PARCC & Common CorePart 2: The Assessment Tool

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers & The New Illinois State Standards

Practice Test ELA – 3rd Grade

ELA/Literacy Rubrics – Grade 3

ELA/Literacy Rubrics – Grade 3

ELA/Literacy Rubrics – Grades 4-5

ELA/Literacy Rubrics – Grades 4-5

ELA/Literacy Rubrics – Notes 3-5

Prose Constructed Response

Criteria for PARCC Text Selections

Complex Diverse Authentic Effectively paired Meet demands of bias and sensitivity

guidelines

Text Types Used on PARCC

Literary Poetry Drama Fiction Digital texts

Informational Literary Non-fiction History/Social Science Science/Technical Digital Texts

Additional Text Types Possible Advertisements Agendas Autobiographies Biographies Company profiles Contracts Correspondence Essays Feature articles Government documents Histories Interviews Journal articles Legal documents Magazine articles Memoirs

News articles Opinion/Editorial Pieces Political cartoons Primary and Secondary

Sources Product specifications Product/Service descriptions Recipes Reports Reviews Science investigations Speeches Textbooks Tourism guides Training manuals User guides/manuals

Text Selection – 2 of 3 must agree

Test Item Types

PCR – Prose Constructed Response: Essay EBSR – Evidence-Based Selected-Response:

Multiple choice Two-part paired questions

Reader’s accuracy and comprehension of text Evidence to arrive at previous answer If first paired question is incorrect, second is always incorrect

TECR – Technology Enhanced Constructed Response Two or three-part questions – Comprehension question

followed by returning to text and manipulating it (drag to a dialogue box, choose, etc.)

First response must be correct to get credit for any that follow

Prose Constructed ResponseGrades 3 - 11

Analysis of the contribution of illustrations – 3rd Grade

Author’s study including the analysis of illustrations – 3rd Grade

Analyzing the role of illustrations – 3rd Grade

Analyzing the relationship between a series of concepts – 3rd Grade

Central Idea/Lesson of literature from diverse cultures – 3rd Grade

Characterization in a story – 3rd Grade

Compared to 11th GradeText Structure – 11th Grade

Analysis of two or more themes/central ideas

Analysis of two or more themes/central ideas – 11th Grade

Analysis of story elements/structure

Expression of knowledge of eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twentieth century treatment of similar themes and topics

Focus on Point of view and Purpose

Relationship of Ideas

Use of Illustrations and Other Visuals

Analysis of Argument

Topics – 4th Grade

Analysis of structural elements Central idea/Lesson of literature Character(s), setting(s) or event(s) Author’s study Connecting a text and a companion visual or

oral presentation of that text Analyzing the relationship between a series

of concepts Analyzing the role of illustrations

Topics – 5th Grade Influence of narrator’s or speaker’s point of

view Central idea/Lesson of literature Comparison of character(s), setting(s) or

event(s) Comparing themes and topics Analysis of visual and multimedia elements Analyzing the relationship between a series

of concepts Analyzing the role of illustrations

Math Practice Test: 3rd

Math Miscellaneous

Calculators 3rd-5th No calculator usage 6th-7th Four function online calculator with square root 8th Online scientific calculator HS – Online calculator similar to T1-84 graphing calculator Divided into calculator and non-calculator sessions

Math Reference Sheets 3rd – 8th Grade 3rd No reference sheet necessary (Measure length,

estimate volume, area and perimeter with no conversion necessary)

4th No reference sheet necessary (Area and perimeter formulas for rectangles)

Must Know

Also

To choose the formula on the reference sheet, students must recognize the appropriate formula!

What they are provided during testing

Take the time to view the tutorials!

Anything else? All students will have access to a spell checker when writing (not available -

field test) Accessibility tools (within test and without) available for qualifying students

Must be planned for before testing Testing cannot be the first time tools are used by students Must bring students to a level “playing field” and not represent an

advantage above others Detailed tools to test tech capacity for testing are available. In general, “rule of

thumb” - Connection speed - 100 kbps required, 30 kbps if caching Buildings with 3 grade levels, minimum 1 testing device for every 2

students in largest grade level More grade levels in your building? One-to-one device ratio for largest

grade level Field Test session times varied from 60 to 105 minutes (test time and

additional time if needed combined – plus an additional 20 to 35 minutes suggested for housekeeping tasks (log in/out, directions read, materials distributed/collected)

Remember… The standards build and progress from year to year Look at the standards for the year before, to see

where students have been Look at the standards for the year ahead, to see

where students are headed

Looking Ahead… Online training modules will be available Sept. 2014

PARCC Assessments Overview Intro to PARCC Mid-Year Assessment Intro to PARCC Diagnostic Assessment Intro to PARC Speaking and Listening Assessment PARCC Accessibility System

Resources

PARCC “For Educators” http://www.parcconline.org/for-educators

Pearson and PARCC http://www.pearsonaccess.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=Pearson/QuickLink/pc

Sample items, practice tests and tutorials http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/#

Test Administration Training Modules PowerPoint and voice recorded guidance to guide test administration

o Register here: parcc.tms.pearson.com/ Test Specifications and Blueprints

http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-test-specs Videos on Common Core from the Teaching Channel

https://www.teachingchannel.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=common+core&commit=Search

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