Sterling High SchoolPARCC Information

● Academic Standards○ No standards/district created standards > 1996 NJ Core

Curriculum Content Standards > 2010 Common Core (National) State Standards (CCSS)

● CCSS○ Aligned to college and career expectations○ Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to

succeed in our global world○ Coherent and focused towards achievement○ Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through

use of higher-order skills

History of Academic Standards

● Federal Regulations require states to assess students’ progress towards standards

● State regulations require districts to administer standardized assessments

● District funding is contingent on at least 95% student participation

Standards are not new, standardized assessments are not new,

the only change is PARCC!

History of State Assessments

● Greater consistency between districts and states● Clearer progression of topics, content, and proficiencies ● Deeper commitment to quality curriculum ● Promote higher expectations● Partners include 200 higher education institutions● Foster nationwide accountability with a true national metric

Merits of New Standards and PARCC

Two Required Assessments Yield Overall Score

Performance Based Assessment 75% of school year

Extended tasks, applications

- ELA: Writing effectively when analyzing text, research simulation

- Math: Solving multi-step problems requiring reasoning, precision, perseverance, and

use of tools

End of Year 90% of school year

Innovative, short answer items

- ELA: Reading comprehension

- Math: Short items; concepts and skills

Spring Block Administration

Performance Based Assessment Administration Dates: March 23rd – May 1st

End of Year Assessment Administration Date: May 8th – June 5th

The ELA PARCC Expects Students to:

● Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend a variety of complex passages

● Defend ideas with evidence from texts

To Succeed on the ELA PARCC, Students Must:● Gain a comfort level with reading passages in the

science and social studies content areas● Analyze primary source documents● Construct written arguments using evidence from

multiple texts● Find evidence to support their arguments● Understand and compare authors’ points of view● Understand how point of view influences authors’ text

Key Shifts in Math Standards

● Focus: Concentration on key topics

● Coherence: Build skills within and across grade levels

● Rigor: Develop conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application with equal intensity

The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:

- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them

- Reason abstractly and quantitatively

- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

- Model with mathematics

The Mathematics PARCC Expects Students to:

- Use appropriate tools strategically

- Attend to precision

- Look for and make use of structure

- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

HSPA PARCC

Single Test Administration March - Performance Based AssessmentMay - End of Year Assessment

Paper based - no technology Administered Online

60-135 minutes per day 60-90 minutes per unit

ELA grades 3 - 8 and 11Math grades 3 - 8 and 11Science grades 4 and 8

ELA grades 3-11Math grades 3-8, Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II

Typical Student’s Testing Experience

● Classroom, Computer Lab, or Media Center● Teachers permitted to help with students with

technology questions● Teachers can clarify directions● Students can flag questions, review, and change

answers● If necessary, computer will be “swapped out” if there is

a problem

Performace Based Assessment

PBA

ELA

Literary Analysis Unit

Research Simulation

Unit

Narrative Writing Unit

Math

Unit 1

Calculator Section

Non-calculator Section

Unit 2

End of Year Assessment

EOY

ELA

Unit 1

Unit 2

Math

Unit 1

Calculator Section

Non-calculator Section

Unit 2

PARCC Assessment Time

Unit 1- PBA Unit 2- PBA Unit 3- PBA Unit 1- EOY Unit 2- EOY

Grades 9-11 ELA

Unit Time 75 90 60 60 60

 Est. Time on

Task50 60 40 40 40

Algebra I, Geometry,

Integrated Math I, II

Unit Time 90 75 - 80 75

 Est. Time on

Task 60 50 - 60 50

Algebra II, Integrated Math

IIIUnit Time 90 75 - 90 75

PARCC Assessment - ELAItem Types and Sample Questions

PARCC Assessment TasksThree Focus Areas

1. Literary Analysis - This task will ask students to carefully consider literature worthy of close study and compose an analytic essay.

2. Research Simulation - This task asks students to exercise the career- and college- readiness skills of observation, deduction, and proper use and evaluation of evidence across text types by analyzing an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli.

