PARCC

and theCollege Readiness Program

Frank NeubranderLouisiana State University and A&M CollegeCCSS-PARCC College Readiness Workshop

Nottoway Plantation, June 24-25, 2013

PARCC UPDATES• PARCC has contracted with ETS/College Board and Pearson to write test items • PARCC engages 300+ educators for reviewing items; the first math item review for

grades 3-8 was attended by 24 state DOE staff and HE faculty

• PARCC has released only a handful of prototype test items (12)

• PARCC Type I: Tasks assessing concepts, skills and procedures

• PARCC Type II: Tasks assessing expressing mathematical reasoning

• PARCC Type III: Tasks assessing modeling / applications 

Proto Type Test Items

• http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes• • http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/

• http://www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCPrototype_main.html

• http://www.illustrativemathematics.org/

• http://www.engageny.org/resource/new-york-state-common-core-sample-questions

• http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/algebra-ii-m1-module-overview-and-assessments.pdf

PARCC ISSUES:• Despite Florida handling the money for PARCC, the state is not committed to adopting the test. Florida could

follow Alabama who withdrew from PARCC and will now use a test from ACT.

• States like Louisiana might follow the Indiana example and “pause” implementation of PARCC and the CCSS or could find a number of reasons to choose another test:

• The PARCC tests take up too much time (at least 8 hours). The tests are too expensive. States disagree with the passing scores set by the consortium, some states fear that they will look really bad. Missing technology infrastructure.

• PARCC implementation without changes in the accountability system could be catastrophic for school systems: in Louisiana alone, the number of schools receiving an “F” might grow from 157 in 2013 to 500+ in 2015 (based on Kentucky and Georgia data).

PARCC/Math Common Core Toolbox

Many PARCC prototype problems were developed as formative assessment items; they were never intended as high stakes assessment items.

Example:

http://www.ccsstoolbox.com/parcc/PARCCPrototype_main.html

Inches and Centimeters

Louisiana’s 2013-14 Assessments Test Will be 90% “PARCC-like”

http://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/assessment-2013-2014/guide-assessment-structure-13-14-math-8th-grade.pdf?sfvrsn=6

http://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/assessment-guidance-2013-2014