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Test Coordinator Training
Spring 2015
Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Career
(PARCC)
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Contact Information
Joslyn Overby
PARCC State Lead, PARCC Policies
and Procedures
[email protected]
Gabe Martinez
PearsonAccess Next
[email protected]
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What is PARCC?
• Common Core (CCSS)-aligned assessment in ELA (Reading
and Writing) and Math
• Provide data to support instruction, interventions, and PD
• Provide data for accountability
• Designed to assess student performance at significant
breadth and depth
• Innovative assessment (computer-based)
• Indicate Readiness for College and Career
• Provide measure of student achievement across 11 states.
Two assessment windows yield one
overall assessment score
• Performance Based Assessment (PBA)
–75% into the school year
• End of Year (EOY) Assessment
–90% into the school year
PBA + EOY = Summative Score
Blueprints and Evidence Tables
• http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-testspecs
• Blueprints describe the content and structure of an
assessment by defining the total number of tasks and/or
items for any given assessment component, the standards
measured, the item types, and the point values for each.
• Evidence tables indicate the essential components of a
student response with respect to each assessed standard.
Model Content Frameworks
– Support implementation of the CCSS
– Inform development of the PARCC
assessments
– Grade-level specific
– Valuable for teachers as instructional tools
Model Content Frameworks
The Model Content Framework for each grade
level in ELA is divided into four sections:
• Narrative Summary of the ELA Standards
• The Model Content Framework Chart
• Key Terms and Concepts for the Model
Content Framework Chart
• Writing and Speaking and Listening Standards
Progressions Charts
Model Content Frameworks
The Model Content Framework for each grade
level in Math is divided into seven sections:
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Examples of Key Advances from the Previous Grade
Fluency Expectations or Examples of Culminating Standards
Examples of Major Within-Grade Dependencies
Examples of Opportunities for Connections among Standards,
Clusters, or Domains
• Examples of Opportunities for In-Depth Focus
• Examples of Opportunities for Connecting Mathematical
Content and Mathematical Practices
• Content Emphasis by Cluster
ELA Resources
• Model Content Frameworks:
http://parcconline.org/mcf/ela/parcc-modelcontent-frameworks-browser
• Rubrics: http://parcc-test.pearson.com/sampleitems
• Passage Selection Guidelines:
http://parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/Updated
%20Passage%20Selection%20Guidelines.pdf
• Prose Constructed Response Information:
http://parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCSa
mpleofWritingForms.pdf
Math Resources
• Model Content Frameworks:
http://parcconline.org/mcf/mathematics/overvie
w-parcc-model-content-frameworksmathematics
• Equation Editor Guide, Tutorial, and Practice:
http://parcc-test.pearson.com/tutorial/
• CCSS-aligned Activities: http://mc2.nmsu.edu
• Calculator Policy:
http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PA
RCC%20Calculator%20Policy%20%20Updated%2010-22-14.pdf
Student/Family Resources
• Tutorials: http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial
• Sample Items:
http://parcc.pearson.com/sample-items) and
practice tests
• Practice Tests:
http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests
• Construct written responses on computer!
Scores
• Student will receive scaled scores on a 0-80
scale.
• Scores will be available in ELA/L and Math.
Subscores will also be provided.
• Students performance will be given in
Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs).
• There are 5 PLDs
• The scales will be set after the first PARCC
assessment administration (fall 2015)
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Performance Level Descriptors - PLDs
Level 5
Distinguished Command
Level 4
Strong Command
Level 3
Moderate Command
Level 2
Partial Command
Level 1
Minimal Command
• To earn a College- and Career-Ready Determination (CCR-D),
PLD Level = 4 or 5
• Beginning in 2015-2016, students will need to “pass PARCC” as
their graduation primary demonstration of competency for ELA
and Math.
Involvement of Higher Education
Higher Education has been involved in Advisory
Committee on College Readiness (ACCR) since
2011.
Scores of 4 and 5 should truly indicate readiness
for credit-bearing (non-remedial) college courses.
Future possibilities: incorporate PARCC scores into
course placement policies?
Assessment Results on Transcripts
Primary and Secondary Education
Standards for Excellence
Procedural Requirements
NMAC 6.29.1.9.E.5
Transcripts MUST include results of accountability
assessment (currently SBA, PARCC beginning in
2016).
Technology Preparation
• Complete the PARCC training modules at
http://parcc.pearson.com/manuals-training
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Proctor Caching and TestNav Configuration
Personal Needs Profile (PNP)
Test Administration
Student Registration Import
School Technology Readiness
Student Readiness Resources
Technology Preparation
• Create a TestNav configuration for proctor cache in each school
or at the central district level.
• Update Java and monitor updates.
• By January 9 (PBA) and January 23 (EOY):
– Update district and school location and contact information
– Change and confirm the following test assignments:
• Large Print
• Braille
• Paper-based Testing
• Paper-based Testing in Spanish (Math only)
• Unassign ELA tests for students taking SBA SLA
• Unassign both ELA and Math tests for students taking alternate
assessments (NCSC)
Technology Preparation
• By February 20:
– Assign/validate all CBT test registrations in PAN.
– Upload PNP or assign accommodations/accessibility features to
all student profiles.*
* This requires communication between the Test Coordinator, SPED
staff, EL/bilingual staff, and teachers to identify the
accommodations and accessibility features for SWD, ELs, and
students who would benefit from additional accessibility features.
• See “PARCC LOCAL EDUCATOR PLANNING TOOL
• FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBLIITY FEATURES”
PED Step-by-Step Guides
– PAN User Roles
– Steps to Update Contact Information in PAN
– Step-by-Step Guide for January 9 Student
Registration
– Step-by-Step Guide for January 23 Student
Registration
– 2015 NM Day at the PARCC Step-by-Step Guide
– Step-by-Step Guide for Creating Test Sessions
Program Preparation
• Identify appropriate testing assignments.
• Prepare testing schedule and staff assignments.
• Train Test Administrators and have them sign
confidentiality agreements.
• Communicate testing schedule/assignments with
staff, students and families.
• Start TestNav on every computer before testing
begins.
• Troubleshoot with technology staff.
Questions about
PARCC?
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