Elementary PARCC Practice Tests Instructional Implications
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Dr. Lowerys Message
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Click Session Information Session Materials
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For this session select A103
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Session Focus Explore PARCC sample assessments and collaborate
to determine instructional implications
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Questions If you have questions any time during the session,
feel free to ask. If we are unsure we will put the question in the
PARKING LOT and consult a MSDE representative for an answer.
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Norms Listen and Participate Limit Sidebar Conversations Be
Open to New Ideas Use Technology Responsibly
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Who are we? Shana Sterkin Prince Georges County Public Schools
Shana.sterkin@pg cps.orgShana.sterkin@pg cps.org Coliena Ayele
Montgomery County Public Schools Middle School Teacher
Coliena_B_Ayele@ mcpsmd.orgColiena_B_Ayele@ mcpsmd.org Dr. Nicole
Gavin Baltimore City Schools Lead teacher/ staff developer
[email protected]@yahoo.com
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Who are we? PK-2 Teacher 3-5 Teacher Support teacher
Administrator Central Office Other
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Keep in Mind We are in transition to PARCC, we dont have all of
the answers, but we have resources to support all stakeholders as
we make this transition.
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Purpose of the Practice Tests Format Types of Assessment Items
Professional Learning Familiarizing stakeholders with the PARCC
assessment. http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/#
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PARCC Tutorial At your own pace, go through the PARCC tutorial
to familiarize yourself with the available tools.
http://practice.parcc.testnav.com Click on TUTORIAL
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PARCC COMPREHENSIVE ACCESSIBILITY POLICIES 17
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Accessibility Features Available to all students (i.e., not
limited to students with IEPs, 504 plans, or ELs), but will be
selected and turned on by a school-based educator prior to the
assessment, based on each students Personal Needs Profile (PNP).
Based on each students individual needs, a PNP is created for the
student to ensure that he or she receives appropriate access
without the distraction of other tools and features that are not
required by the student. Although a school-based educator will
enable specific accessibility features for students, the student
will decide whether or not to use the feature. Accessibility
features will be readily available on the computer-delivered
testing platform. 18 Expanding Access: A Teachers Guide
http://ca539dfd55636c55e922-
fd4c048d1c793e15a27f954b34a49d25.r49.cf1.rackcdn.com/PARCCTeacherG
uideBrochure(Final%20Web).pdf
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Accessibility Features for All Students on the Computer-Based
Test Mode 19 Accessibility Features for All Students Assigned the
Computer-Based Test Mode Audio Amplification Blank/Scratch Paper
(provided by test administrator) Eliminate Answer Choices Flag
Items for Review General Administration Directions Clarified (by
test administrator) General Administration Directions Read Aloud
and Repeated (by test administrator) Text Highlighter Tool
Headphones or Noise Buffers Line Reader Magnification/Enlargement
Device Pop-Up Glossary Redirect Student to Test (by test
administrator) Writing Tools
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MATHEMATICS
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Thinking About Math As we explore the content of the math
items, think about Which mathematical practices would students
apply to each test item to reach proficiency? What are the
implications for instruction? What kinds of instructional
activities should be implemented in the classroom before students
take the PARCC assessment?
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What is available from PARCC for Math? Sample Items These are
grade banded (3-5) with some performance based tasks for math.
Practice Test Grade leveled, End of the year only practice
assessment (task type 1 machine scoreable).
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SAMPLE ITEMS Take a look at the 6 sample items for 3-5 math.
Which questions are performance based questions? Note: Performance
Based Tasks for math will be released this fall.
http://practice.parcc.testnav.com Click on SAMPLE ITEMS
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#3Grade 3 (3.NBT.2, 3.OA.4, 3.MD.7B)
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#5Grade 4 (4.OA.1,2,3)
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PRACTICE TEST Practice tests are end-of- year (EOY). Lets take
a look at some examples from the practice test for grade 4. The
examples represent some of the focus clusters
http://practice.parcc.testnav.com Click on PRACTICE TEST
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Thinking About Math As we explore the content of the math
items, think about Which mathematical practice would students apply
to each test item to reach proficiency? What are the implications
for instruction? What kinds of instructional activities should be
implemented in the classroom before students take the PARCC
assessment?
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Standards for Mathematical Practices
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY
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PARCC Assessment Design English Language Arts/Literacy and
Mathematics, Grades 3-11 End-of-Year Assessment Innovative,
computer-based items Performance-Based Assessment (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 Speaking And Listening Assessment Locally scored
Non-summative, required Optional/Flexible Assessments Mid-Year
Assessment Performance-based Emphasis on hard-to- measure standards
Potentially summative
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PARCC Terms
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What type of question?
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RL.9-10.2(1) RL.9-10.1(2)
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What type of question?
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Designing the ELA/Literacy PBAs Three Types of Tasks Narrative
Writing Literary Analysis Research Simulation PARCC assessment
designers created Task Generation Models (TGM) for each type of
task above to guide and focus test development
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Approx. Min./Max. Passage Length Grades 3 5 - 200 800 words
Grades 6 8 - 400 1,000 words Grades 9 11 - 500 1,500 words Extended
= Upper End
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Grade 4 Literary Analysis Tasks Task Generation Models Analysis
of structural elements Central Idea/Lesson of literature
Character(s), setting(s) or event (s) Authors study Connecting a
text and a companion visual or oral presentation of that text
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Grade 4 Research Simulation Tasks Task Generation Models
Analyzing the relationship between a series of concepts Analyzing
the role of illustrations
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Thinking About ELA Which ELA strands/standards would students
apply to each test item to reach proficiency? What are the
implications for instruction? As we explore the content of the ELA
items, think about..
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Research Simulation Gr. 4 The example we will look at is from
fourth grade. It is a research simulation that reflects the
literacy standards for science and technical subjects. There are
three texts for students.
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The Texts The Wild Horses of Assateague Island Video Wild
Ponies of Chincoteague Read/view the texts, and answer the
questions. Discuss the skills and knowledge required by students to
respond to the questions and essay
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Thinking About ELA Which ELA strands/standards would students
apply to each test item to reach proficiency? What are the
implications for instruction? As we explore the content of the ELA
items, think about..
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Putting it all Together
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Think About Now that we have explored the PARCC website and
talked about implications for instruction, how do you see this
resource being used with ALL Stakeholders?
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Other Resources PARCC Prototypes http://www.parcco
nline.org/samples/ item-task- prototypes Mathematics
ELA/Literacy
