Transcript MCAS and PARCC Field Test Participation Decisions

MCAS and PARCC
Testing
Franklin Public Schools
School Committee
January 29, 2014
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Background
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment
System (MCAS) has been the required state
testing for more than a decade
Massachusetts is continuing MCAS testing in
the Spring of 2014
Partnership for Assessment of College and
Career Readiness (PARCC) assessments will be
field tested in the Spring of 2014 in addition to
MCAS testing
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Information
It is likely that PARCC assessments will replace
MCAS tests in the future
PARCC assessments are based on the
Common Core State Standards
Franklin students learn these standards as part
of the 2011 MA Curriculum Frameworks in
English Language Arts and Math
This is what we are mandated to teach and what is
tested on both MCAS and PARCC
PARCC is the next generation of testing
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Spring of 2014
 MCAS testing continues but some groups of
students may be exempt based on PARCC testing
in that school
 Some students will take both MCAS and parts of
PARCC
 PARCC field tests:
 Only some students in some grades in some schools will
be testing
 May be administered electronically or by paper/pencil
 Have two parts:
Performance Based Assessments (PBA)
End of Year Assessments (EOY)
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PARCC Testing
School Name
Grade
Subject
Mode
Type of Test
Keller
3
Math
Online
PBA and EOY
Jefferson
3
ELA
Paper
EOY
Kennedy
4
ELA
Online
PBA
Parmenter
3 and 4 Math
Paper
EOY
ASMS
6
ELA
Online
PBA
HMMS
7
ELA
Online
PBA
HMMS
8
Math
Online
PBA and EOY
RMS
6
ELA
Online
PBA
RMS
7
Math
Online
EOY
FHS
Various
Alg. I
and II
Online
EOY
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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How many schools will participate
in the PARCC field test in 2014?
Throughout the state:
1,097 Schools (65% of those with tested grades)
are participating in at least one grade (from 357
Districts)
639 (38%) are participating in the Performance
Based Assessments (from 272 districts)
~25 (1%) will be taking the PBA in all grades for at
least one subject
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Which field test classes may be
exempted from MCAS in 2014?
PARCC 2014 Field Test type
PBA &
EOY
PBA
Only
ELA


Math


EOY
Only
 = May be exempted from MCAS in that
subject
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Which field test classes may be
exempted from MCAS in 2014?
 Exemptions are only for students in grades 3-8
who are participating in the PARCC PBA field tests
in that subject
For instance: Students who participate in the Math PBA
PARCC field test can be exempt from the MCAS Math
requirement but will still be required to participate in MCAS
ELA
Students in other classes not chosen for the PBA field test
and students selected for only the EOY field test must take
all MCAS tests
 Superintendents may choose to exempt students
from MCAS in some cases
 However if one class is exempt in a school then all
classes taking the PBA tests in that school must be
made exempt (not the whole grade)
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How will field test classes be
selected within schools?
Schools that were selected to field test were
asked to test in a certain number of classes,
usually two to four classes per grade/subject
Use a formal process using a random number
generator (e.g., Principal and School Test
Coordinator) to determine which classrooms
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How will results
be calculated in 2014?
 No raw scores or scaled scores will be available from
PARCC field tests
 Participation results will be available and statewide item
level results will be used by PARCC and ESE to evaluate
the test
 MCAS results will be reported following historical rules
 Achievement results will be suppressed for groups under 10
 Field test-exempt students will count positively toward MCAS
participation rates
 Growth and accountability results will be suppressed for schools with
fewer than 20 students and for accountability subgroups with fewer
than 30 students
 A note indicating that MCAS results are incomplete due to exemptions
will appear on public reports
 MCAS parent/guardian reports will indicate if an MCAS
exemption was granted to a student participating in field
test
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How will school accountability
results be calculated in 2014?
Goal: Maintain the school rating process as we
move from MCAS to PARCC while ensuring schools
are not unduly disadvantaged by field test
participation
Response:
1. Issue accountability determinations for all schools with
sufficient data. (Most schools will still test more than
20 students in ELA and Mathematics in 2014.)
2. For districts that choose to exempt students in grades
3-8 participating in PBA component of field test from
MCAS tests in same subject area:
a) Calculate annual PPI including field-tested grades
b) Calculate annual PPI excluding field-tested grades
c) Use the higher of the two PPIs to assign school levels
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Questions?
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education