Assessment Consortia 101

Kimberly BrunswickDonna McCaw

Common Core State Standards

Race to the Top Assessment Competition Two consortia

SMARTER/Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and

Career (PARCC)

Alike and Different

PARCC

5 assessments 3-HS K-2Selected ResponseConstructed ResponsePerformance assessment Automated & human

scoring 90 days and last 18 days

SBAC

4 assessments 3-8th & 11th grades computer adaptive Short & extended

constructed response Last 12 weeks of school Short turn around of results Digital Library Professional Dev Mat

• COLLEGE & CAREER Ready

• Written options -1st 3

yrs• Educators

involved in creating ?s

• Assessing Cluster levels\

• Variety of Item Types

PARCC

Common Core Institute

PARCC States

Common Core Institute

5 assessments being created

Common Core Institute

1. Help identify big ideas in the CCSS for each grade level

2. Determine the focus for the various PARCC assessment components

3. Support the development of the PARCC assessment blueprints

4. Assist educators in making meaning of the standards and prioritizing instruction

PARCC MODEL Content Frameworks

ELA Module chart

Grade 6

Common Core Institute

3rd – 4th grade fluent in add/ sub/multi/division 5th grade applied math

Common Core Institute

Spreadsheetsand other real tools

Common Core Institute

Number line

Common Core Institute

Test to Task

ASSESSMENT

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Next Generation Assessment

System

Governing State

Advisory StateMembership status as of March 6, 2012

SBAC Assessment System

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Item Specifications