1. PARCC Assessment Administration Guidance 1

2. PARCC System Purpose: To increase the rates at which students graduate from high school prepared for success in college and the work place Based: On the core belief that assessment should be a tool for enhancing teaching and learning Intends: For the assessments to help educators increase student learning by providing data to inform instruction 2

3. PARCC Assessment Design Summative Assessments 33 Performance- Based Assessment End-of-Year Assessment  After 75 percent of the school year  Extended tasks, applications of concepts and skills  ELA/Literacy: Writing effectively when analyzing text, research simulation  Math: Solving multi-step problems requiring abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance and strategic use of tools  ELA/Literacy Grades 3-11  Math Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II  After 90 percent of the school year  Innovative, short-answer items  ELA/Literacy: Reading comprehension  Math: Short items that address both concepts and skills  ELA/Literacy Grades 3-11  Math Grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II

4. Number of Testing Sessions Summative Assessments 44 Performance- Based Assessment End-of-Year Assessment Nine (9) Sessions Total

5. Estimated Time on Task by Grade and Session Note: Estimated time on task refers to an estimate of the amount of time the typical student will need to complete each session. While it is anticipated that most students will complete the test sessions within these estimated times, all participating students will have a set amount of additional time for each session to provide them with ample time to demonstrate their knowledge.

6. Estimated Time on Task by Grade and Session 6 Note: Estimated time on task refers to an estimate of the amount of time the typical student will need to complete each session. While it is anticipated that most students will complete the test sessions within these estimated times, all participating students will have a set amount of additional time for each session to provide them with ample time to demonstrate their knowledge.

7. Testing Window Each 20 day window is provided primarily to plan ample opportunity to administer the assessments via computer in schools with: – Limited number of devices – Limited bandwidth Schools will have a maximum of 20 days to administer each assessment component: – Performance Based Assessment (PBA) component – End of Year Assessment (EOY) component Schools could complete administration of the tests in fewer days if they have sufficient capacity to administer assessments to large numbers of students simultaneously 7

8. Device Guidance & Planning The overarching goal is to serve and support – High quality student instruction – Teacher professional development – School community communications and – Next Generation Assessments PARCC Minimum and Recommended Technology Guidelines: http://www.parcconline.org/technology 8

9. Device Guidance & Planning The number of devices a school needs for assessment is largely dependent on: 1) The number of students enrolled at each tested grade level; 2) The number of students that can be tested simultaneously given the way in which available devices are deployed (e.g. in labs, in classrooms, on carts, etc.); and 3) The available bandwidth capacity 9

10. “Rule of Thumb” Guidance 10 These are general assessment planning guidelines. Districts may wish to recommend lower student to device ratios to ensure that schools can continue with computer-based instruction at the same time as they are conducting computer-based assessments. The expectation is that all students will take the PARCC assessments online. The PARCC assessments will be available in paper and pencil format for students with disabilities who have an Individualized Education Plans which requires this accommodation.

11. PARCC Assessment Administration Capacity Planning Tool The Assessment Administration Capacity Planning tool is simply an electronic spreadsheet that allows schools to evaluate the extent to which their current computer inventory and bandwidth is sufficient to administer PARCC’s computer- based assessments, as well as model what they could do with increased capacity The tool and accompanying users’ guide can be found: http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-administration-guidance 11

12. PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual Updates 12

13. PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations Manual A comprehensive policy document Guidance for districts and decision-making teams to ensure that PARCC Mid-Year, End-of- Year, and Performance-Based Assessments provide valid results for ALL students 13

14. PARCC’s Goals for Promoting Student Access Applying principles of Universal Design for accessible assessments throughout every stage of developing assessment components, items, and performance tasks; Minimizing/eliminating features of the assessment that are irrelevant to what is being measured so that all students can more accurately demonstrate their knowledge and skills; 14

15. PARCC’ s Goals (continued) Measuring the full range of complexity of the standards; Building accessibility throughout the test itself with no trade-off between accessibility and validity; Engaging state and national experts in the development process through item review, bias and sensitivity review, policy development and review, and research 15

16. Universally Designed Assessments Purpose: To provide access for the greatest number of students during assessment, and to minimize the need for individualized design or accommodations Universal Design cannot eliminate the need for accommodations and alternate assessments. However, universally designed general assessments may reduce the need for accommodations and alternate assessments. 16