3. Narrative Writing - This task asks students to write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, or to describe an account of events, scenes or objects, for example.

PARCC Assessment Types of Questions

● Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR)

● Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR)

● Prose-Constructed Response (PCR)

*Prose Constructed Response does not appear on EOY

Evidence Based Selected Response Items● Address at least two Common Core reading standards

● May have multiple interconnected parts

● For example, Part B may require students to justify their response to Part A

Technology Enhanced Constructed Response Items

Technology Enhanced Constructed Response items allow for a variety of technology-enhanced student responses, including but not limited to the following:

● drag and drop ● highlighting the text ● annotating text ● other negotiated methods

Prose Constructed Response

● Students will respond in writing to reading selections

● Students’ writing should: ○ include a clear purpose○ model the language of the Common

Core Writing Standards ○ specify the audience to be addressed ○ clearly state the topic, issue, or idea to

be addressed○ reference the text(s)

PARCC AssessmentMathematics Item Types and

Sample Questions

Type 1 Questions:Concepts, Skills and Procedures

● Balance of conceptual understanding, fluency and application

● Can involve any or all of mathematical practice standards

● Machine scored including innovative, computer-based formats

● Will appear on the End of Year and Performance Based Assessments

Type 2 Questions: Mathematical Reasoning● Calls for written arguments/justifications, critiques of

reasoning or precision in mathematical statements

● Can involve other mathematical practice standards

● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses

● Included on the Performance Based Assessment

Type 2: Eighth Grade Example Part A

Each box below identifies side lengths of a triangle. Classify each triangle by dragging the box to the appropriate location: Right Triangle or Not a Right Triangle

6 cm, 8 cm, 10 cm

12 in, 14 in, 16 in

triangle with vertices A (-5,1), B (-2,5), C (6,-1)

Right Triangle Not a Right Triangle

s= 3 ft

For each triangle that is not a right triangle in Part A, prove why the triangle is not a right triangle.

Type 2: Eighth Grade Example Part B

Type 3: Modeling/Applications

● Calls for modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario

● Can involve other mathematical practice standards

● May include a mix of machine and hand scored responses

● Included on the Performance Based Assessment

PARCC Scores and Reports

HSPA PARCC

3 Levels - Scale of 100-300 5 Levels - Scale of TBD

Limited data Rich data

Received in Fall of next year

Year 1 receive in Fall of next year

Years after receive by June of current year

Ceiling score Score beyond grade level

Purpose and Use of PARCC Data

● As one of many multiple measures that assist teachers, our schools, and the district to support differentiated instruction and strategic decision making

● To inform parents and students on progress towards “on track” college and career readiness

● By colleges and universities as one of the indicators of a student’s readiness for entry-level, credit-bearing college courses

NJDOE Graduation RequirementsFor the Classes of 2016, 2017, and 2018:

English Language Arts Mathematics

Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 9 or Passing score on a PARCC Algebra I or

Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 10 or Passing score on a PARCC Geometry or

Passing score on a PARCC ELA Grade 11 or Passing score on a PARCC Algebra II or

SAT>=400 or SAT>=400 or

ACT>=16 or ACT>=16 or

Accuplacer Write Placer>=6 or Accuplacer Elementary Algebra>=76 or

PSAT>=40 or PSAT>=40 or

ACT Aspire>=422 or ACT Aspire>=422 or

ASVAB-AFQT>31 or ASVAB-AFQT>31 or

Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal

Meet the Criteria of the NJDOE Portfolio Appeal

PARCC Preparation

● Standards based curriculum, instruction, and programs ● Practice Tests

http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/● Technology

○ Strategic plan to support infrastructure and accessibility

○ Skills - Drag and drop, highlight text, cut and paste, move items, use of math tools and online calculators (6-11), graphing tools, and type written responses in ELA and Math

○ http://nextgen.nwoca.org/skill-development ○ http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/ (TestNav8

tutorial)● Mindset - “Do your best but don’t stress!”