10/11/2015MSDE1 PARCC Assessment Update PARCC Assessment Update Day 3, Session 4

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers - PARCC 10/11/2015MSDE2

3 PARCC Timeline Sept Development phase begins Sept First year field testing and related research and data collection begins Sept Second year field testing begins and related research and data collection continues Sept Full administration of PARCC assessments begins Oct Launch and design phase begins Summer 2015 Set achievement levels, including college-ready performance levels

Evidence-Centered Design (ECD) Claims Design begins with the inferences ( claims ) we want to make about students Evidence In order to support claims, we must gather evidence Task Models Tasks are designed to elicit specific evidence from students in support of claims

Claims Driving Design: ELA/Literacy Students are on-track or ready for college and careers Students read and comprehend a range of sufficiently complex texts independently Reading Literature RL.X.1-10 Reading Information al Text RI.X.1-10 and Reading Literacy Standards Vocabulary Interpretatio n and Use RL/RI.X.4 and L.X. 4-6 Students write effectively when using and/or analyzing sources. Written Expression W.X.1-10 and Disciplinar y Writing Standards Convention s and Knowledge of Language L.X.1.-3 Students build and present knowledge through research and the integration, comparison, and synthesis of ideas. ELA/Literacy Master Claim Major Claims – (research is sub claim in gr. 3-5) Sub-claims

100% of PARCC items will be reviewed prior to and following field testing A total of 24 review meetings will take place throughout the contract period, beginning in spring 2012 Item Review Process Core Leadership Committees Comprised of State DOE K-12 and higher education officials Local Educator Committees Comprised of LEA K-12 staff and higher education faculty Bias & Sensitivity Committees Comprised of citizens and educators from various backgrounds

PARCC Assessment Design English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11 End-of-Year Assessment Innovative, computer- based items Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) Extended tasks Applications of concepts and skills Summative, Required assessment Interim, optional assessment Diagnostic Assessment Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD Speaking And Listening Assessment Locally scored Non-summative, required Optional/Flexible Assessments Mid-Year Assessment Performance-based Emphasis on hard-to- measure standards Potentially summative 7

ELA/Literacy Performance-based Assessment Grades 3-11 Research Simulation Task Read more than 1 informational piece related to a given topic (may include multimedia pieces) Respond through: Comprehension questions Summary writing Synthesis of information through an analytic essay Academic vocabulary in context Literature Based Task Read more than 1 literary piece (varying lengths) Related literary non-fiction may be used in gr Respond through: Comprehension questions Synthesis of multiple pieces through an analytic essay A narrative written with literature as the stimulus Academic vocabulary in context 10/11/2015MSDE8

ELA/Literacy End-of-Year Assessment Grades 3-11 Students read several texts, including multimedia texts The percentage of literature to informational/disciplinary literacy texts changes to reflect the shift in text emphasis in the standards Students answer approximately 50 machine-scorable questions

PARCC Resources 10/11/2015MSDE10

PARCC Resources Coming soon: Assessment prototype tasks Educator Leadership Cadre Field testing – Jan /11/2015MSDE11