Sterling High School

PARCC Information

History of Academic Standards

● Academic Standards ○ No standards/district created standards > 1996 NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards > 2010 Common Core (National) State Standards (CCSS) ● CCSS ○ Aligned to college and career expectations ○ Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global world ○ Coherent and focused towards achievement ○ Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through use of higher-order skills

History of State Assessments

● Federal Regulations require states to assess students’ progress towards standards ● State regulations require districts to administer standardized assessments ● District funding is contingent on at least 95% student participation

Standards are not new, standardized assessments are not new, the only change is PARCC!

Merits of New Standards and PARCC ● Greater consistency between districts and states ● Clearer progression of topics, content, and proficiencies ● Deeper commitment to quality curriculum ● Promote higher expectations ● Partners include 200 higher education institutions ● Foster nationwide accountability with a true national metric

Two Required Assessments Yield Overall Score

Performance Based Assessment  75% of school year End of Year  90% of school year  Extended tasks, applications ELA: Writing effectively when analyzing text, research simulation Math: Solving multi-step problems requiring reasoning, precision, perseverance, and use of tools  Innovative, short answer items ELA: Reading comprehension Math: Short items; concepts and skills

Spring Block Administration  Performance Based Assessment  Administration Dates: March 23 rd – May 1 st  End of Year Assessment  Administration Date: May 8 th – June 5 th

The ELA PARCC Expects Students to: ● Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend a variety of complex passages ● Defend ideas with evidence from texts

To Succeed on the ELA PARCC, Students Must: ● ● ● ● ● ● Gain a comfort level with reading passages in the science and social studies content areas Analyze primary source documents C onstruct written arguments using evidence from multiple texts Find evidence to support their arguments Understand and compare authors’ points of view Understand how point of view influences authors’ text

Key Shifts in Math Standards

● Focus: Concentration on key topics ● Coherence: Build skills within and across grade levels ● Rigor: Develop conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application with equal intensity

The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:

- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them - Reason abstractly and quantitatively - Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others - Model with mathematics

The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:

- Use appropriate tools strategically - Attend to precision - Look for and make use of structure - Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

HSPA

Single Test Administration Paper based - no technology 60-135 minutes per day ELA grades 3 - 8 and 11 Math grades 3 - 8 and 11 Science grades 4 and 8

PARCC

March - Performance Based Assessment May - End of Year Assessment Administered Online 60-90 minutes per unit ELA grades 3-11 Math grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II

Typical Student’s Testing Experience

● ● ● ● ● Classroom, Computer Lab, or Media Center Teachers permitted to help with students with technology questions Teachers can clarify directions Students can flag questions, review, and change answers If necessary, computer will be “swapped out” if there is a problem

Performace Based Assessment ELA Literary Analysis Unit Research Simulation Unit Narrative Writing Unit PBA Math Unit 1 Unit 2 Calculator Section Non-calculator Section

End of Year Assessment ELA EOY Math Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 1 Unit 2 Calculator Section Non-calculator Section

PARCC Assessment Time Grades 9-11 ELA

Unit Time

Est. Time on Task

Algebra I, Geometry, Integrated Math I, II

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Algebra II, Integrated Math III

Unit Time Unit 1- PBA Unit 2- PBA Unit 3- PBA Unit 1- EOY Unit 2- EOY 75

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PARCC Assessment - ELA Item Types and Sample Questions

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Assessment Tasks

Three Focus Areas

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Literary Analysis - This task will ask students to carefully consider literature worthy of close study and compose an analytic essay. Research Simulation - This task asks students to exercise the career- and college- readiness skills of observation, deduction, and proper use and evaluation of evidence across text types by analyzing an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli.

Narrative Writing - This task asks students to write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, or to describe an account of events, scenes or objects, for example.

PARCC Assessment Types of Questions ● Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) ● Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR) ● Prose-Constructed Response (PCR) *Prose Constructed Response does not appear on EOY

Evidence Based Selected Response Items

● Address at least two Common Core reading standards ● May have multiple interconnected parts ● For example, Part B may require students to justify their response to Part A

Technology Enhanced Constructed Response Items

Technology Enhanced Constructed Response items allow for a variety of technology enhanced student responses, including but not limited to the following: ● ● ● ● drag and drop highlighting the text annotating text other negotiated methods

Prose Constructed Response

● ● Students will respond in writing to reading selections Students’ writing should: ○ include a clear purpose ○ ○ ○ ○ model the language of the Common Core Writing Standards specify the audience to be addressed c learly state the topic, issue, or idea to be addressed r eferenc e the text(s )

PARCC Assessment Mathematics Item Types and Sample Questions

Type 1 Questions: Concepts, Skills and Procedures

● Balance of conceptual understanding, fluency and application ● Can involve any or all of mathematical practice standards ● Machine scored including innovative, computer-based formats ● Will appear on the End of Year and Performance Based Assessments

Type 2 Questions: Mathematical Reasoning

● Calls for written arguments/justifications, critiques of reasoning or precision in mathematical statements ● Can involve other mathematical practice standards ● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses ● Included on the Performance Based Assessment

Type 2: Eighth Grade Example

Part A

Each box below identifies side lengths of a triangle. Classify each triangle by dragging the box to the appropriate location: Right Triangle or Not a Right Triangle 12 in, 14 in, 16 in 6 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm triangle with vertices A (-5,1), B (-2,5), C (6,-1)

Right Triangle Not a Right Triangle

s= 3 ft

Type 2: Eighth Grade Example

Part B

For each triangle that is not a right triangle in Part A, prove why the triangle is not a right triangle.

Type 3: Modeling/Applications

● Calls for modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario ● Can involve other mathematical practice standards ● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses ● Included on the Performance Based Assessment

PARCC Scores and Reports

HSPA

3 Levels - Scale of 100-300 Limited data Received in Fall of next year Ceiling score

PARCC

5 Levels - Scale of TBD Rich data Year 1 receive in Fall of next year Years after receive by June of current year Score beyond grade level

Purpose and Use of PARCC Data ● ● ● As one of many multiple measures that assist teachers, our schools, and the district to support differentiated instruction and strategic decision making To inform parents and students on progress towards “on track” college and career readiness By colleges and universities as one of the indicators of a student’s readiness for entry-level, credit-bearing college courses

NJDOE Graduation Requirements

For the Classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018: English Language Arts Mathematics Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 9

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Passing score on a PARCC Algebra I

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Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 10

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Passing score on a PARCC Geometry

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Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 11

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SAT>=400

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ACT>=16

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Accuplacer Write Placer>=6

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PSAT>=40

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ACT Aspire>=422

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ASVAB-AFQT>31

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Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal Passing score on a PARCC Algebra II

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SAT>=400

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ACT>=16

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Accuplacer Elementary Algebra>=76

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PSAT>=40

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ACT Aspire>=422

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ASVAB-AFQT>31

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Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal

PARCC Preparation ● ● ● ● Standards based curriculum, instruction, and programs Practice Tests http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/ Technology ○ Strategic plan to support infrastructure and accessibility ○ Skills - Drag and drop, highlight text, cut and paste, move items, use of math tools and online calculators (6-11), graphing tools, and type written responses in ELA and Math ○ ○ http://nextgen.nwoca.org/skill-development http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/ (TestNav8 tutorial) Mindset - “Do your best but don’t stress!”