Changes in Attitudes….Changes in Latitudes….

COMMON CORE & PARCC

Measure College ReadinessOne-third of freshmen must take and pay for remedial courses in math and/or English at two- and four-year colleges before they can even begin their chosen course of study.

Build Foundations44% of students change schools at least once between kindergarten and the end of third grade.

Accurately Compare ResultsTwo-thirds of voters believe it is better for all states to have the same tests at each grade level in math and English so test scores can be compared across states rather than all states having “their own tests that reflect their own priorities.”  

Why Common Core & PARCC?

Collectively the states in PARCC educate about 25 million students—

GOALS For PARCC States:

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of 23 states plus the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers.

These new K-12 assessments will build a pathway to college and career readiness by the end of high school, mark students’ progress toward this goal from 3rd grade up, and provide teachers with timely information to inform instruction and provide student support.

What is PARCC?

The PARCC states include: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Tennessee.

PARCC States

PARCC states have committed to building a K-12 assessment system that:

Builds a pathway to college and career readiness for all students,

Creates high-quality assessments that measure the full range of the Common Core State Standards,

Supports educators in the classroom,

Makes better use of technology in assessments, and

Advances accountability at all levels.

The PARCC Vision….

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• Act as a major arm of states’ transition and implementation plans;

• Become a network of in-state experts on the CCSS and PARCC;

• Be state and peer leaders around CCSS and PARCC implementation;

• Build and expand the number of other educators who understand and take action and ownership for implementing the CCSS and PARCC Assessments

Educator Leader Cadres

What are the Goals of the Educator Leader Cadre?

• Greg Arnsdorff : Effingham County

• Jeff Barker: Gwinnett County• Suzi Bonifay: Decatur County • Deborah Franklin: Columbia County • Judy Henry: PAGE• Susan Jacobs: GADOE • Russ Cook: NEGA RESA• Tony Eitel: GADOE

Who are the Members of the Georgia Educator Leader Cadre?

• Melissa Fincher: GADOE• Sandy Jones: Liberty County• Barbara Lunsford: GADOE• Connie Maggert: Fulton County • Claire Miller: Oconee County• Tracey Ann Nelson: GAE• Leighann Putman: Metro RESA • Martha Reichrath: GADOE • Will Schofield: Hall County

Who are the Members of the Georgia Educator Leader Cadre?

• Wes Taylor: Lowndes County• Sandi Woodall: GADOE• Carolyn Williams: Middle Georgia RESA• Buffy Williams: Bartow County• Lynne Weisenbach: University System of

Georgia • Deborah White: GACIS• Mark Wilson: GA Association of

Principals

Who are the Members of the Georgia

Educator Leader Cadre?

• Development of assessment blueprints; provide guidance to state, district- and school-level curriculum leaders in the development of aligned instructional materials

• Released August 20, 2012www.parcconline.org

Model Content

Frameworks

• Develop models of innovative, online-delivered items and rich performance tasks proposed for use in the PARCC assessments.

• http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes

Item and Task

Prototypes

What Resources and Support Systems are Available to Help

Prepare for the New Tests?

ELC Webinars

PARCC Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics and Item Prototypes Webinar

PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA/Literacy and Item Prototypes Webinar

Social

Networks

Twitter: @PARCCPlace

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PARCC

Linkedin: CCSS-PARCC Assessment

(Georgia ELC)

https://georgiaelc.wikispaces.com/

The End of Pick “C” Meet the Next Generation Assessments Blog http://iteachbay.blogspot.com/

How Can Georgia Stay Connected to 23 Other PARCC States?

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What are the 3 Types of Items for ELA/Literacy Assessments?

• Type I (PBA and EOY): Machine scorable, focusing on major content and/or fluency.

• Type II (PBA): Hand scored (or machine scored if innovative); focused on expressing reasoning.

• Type III (PBA): Hand scored (or machine scored if innovative); focused on modeling/application.

What are the Task Types on the Math Assessments?

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• Align the PARCC prototypes to classroom assessments• Evaluate instructional resources

• Build model instructional unit plans

• Build consistent understanding and use of key concepts

• Facilitate cross-disciplinary discussions to foster student literacy

• Support vertical planning• Guide the direction of curriculum and the appropriate

emphases/refine curriculum maps • Help determine the scope, sequence and weight of standards • Guide development of instructional outcomes aligned to the

standards

How is Liberty County Using the Available Resources?

PARCC Time-Line2010-11 School Year: Launch and design phase2011-12 School Year: Development begins2012-13 School Year: First year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection2013-14 School Year: Second year pilot/field testing and related research and data collection2014-15 School Year: Full operational administration of PARCC assessmentsSummer 2015: Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels