August 2014

Changes in Testing 2014-15

• NJ ASK becomes === PARCC• APA becomes ===DLM

• Science will be tested as usual using a paper version of NJASK in grades 4 & 8

What is PARCC?• The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for

College and Careers (PARCC) is a consortium of 17 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands working together to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in English and math anchored in what it takes to be ready for college and careers.

• PARCC assessments are computer based and aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

Devices To Be Used• Grades 3-5: oiPad

• Grades 6-8: oLaptop or desktop computer

PARCC Assessment Design

English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, Grades 3-11

End-of-Year Assessment

• Innovative, computer-based items•Required

Performance-BasedAssessment (PBA)• Extended tasks• Applications of

concepts and skills• Required

Diagnostic Assessment• Early indicator of student knowledge and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD•Non-summative

Speaking And ListeningAssessment

• Locally scored• Non-summative, required

2 Optional Assessments/Flexible Administration

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

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Performance Based Assessment

(PBA)

oMarch 2 – March 27 (starts 110th day)•3rd and 6th

•4th and 7th

•5th and 8th oIncludes Reading and Writing (3 days)

oExtended Math Responses (2 days)6

End of Year Assessment (EOY)

oApril 27 – May 22 (about 30 days later)oReading Comprehension (2 days)oMath Concepts and Fluency (2 days)

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PARCC Performance

Levels

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Level 1

Did not demonstrate partial command

Level 2

Partial Command

Level 3

Moderate Command

Level 4

Strong Command

Level 5

Distinguished Command

Level 4 (Strong Command) is the proposed level for earning a college-ready determination.

Old PP

Advances in the PARCC

ELA/Literacy Assessment

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1. Complexity: Regular practice with complex text and its academic language.

2. Evidence: Reading and writing grounded in evidence from text, literary and informational.

3. Knowledge: Building knowledge through content rich nonfiction.

PARCC Design for ELA

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• Literary Analysis Tasks – students will read literature and compose an analytic essay.

• Research Simulation Tasks – students will analyze an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli and then answer a series of questions, synthesizing information from multiple sources, in order to write two analytic essays.

• Narrative Tasks – students will convey real or imaginary, experiences or events (e.g. write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, describe an account of events, scenes or objects).

Performance-Based Components

• Students will demonstrate their ability to read and comprehend complex informational and literary texts by answering questions that will be sequenced in a way that draw students into deeper encounters with the texts.

End-Of-Year Assessment - ELA

Advances in the PARCC Mathematics

Assessment

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Advances in assessment

demanded by the shifts

• Conceptual understanding

• Procedural skill and fluencyo Grade 3: Multiplication/Division Facts and Add/subtract within

1,000o Grade 4: Addition & Subtraction of Multi-digit Numberso Grade 5: Multi-digit multiplication of whole #’s

• Application

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Accessibility Policies

Accessibility Features for All Students

• Eliminate answer choices• Flag items for review• Highlight tool• Line reader tool• Magnification• Headphones• Audio Amplification• Notepad• Pop Up Glossary• Clarify general administration directions• Redirect student to the test• Spell checker

Accessibility Features for All

Identified in Advance

• Answer masking• Background/font color (color

contrast)• General masking• Text to Speech for Math

Accommodations Categories

Presentation Accommodations

Response Accommodations

Setting/Timing and Scheduling

Accommodations

Administrative Considerations for

All

What is Not New?• New Jersey will administer a general state assessment in

mathematics, English Language Arts and Science (PARCC) AND an alternate assessment for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (DLM).

• The IEP team determines whether a student with disabilities will participate in the PARCC or the DLM.

• The IEP or 504 team will determine what accommodations will be provided during administration of the PARCC and list them in the IEP or 504 plan.

• General education and special education staff need to plan ahead to ensure appropriate selection and administration of accommodations.

Taking the Test

• Sample Assessments: http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/• Additional resources:

o ELA - http://www.gtps.k12.nj.us/homesite/LAL.htm o Math - http://gtpsmath.weebly.com/parcc.html