Welcome to the PARCC and the Common Core

State Standards Workshop

An Overview

Background:

The Common Core

Before the 2014 school

yearNJ State

Standards

NJ ASK District monitors

its students’ successes

Common Core Standards

PARCC Exam

State monitors our students’ successes

2014 school year

Changing the standards

Came about as a response to concerns from universities about college freshmen readiness (varying from state-to-state)

Created by a national panel to create national standards

Raised the required levels of performance approximately a grade and a half (1.5)

In Language Arts…

One widely accepted method of discussing a student’s reading level is by assessing his/her Lexile.

Now, in order to be “on grade level,” every student must rise significantly, immediately.

Before 2013 2014-2015 (as per the Common

Core)

735 to 1065 970 to 1120

Acceptable Lexiles of Seventh Graders

Formerly 9th - 10th grade lexile

In Math…

Skill NJ State Standards,

Grade Learned

Common Core State

Standards, Grade

Learned

Fractions Grades 4 and 5

Grades 3 and 4

Ratios and Proportions

Grade 7 Early Grade 6

AlgebraGrade 8,

Accelerated Students

Grade 7,General

EducationFrom various educators when asked to highlight some of the biggest shifts

SMARTER

Balanced

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and

Careers(PARCC)

New assessments of the standards

New Jersey chose the PARCC

States that also chose the PARCC:

ArkansasMassachusetts

Colorado MississippiDistrict of Columbia New Mexico

Illinois New YorkLouisiana OhioMaryland Rhode

Island

The PARCC

Computer-based assessment

Taken twice per academic year

Four to five days of testing, per student, each assessment

Major departures from NJ ASK

“Performance-Based Assessment” Testing Dates are

set for the month of March

March 2-March 27 Four days per

student Assesses:

Literary and textual analysis

Essay writing (3) Variety of math

questions

“Summative Assessment” Testing Dates are set

for the end of April through mid-May April 2-May 22

Assesses: Reading

comprehension growth in multiple genres (fiction and non-fiction)

Variety of math questions, all computer scored

Two computer-based assessments

Content Departures

Language Arts

Three major departures• Technology-

dependent• Depth of

knowledge (nonfiction)

• Rigor (complex texts)

Math

Three major departures• Technology-

dependent• Depth of

knowledge (conceptual understanding)

• Rigor (complex manipulation)

Stylistic Departures

Will no longer be mostly multiple

choice

Will have more than one right answer

Will test for longer periods of time

per sitting

Will require evidence, always, of new

skills

Will require the use of computerized

“tools” to answer questions

Question Analysis

New Language Arts sections

Prose Constructed ResponseLiterary Analysis taskNarrative Writing taskSimulated Research task

Evidence-Based Selected Response

Technology-enhanced Constructed Response

ELA PARCC terminology

Literary Analysis Task (80 minutes)Read a text (or texts) closely, and write an

analysis

Narrative Task (50 minutes)Use narrative writing to write about experiences,

could be based on a fictional or historical account, or based on a scientific process

Research Simulation Task (85 minutes)Analyze a topic through a variety of texts, answer

questions, and compose an essay which synthesizes the information

New Math question goals

Type 1Conceptual understanding, fluency, and

applicationType 2

Written (prose) arguments/justifications, critique of reasoning, or precision in mathematical statements

Type 3Modeling/application in a real-world

context or scenario

New Math question styles

Multiple choiceMultiple select (Select all that…)Inline choices (drop-down menus)Fill in the blankHot spots (Plot points, create

graphs)Combination text and equation

editor

All on the computer

NJ ASK style question (ELA)

This article would be most useful for a student

A. learning about animal genomes.

B. studying the characteristics of mammals.

C. writing a report on animals native to Australia.

D. preparing a presentation on recent scientific

discoveries.

PARCC, Grade 7

PARCC sample writing task

(PCR- Research Simulation Task)

NJ ASK style question (Math)

Which number makes 54 when multiplied by 9?

A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8

PARCC sample Math question

PARCC sample Math question

Preparation

Academic support, exposure to quality, rigor, and technology, and teacher contact time will make the biggest differences for our

students on this year’s PARCC. Nonfiction readingComparative readingTechnology-enhanced responsesComplex text, analysis, problem-solving

and strategies to help students determine meaning and answers

Use of evidence to support answers

Preparation, II

Language Arts Teacher-student

one-on-one time Complex texts Texts with parallel

themes, structure, bias

Identifying evidence

Analytical essay structures

Math Teacher-student

one-on-one time Multi-step, complex

problem solving Number sense Stamina Rigor Evidence-based

responses

Helpful websites

www. parcconline.org

(most updated explanations, practice tests)

www.corestandards.org

(Common Core website)

www.spboe.org/Page/3545 (for

explanations of the Math alignment to the

Common Core)

THANK YOU FOR COMING!

Together wecan help our

students succeed!