CMAS: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)

English Language Arts and Mathematics Stephanie Boyd

2014-2015 Assessment Calendar

Assessment CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies PARCC Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies Grade

12

3-8, High School

4 and 7 (Social Studies) 5 and 8 (Science)

CoAlt: English language arts and math PARCC End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) ACCESS for ELLs® Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening CO ACT Grade 11

3-11

3-8, High School

K-12 Initial Test Date Tues., April 28, 2015

Tentative Windows

11/03/14 to 11/21/14

3/09/15 to 4/03/15

4/13/15 to 5/01/15 4/13/15 to 5/15/15

4/27/15 to 5/22/15

1/12/15 to 2/13/15 Make-up Test Date Tues., May 12, 2015

Acronyms

3 Acronym

CBT ELA (ELA/L) EOY LEA PARCC PBA PBT

Name

Computer Based Test English Language Arts (English Language Arts/Literacy) End of Year Local Education Agency (District) Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers Performance Based Assessment Paper Based Test

PARCC-Developed English Language Arts & Math Assessments

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The assessments have two components:

Performance-based assessment administered 75% of the way through the school year  End-of-year assessment administered 90% of the way through the year 

Administration planned for the spring of 2015 Grades included:

 English language arts: 3-11  Math: 3-8, with 3 assessments in high school

PARCC Assessment Design

75% of the year

Performance Based Assessment

• Extended tasks • Applications of concepts and skills 90% of the year

End-of-Year Assessment

• Innovative, computer-based items

Current PARCC Design

Component Content Area Performance Based Assessment:

English Language Arts

Performance Based Assessment:

Math

End-of-Year Assessment:

English Language Arts

End-of-Year Assessment:

Math

# of Sessions

3

Task Type

Research simulation Literary analysis Narrative 2 2 2 Short and extended response questions 4-5 literary and informational texts Primarily short answer and selected response questions

Task Description

For each task, students will read one or more texts, answer several short vocabulary questions, and write an essay that requires them to draw evidence from the text(s) Questions focus on conceptual knowledge and skills, and the mathematical practices of reasoning and modeling Short-answer and vocabulary questions will be associated with each text Focused on conceptual knowledge, skills, and understandings

Secondary Math

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Two pathways are offered for high school math assessments:

 Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra II  Integrated/Math I, Integrated/Math II, and Integrated/Math III

Secondary Math Options

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New high school mathematics assessment system has room for increased flexibility: Grade

8 (3 options) 9 (4 options) 10 (6 options) 11 (4 options) 12 (2 options)

Assessment Options*

8 th grade assessment or Algebra I/Integrated I Algebra I/Integrated I or Geometry/Integrated II Algebra I/Integrated I or Geometry/Integrated II or Algebra II/Integrated III Geometry/Integrated II or Algebra II/Integrated III Algebra II/Integrated III * A d d i t i o n a l f l e x i b i l i t y i s b e i n g e x p l o r e d .

9

Testing Time

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The number of ELA items has been reduced

 https://www.parcconline.org/parcc-states-reduce-no-items elaliteracy-portion-test  Grades 3-5 - reduced by 2 passage sets (passage and questions)  Grades 6-11 - reduced by 1 passage set 

PARCC is determining operational testing times based on field test performance.

Practice Materials

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A full set of practice tests will be available this fall/winter Practice tests for paper and pencil tests are being developed Practice tests are available at the following location: http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/#

CSAP/TCAP Writing – Middle School

Imagine that your family is moving to a new place and your pet will not be allowed to live there. Write a letter to persuade the person in authority to allow your pet to live there. What kind of adult would you like to become? Write a paragraph to describe the kind of person you would like to be in ten years.

PARCC English Language Arts – Middle School You have read a website entry and an article and watched a video describing Amelia Earhart. All three include information that supports the claim that Earhart was a brave, courageous person. The three titles are: “The Biography of Amelia Earhart” “Earhart’s Final Resting Place Believed Found” “Amelia Earhart’s Life and Disappearance” (video) Consider the argument each author uses to demonstrate Earhart’s bravery. Write an essay that analyzes the strength of the arguments related to Earhart’s bravery in at least two of the three supporting materials. Remember to use textual evidence to support your ideas.

Capacity for Spring 2015

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We know that elementary and middle schools can assess online; however, depending on number of devices:

 Multiple groups for each grade level  Technology directed to assessment 

Current PARCC Design:

 5 sections per student for the performance-based assessment  4 sections per student for the end-of-the-year assessment 

Option that is being considered: Offer mathematics assessments as paper-based assessments

CMAS: PARCC vs. Science/Social Studies

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PARCC has adopted PearsonAccess Next as the foundation to use Testnav 8. Some terms are changing:

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Student Data Upload (SDU) – is now Student Registration Import (SRI)

 This year both terms will be used, since we are on two different platforms 

Headphones are required for all students during the Research Simulation Unit of the ELA PBA

Request for Early Test Window

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PARCC is finalizing testing window options.

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CDE expects to have a process similar to TCAP, under which districts will be able to request an early window

 The details are still being determined