applications of concepts and skills

11. Task/Item Development Process

12. Spring 2012 NJ ASK Aligned to Core Curriculum Spring 2013 NJ ASK Common Core Aligned (except gr 6-8 Math) Spring 2014 NJ ASK Common Core Aligned SY 2014-15 PARCC assessment NJ Assessment Transition Timeline Transitional Assessments New Jersey Department of Education

13. Transition Methodology • Alignment study between the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and the Common Core State Standards. • A review of existing test items (questions and tasks) to determine if the items had the rigor and depth associated with the Common Core. • Field tested items in 2012 and 2013 as part of NJASK to increase our Common Core item pool (Field tested items were not scored as part of a student’s score). New Jersey Department of Education

14. English Language Arts (ELA) Content Shifts • In ELA, the shifts were subtle. • Writing prompts became more text dependent, requiring students at all grade levels to ground their responses in specific evidence and information. • Students were expected to comprehend and accurately use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in their reading and writing. • Fifty percent or more of the reading passages are now informational. New Jersey Department of Education

15. English Language Arts (ELA) Proficient and Above, By Grade New Jersey Department of Education

16. Math – Gap Analysis from Core Curriculum to Common Core, by Grade New Jersey Department of Education

17. MathematicsProficient and Above, By Grade New Jersey Department of Education * Aligned to Common Core State Standards.

18. Release of Assessment Results New Jersey Department of Education

19. Think abouts… • Standards – Curriculum – Instructional alignment • Algebra I in the middle school • Current uses NJASK scale scores • Current messaging about your HSPA results • Integration of technology into regular classroom instruction New Jersey Department of Education