The Assessment Consortia An Overview of the Designs of PARCC Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 The Assessment Consortia An Overview of the Designs of PARCC (adapted) Updated July 27, 2011 Pascal (Pat) D. Forgione, Jr., Ph.D. and Nancy A. Doorey Center for K – 12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS

The Uniqueness of This Moment: Inflection Point Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS The Uniqueness of This Moment: Inflection Point 11/8/2019 Thomas Friedman in “The World is Flat” points out the importance of “inflection points” in history. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) can become an “inflection point” for American public education - establishing a common foundation for building excellence and equity for all students. RI IL FL CA CT PA State silos of cost, effort, expertise The Common Core State Standards are so significant because they take us out of our state-unique silos and create a shared platform for connection and collaboration across states: Instructional units developed for 3rd grade math in Connecticut are immediately useful to the teacher in Kentucky. A high-impact intervention developed in Miami for ELL students can be downloaded and used the next day in Middletown, Connecticut. Those in the educational materials marketplace will need to compete to provide the most effective materials, and more customized materials for the many small special needs groups. Some may see the development of the Common Core as threatening state independence, but I see this as the most powerful and promising event in education in decades. But we’re not there yet. The Common Core State Standards alone won’t bring about the inflection point. Common performance standards and assessments, will be required to ensure that we truly are in alignment in our expectations for students, and we will need the interactive, two-way, online digital library of resources. We’ll talk about that further in a moment. But first, let me describe the new assessment systems that have been proposed as part of the RTTT initiative. Interactive Digital Library Shared platform for collaboration, cost and effort efficiencies, sharing of best practices 8-Nov-19

Background Information… The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of 24 states 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. The PARCC assessments will be ready for states to administer during the 2014-15 school year. 8-Nov-19

Background Information What brought all of these states together is a shared commitment to develop an assessment system aligned to the Common Core State Standards that is: anchored in college and career readiness provides comparability across states has the ability to assess and measure higher-order skills such as critical thinking, communications, and problem solving provides truly useful information for educators, parents, and students alike 8-Nov-19

As you read, please reflect upon… In what ways are the PARCC assessments similar and different to our current assessment system? What three things might you share with your staff about PARCC assessments? Have you been to the PARCC website to learn more? http://www.parcconline.org/ 8-Nov-19

Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers: PARCC Revised design as of June 2011, pending USED approval. 8-Nov-19

PARCC: Two Components of the Summative Assessment Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS PARCC: Two Components of the Summative Assessment 11/8/2019 In mathematics and in English language arts (ELA): PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT + Given primarily on computer or other digital devices Composed primarily performance tasks with emphasis on hard-to-measure standards Results returned within 2 weeks Given on computer (most students), with multiple item types and technological tools Scored entirely by computer for fast results Scores from the performance assessment and the end-of-year test will be combined for annual accountability scores. 8-Nov-19

PARCC: Performance Assessment Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 Final weeks of school year PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ELA Math Over several sessions/class periods, students will complete a project-like task that draws on a range of skills. ELA/literacy tasks will focus on writing effectively when analyzing texts, using evidence drawn from the texts to support claims Math tasks will require students to apply key mathematical skills, concepts and processes to solve complex problems of the types encountered in everyday life, work and decision-making. 8-Nov-19

PARCC: End-of-Year Assessment Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS PARCC: End-of-Year Assessment 11/8/2019 END OF YEAR ASSESSMENT Consisting of a range of item types including innovative technology-enhanced items to sample the full set of grade level standards Will make major investment in enhanced item types Will include items across a range of cognitive demand Currently planned as a fixed-form test, PARCC will review the precision of scores for students at the tails of the performance distribution and, if needed, consider customizing for high- and low-performing students by either lengthening the test or using “staged” or “block” adaptive delivery. 8-Nov-19

PARCC: Speaking/Listening Assessment Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS PARCC: Speaking/Listening Assessment 11/8/2019 Final weeks of school year ELA/Literacy Speaking Listening Flexible timing Required assessment, but not used for accountability Administered in the ELA classroom, with flexible window for administration Scored by classroom teacher using standardized rubric Scores may be used within students’ grades 8-Nov-19

PARCC Supports: Formative Assessments Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 Formative early assessment designed to provide an indicator of student knowledge and skills so that instruction, supports and professional development can be tailored to student needs Formative mid-year performance tasks designed to prepare students for Summative Performance Assessment and to yield instructionally useful feedback. Teachers will be given an online scoring tool to score tasks and improve understanding of the CCSS expectations. For voluntary use, the timing of the administration is to be locally determined Early indicator of knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, PD EARLY ASSESSMENT Mid-Year Performance- Based Assessment (Potentially summative*) MID-YEAR ASSESSMENT Timing of formative components is flexible * Over time, states may consider using scores from these tasks in the summative/accountability scores.

PARCC Supports: The Partnership Resource Center Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS PARCC Supports: The Partnership Resource Center 11/8/2019 PARTNERSHIP RESOURCE CENTER: Digital library of released items, formative assessments, model content frameworks, instructional and formative tools and resources; student and educator tutorials and practice tests, scoring training modules; professional development materials; and an interactive report generation system Partnership Resource Center: Interactive Data Tool for accessing data and creating customized reports Model lesson plans Formative assessment items and tasks Professional development materials regarding test administration, scoring, and use of data Online practice tests Item development portal Tools and resources developed by Partner states Optional “ready-to-use” performance tasks for K-2 8-Nov-19

PARCC Supports: Supplemental Application Grant Transition and Implementation Planning State leadership teams Educator Leadership Cadres Technical Working Groups Collaboration on Instructional Tools Framework of priority assets Prototypes of through-course components Set of 38 voluntary instructional units Voluntary college-readiness tools such as model grade 12 bridge courses for struggling students Support for Technology Transitions Coordination with SBAC 8-Nov-19

The PARCC Assessment System (July 2011 revision, pending USED approval) Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3–8 and High School PARTNERSHIP RESOURCE CENTER: Digital library of released items; formative assessments; model content frameworks; instructional and formative tools and resources; student and educator tutorials and practice tests; scoring training modules; professional development materials; and an interactive report generation system. Early indicator of knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, PD Component 1 EARLY ASSESSMENT Mid-Year Performance- Based Assessment (Potentially summative) Component 2 MID-YEAR ASSESSMENT ELA/Literacy Speaking Listening Comp 5 Flexible timing Comp 3 END-OF-YEAR ASSESSMENT Comp 4 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ELA Math Timing of formative components is flexible Summative, but not used for accountability Summative assessment for accountability Formative Assessment Developed by The Center for K–12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS, version 4, July 2011. For detailed information on PARCC, go to http://PARCConline.org.

PARCC Implementation Milestones Prepared by the Center for K-12 Assessment & Performance Management at ETS 11/8/2019 2011-2012 Item and task development, piloting of components Release of Model Content Frameworks and prototype items and tasks Development of professional development resources and online platform 2012-2014 Field testing 2014-2015 New summative assessments in use Summer 2015 Setting of common achievement standards 8-Nov-19