PARCC Assessment Transition: Accountability, Device Capacity, Testing Window

1. Common Core State Standards and PARCC Assessment UpdateFall 2013

2. Agenda • Accountability & Assessment Transition • Device Capacity • Testing Window • Assessment Time • Performance Level Descriptors • Resources & Communcations

3. Accountability Transition Timeline

4. Accountability Transition Timeline

5.  PARCC Assessment Implementation Timeline “Pre-Decisional - Not Yet Approved”

6. Timeline for Other Assessments “Pre-Decisional - Not Yet Approved”

7. Device Capacity: “Rule of Thumb”

8. Testing Window • Districts will have a maximum of two four-week windows to administer the Performance Based Assessments (PBA) and the End-of-Year (EOY) assessments. • Districts may opt to administer the assessments in a shorter time span if there is capacity to do so.

9. PARCC Assessment Sessions: Grades 3-11

10. PARCC Assessment Time:Grades 3-11 • The estimated time-on-task for a typical student to complete the full battery of PBA and EOY assessments in ELA and Mathematics is 8-10 hours. • Specific session lengths and totals by grade level are available online at the PARCC website. • Refined guidance will be shared after field testing.

11. Claims Driving PARCC Assessment Design for ELA/Literacy

12. Students are on-track or ready for college and careers Claims Driving PARCC Assessment Design for Mathematics

13. PARCC Proposed Performance Level Descriptors • PARCC will report student achievement on the PARCC assessments using five (5) performance level descriptors. • Level 4 is the proposed level for earning a CCR Determination. Taken from http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCCCRDPolicyandPLDs_FINAL.pdf

14. PARCC Proposed Performance Level Descriptors Although many current state assessments report student achievement using three (3) or four (4) performance levels, PARCC will use five (5) levels for a number of reasons: • PARCC assessments will include a sufficient number of score points to support the accurate classification of student performance into five levels; • Five levels will help schools better target assistance to students; • Five levels will provide states with options for using performance levels with greater precision in various accountability mechanisms and decisions; and • Five levels will provide increased opportunities for students, schools, and districts to demonstrate growth. Taken from http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCCCRDPolicyandPLDs_FINAL.pdf

15. Consortium- and State-Level Decisions • The standard setting conducted in the summer of 2015 will establish cut scores for each of the 5 performance levels on the PARCC assessments, to be used across the consortium. • Individual states will establish the minimum scores required for graduation.

16. PARCC Website • Sample Items and Task Prototypes are available at: http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes. • Assessment guidance is available at: http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-administration-guidance.

17. www.mde.k12.ms.us/ci

18. www.mde.k12.ms.us/ccss

19. CCSS Training Materials (SharePoint)

20. MDE PD Calendar (SharePoint)

21. MDE iTunes U

22. Twitter – @MissDeptEd

23. PARCC – www.parcconline.org

24. Contact Information Office of Curriculum and Instruction 601.359.2586 commoncore@mde.k12.ms.us Nathan Oakley –Bureau Director noakley@mde.k12.ms.us Dr. Marla Davis –Mathematics mdavis@mde.k12.ms.us Vincent Segalini – English/Language Arts vsegalini@mde.k12.ms.us