Illinois State Board of Education

1. Illinois State Board of Education Balanced Assessment System: How Does PARCC Fit In? Presented by: Mary O’BrianDirector of AssessmentIllinois State Board of Education

2. In this presentation, we will address: • Recognizing how assessments fit together • Recognizing components of a balanced assessment system • Defining/clarifying terms • Providing an overview of the PARCC Assessment System • Examining sample PARCC items in English Language Arts and Mathematics

3. Illinois State Board of Education Assessment is: The process of collecting and interpreting information that informs educators, students, and families about students’ progress in attaining the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to be learned or acquired in school (JCSEE, 2013).

4. Illinois State Board of Education An assessment system that uses multiple and varied measures of student performance provides more valid and reliable evidence of the influence that educators have on student growth (JCSEE, 2013).

5. Balanced Assessment System A balanced assessment system is the strategic use of formative, interim, and summative measures of student performance to address immediate student needs, inform ongoing instructional changes, and guide long-term educational improvement. https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/bas

6. Illinois State Board of Education • The goal of a balanced assessment system is to ensure that assessments are being used for their defined purpose, to streamline the assessment process reducing the amount of assessment, and to increase the use of appropriate assessment data.

7. Balanced Assessment System Measuring Student Growth: A Collaborative Process • End of Course/Year Assessments • Performance-Based Assessments • Portfolios Summative • Mid-Year Assessments • Unit/Chapter Assessments • Performance-Based Assessments Interim • Performance-Based Assessments • Self/Peer Assessments • Discussion/Observation/Checklists Formative Frequency of Administration Adapted from Perie, Marion, & Gong (2009)

8. Classroom Example: Literacy • Formative- Running record; classroom rubric used for monitoring guided reading responses • Interim- Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System, 2nd Edition (3x annually) • Summative- PARCC and MAP® Examples listed are for purposes of illustration and are not endorsed by the ISBE

9. Design of the Assessment System

10. Claims for ELA/Literacy

11. PARCC Evidence-Centered Design

12. Sample Items on the Technology Platform Sample Items DivisionofStudent Assessment

13. Claims for Mathematics Master Claim: Students are on-track or ready for college and careers

14. Sample Items on the Technology Platform Sample Items DivisionofStudent Assessment

15. PARCC Accessibility System * For students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities

17. Resources 3 • Sample Items • http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/# • Evidence Tables • http://www.parcconline.org/assessment-blueprints-test-specs • PARCC website • http://www.parcconline.org/ • ISBE PARCC website • http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/parcc.htm • ISBE New Standards website • http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/pls/default.htm • Technology Specifications • http://www.parcconline.org/technology