2. Presenter Introduction: Michelle Mushkin ELA Teacher Item Writer for Pearson and Scantron Sarah Slack Curriculum Coach SVHS ELA Teacher

3. This Session’s Goals: PWBAT review released PARCC prototypes to familiarize with new item styles PWBAT draft assessment items aligned to the RL CCRS PWBAT apply general item writing protocols to improve drafted items PWBAT evaluate assessment items and assess alignment to CCRS PWBAT edit assessment items written by peers and offer suggestions for improvement

4. PARCC Prototype Stagnation

6. PARCC Field Testing at TLG All K-12 TLG schools will be field testing PARCC tests this spring in Arizona. Many will be giving ELA tests. Some schools will be giving the tests online; other schools will be giving paper versions TLG ELA Field Testing Sites: ONLINE: ATHS 11 th SPHS 9 th AVHS 11 th DHHS 10 th MHPA 10 th SPJHS 7 th EHS 9 th, 10 th, 11 th SRHS 9 th, 10 th, 11 th PAPER: CVPA 8 th SVHS 9 th, 10 th EDHS 10 th VGPA 7 th PAHS 9 th QHS 9 th SKYHS 9 th

7. Writing CCSS-Aligned Items for RL Standards

8. The Unpacked Standards!

9. www.leonaqsiela.com

10. ACTIVITY #1: Horizontal Alignment RL 1: How are the CCSS evident in the instructional sequence for this course unit?

11. ACTIVITY #2: VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ITEM WRITING 2. Write 3-5 questions that could be used as a summative assessment for this unit using the common informational text provided to you.

12. ACTIVITY #3: VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ITEM WORKSHOP 3. Prepare to present one of your items to the whole group. The whole group will analyze and provide feedback for CCSS alignment.

13. ACTIVITY #4: Horizontal Alignment RL 1: How are the CCSS evident in the instructional sequence for this course unit?

14. ACTIVITY #4: VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ITEM WRITING & WORKSHOP 2. Write 3-5 questions that could be used as a summative assessment for this unit using the common informational text provided to you.

15. ACTIVITY #5: Horizontal Alignment RL 1: How are the CCSS evident in the instructional sequence for this course unit?

16. ACTIVITY #6: VERTICAL ALIGNMENT ITEM WORKSHOP 3. Prepare to present one of your items to the whole group. The whole group will analyze and provide feedback for CCSS alignment.

17. ACTIVITY #7: Horizontal Alignment RI.9 1: Evaluate the RI items in the Pre-Post Assessment 2. For each item, determine a 1,2, or 3 rating: 1=Tightly aligned 2=Somewhat aligned 3=Not even close 3. Prepare to share your group’s ratings with the whole group

18. Thank You!!! A session survey will be emailed to you this week through a Googledoc. Kindly complete it so we can reflect and improve future PD efforts. Travel safely!