Common Core Implementation Update

Supporting College- and Career-Readiness through Common Core Assessments and

PARCC

December 2012

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NYSED provided Common Core sample questions in Grades 3-8 ELA and math and grade-specific test guides intended for teachers.

Educators can use these teaching tools to:

•Better understand the shifts needed in classroom instruction;

•Better understand how student knowledge and skills will be assessed beginning in 2012-13.

http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/common-core-sample-questions/

http://engageny.org/resource/test-guides-for-english-language-arts-and-mathematics

Common Core Regents

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Spring 2014:EnglishAlgebra IGeometry

Spring 2015:Algebra II

PARCC Assessment DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics

End-of-Year Assessment

•Innovative, computer-based items

Performance-BasedAssessment (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

Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration

Mid-Year Assessment•Performance-based•Emphasis on hard-to-measure standards•Potentially summative

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ELA - Speaking And ListeningAssessment

•Locally scored•Non-summative, required

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PARCC Timeline

SY 2011-12

Development begins

SY 2012-13

Field testing

SY 2013-14

Field testing

SY 2014-15

First year administration

SY 2010-11

Launch and design phase

Spring 2015

Set achievement

levels

NY 3-8

field testing

NY 3-8

First year admin

Regents Field

Testing

NY First year

admin: Regents

New York Transition to the Common Core

• Model Content Framework (MCF)• Purchasing guidance for CBT• Item and passage review• College- and Career Ready Determination and

Performance-Level Descriptors• General assessment policies• Calculator policy and math reference sheets• Field Test RFP released• State and national engagement and outreach,

including higher education leadership

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