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CMAS: Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) English Language Arts and Mathematics. Stephanie Boyd. 2014-2015 Assessment Calendar. Acronyms. PARCC-Developed English Language A rts & Math Assessments. A dministration planned for the spring of 2015 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Stephanie Boyd
CMAS: Partnership for Assessment
of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)
English Language Arts and Mathematics
Assessment Grade Tentative Windows
CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies 12 11/03/14 to 11/21/14
PARCC Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) 3-8, High School 3/09/15 to 4/03/15
CMAS and CoAlt: Science and Social Studies
4 and 7 (Social Studies)
5 and 8 (Science)4/13/15 to 5/01/15
CoAlt: English language arts and math 3-11 4/13/15 to 5/15/15
PARCC End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) 3-8, High School 4/27/15 to 5/22/15
ACCESS for ELLs®Reading, Writing, Speaking
and ListeningK-12 1/12/15 to 2/13/15
CO ACTGrade 11
Initial Test DateTues., April 28, 2015
Make-up Test DateTues., May 12, 2015
2014-2015 Assessment Calendar
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Acronym Name
CBT Computer Based Test
ELA (ELA/L)English Language Arts (English Language Arts/Literacy)
EOY End of Year
LEA Local Education Agency (District)
PARCCPartnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
PBA Performance Based Assessment
PBT Paper Based Test
Acronyms
Administration planned for the spring of 2015 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
Grades included: English language arts: 3-11 Math: 3-8, with 3 assessments in high school
PARCC-Developed English Language Arts & Math
Assessments
PARCC Assessment Design
End-of-Year Assessment
•Innovative, computer-based items
Performance-Based
Assessment•Extended tasks•Applications of concepts and skills
75% of the year 90% of the year
Component -Content Area
# of Sessions
Task Type Task Description
Performance-Based Assessment: English Language Arts
3 Research simulationLiterary analysisNarrative
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)
Performance-Based Assessment: Math
2 Short and extended-response questions
Questions focus on conceptual knowledge and skills, and the mathematical practices of reasoning and modeling
End-of-Year Assessment: English Language Arts
2 4-5 literary and informational texts
Short-answer and vocabulary questions will be associated with each text
End-of-Year Assessment: Math
2 Primarily short answer and selected response questions
Focused on conceptual knowledge, skills, and understandings
Current PARCC Design
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
New high school mathematics assessment system has room for increased flexibility:
Secondary Math Options
Grade Assessment Options*
8 (3 options) 8th grade assessment or Algebra I/Integrated I
9 (4 options) Algebra I/Integrated I or Geometry/Integrated II
10 (6 options) Algebra I/Integrated I or Geometry/Integrated II or Algebra II/Integrated III
11 (4 options) Geometry/Integrated II or Algebra II/Integrated III
12 (2 options) Algebra II/Integrated III
*Addit ional fl exibi l i ty is being explored.
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The number of ELA items has been reducedhttps://
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.
Testing Time
Practice Materials
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/#
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.
CSAP/TCAP Writing – Middle School
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.
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
Capacity for Spring 2015
CMAS: PARCC vs. Science/Social Studies
PARCC has adopted PearsonAccess Next as the foundation to use Testnav 8. Some terms are changing:
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
PARCC is finalizing testing window options.
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