17. PARCC Accessibility System 17 Supports for All Students Tools embedded in the test platform Additional Supports to Enhance Accessibility Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, English Learners, and English Learners with Disabilities

18. PARCC Field Test Update 18

19. Field Test Purpose Three Primary purposes of the PARCC Field Test: To obtain item-level data to assemble operational forms To evaluate methods for scoring and scaling the PBA and EOY To yield data to support planned research 19

20. Who Will Participate in the Field Test? During the summer of 2013, PARCC will select schools for the field test To comprise a representative sample of students across PARCC states Notified in late summer/early fall of 2013 Participation of schools finalized in fall 2013 Sample of classrooms selected to participate from each selected school 20

21. Field Test Sample Size The field test sample size for each state will be proportional to each state’s student enrollment Assumptions: – All PARCC states participate in the field test – Each state may participate in all grades and both subjects (across the different schools participating in the state) 21

22. Projected Field Test Sample Size The total sample size for all grades and across all states: – English Language Arts/Literacy: approx. 600,000 students – Mathematics: approx. 750,000 students – Total: approx. 1.35 million students The final sample size for each state will depend on: – Final forms design – The number/enrollment size of states participating in the field test 22

23. Field Test Experience PARCC states will field test the performance-based and end-of-year assessment components in the Spring 2014. The majority of students involved in the Field test will take one component (PBA or EOY) in one content area (ELA or mathematics). A small percentage of students involved in the field test will take the full summative assessment (PBA and EOY) in one content only (ELA or mathematics). 23

24. When Can We Expect to Learn More About the Field Test? Projected Timeline August 2013 – Determination of Spring 2014 Field Test Administration Window – More information about the student experience for the field test, including expected testing time – Number of schools that will participate in the field test August - September 2013 – Schools and districts notified of their selection to participate 24

25. PARCC Practice Test Free, online practice tests in spring 2014 Available to all schools and districts Represents a critical step in supporting the transition to the new assessments Will include technology-enhanced items Will be delivered on the same platform used for field testing 25

26. Practice Test Will enable students to become familiar with the assessments Will enable students to practice with the different types of technology functionalities Will include a sample of assessment items for each grade level/course Will be accompanied by a set of scoring guidance, enabling educators to score student work locally 26

27. PARCC Assessment Professional Development Modules Update 27

28. Assessment Professional Development Modules Purpose: Designed to support teachers, school leaders, and school site testing coordinators as they transition to the PARCC assessments 28

29. Assessment PD Modules The modules will support educators in learning how to: 1.Administer and use the non-summative assessments 2.Score performance tasks on the Mid-Year assessments 3.Interpret data from the non-summative assessments to support instruction; and 4.Understand the accessibility features and accommodations available to students taking the PARCC assessments. 29

30. Training Modules Over the next year, PARCC will develop five training modules – each with a unique purpose. PARCC will produce modules with following foci: – PARCC Common Assessments Overview – Introduction to the PARCC Mid-Year Assessments – Introduction to the PARCC Diagnostic Assessments – Introduction to the PARCC Speaking and Listening Assessments – PARCC Accessibility System 30

31. Assessment PD Modules Timeline and Next Steps During summer/fall 2013, PARCC will procure services to assist the states in the development of the Assessment PD Modules. Development of the modules should occur from November 2013 to May 2014. Assessment PD Modules should be available in June 2014, and will be updated as additional material becomes available. 31

32. PARCC Speaking and Listening Assessments Update 32

33. Speaking and Listening Assessments Create Speaking & Listening Assessments for Grades K – 12 Field test in early 2015 Ready for use in the 2015 – 2016 school year Required for use in grades in 3 – 11 (per the PARCC Assessment System design) 33

34. Diagnostic Assessments and K – 1 Formative Assessment Tools Update 34

35. Diagnostic Assessments Grades 2- 8 Field tested in early 2015 Available for use in the 2015 – 2016 school year Overarching Purpose: Provide instructionally useful information about how well students have learned, or how prepared they are to learn, key content and skills tied to the CCSS in ELA/Literacy and Mathematics 35

36. K – 1 Formative Tools Field test early 2015 Available for use in the 2015 – 2016 school year Primary Purpose: Provide educators with instructionally useful information related to how students demonstrate CCSS proficiencies 36

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40. Contact Information Melody Morgan Director of Student Assessment (501) 682-4558 melody.morgan@arkansas.gov Paula Rawls PARCC Grant Coordinator (501) 683-4800 paula.rawls@arkansas.gov 40