PARCC Information Night for Parents High School

1. PARCC Information Night for ParentsHigh School Pittsgrove Township School District

2. Tonight’s Presentation • Brief History of Standards and Assessment • PARCC - Who, What, When, Where, and How • Special Needs Students • Scores, Reports, and Graduation Requirements • Pittsgrove Township Schools PARCC Preparation • PARCC Parent Resources • Closing Comments • Questions and Answers

3. History of Standards and Assessment

4. History of Academic Standards • Academic Standards • No standards/district created standards > 1996 NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards > 2010 Common Core (National) State Standards (CCSS) • CCSS • Aligned to college and career expectations • Internationally benchmarked so that all students are prepared to succeed in our global world • Coherent and focused towards achievement • Include rigorous content and application of knowledge through use of higher-order skills

5. History of State Assessments • Federal Regulations require states to assess students’ progress towards standards • State regulations require districts to administer standardized assessments • District funding is contingent on at least 95% student participation Standards are not new. Standardized assessments are not new. The only change is PARCC.

6. Key Shifts in ELA Standards • Students will have regular practice with increasingly complex texts • Reading, Writing, and Speaking is grounded in evidence from text • Students will build knowledge through content-rich non-fiction

7. The ELA PARCC Expects Students to: • Demonstrate the ability to read and comprehend a variety of complex passages • Defend ideas with evidence from texts

8. To Succeed on the ELA PARCC, Students Must: • Gain a comfort level with reading passages in the science and social studies content areas • Analyze primary source documents • Construct written arguments using evidence from multiple texts • Find evidence to support their arguments • Understand and compare authors’ points of view • Understand how point of view influences authors’ text

9. Key Shifts in Math Standards Focus: Concentration on key topics Coherence: Build skills within and across grade levels Rigor: Develop conceptual understanding, procedural skills and fluency, and application with equal intensity

10. Key Fluencies in Math

11. What is PARCC? Who, What, When, Where, How

12. What is PARCC? Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College And Careers

13. What is PARCC? 43 States and Washington D.C. have adopted the Common Core Standards 14 States including New Jersey are using PARCC

14. How is PARCC Different?

15. When & How Will It Be Given? Months, Dates, Times, Sessions

17. PARCC Testing Components

19. Typical Student Test Experience • Classroom, Computer Lab (gr. 3-11), or Media Center (HS) • AM and/or PM Sessions • Typically administered by your child’s teacher • Teachers permitted to help with students with technology questions • Teachers can clarify directions • Students can flag questions, review, and change answers • If necessary, computer will be “swapped out” if there is a problem • Students can read or draw if finished early

20. PBA- Performance Based Assessments • March 2 – March 6 – Grades 3 & 6 • March 9 – March 13 – Grades 4 & 7 • March 16 – March 20 – Grades 5 & 8 • March 23 – March 27 –Grades 3-8 Make Up • March 23 – May 1 – SHS Regular and Make Up

21. EOY- End of Year Assessments • April 27 – May 1 - Grades 3 & 6 • May 4 – May 8 – Grades 4 & 7 • May 11 – May 15 – Grades 5 & 8 • May 18 – May 22 –Grades 3-8 Make Up • May 8 – June 5 – SHS Regular and Make Up

22. Scoring How will PARCC be scored? How will my child’s scores be used?

23. Scoring: How is PARCC different?

24. Scoring • Take2tests (MarchandMay) • Receive onescorefor Mathandone scoreforELA

25. Purpose and Use of PARCC Data… • To assistteachersin supportingstudents • Toinformparentsandstudentson progresstowards“on track”collegeand careerreadiness • To informschoolsanddistrictson curricula,instructionalandprofessionaldevelopment needs • ByNJ’scollegeanduniversitiesasoneofthe indicatorsofastudent’s readinessforentry-level, credit-bearingcollegecourses • May be used for high school graduation requirements

26. PARCCResultsWillNotBeUsed… • To impactstudent’sgrades • To retainstudents

27. NJ Graduation Requirements

28. PARCC Preparation • Standards based curriculum, instruction, and programs • NWEA Assessment gr. 3-8 • Technology • Strategic plan to support infrastructure and accessibility • Professional Development for Staff • Google Apps for Education • Skills Development • Mindset – “Do Your Best, But Don’t Stress!”

29. PARCC Preparation (cont.) • 2014 Field Testing • NJDOE Regional Trainings • District and School Based Leadership Teams • Simulated Test Sessions • PARCC Tutorial, Sample Items, and Practice Tests in the classrooms

30. TechnologySkills • Usetechnologytodeterminestudentunderstanding inauthentic ways • Drag anddrop • Shadetext • Cutandpaste • Moveitems • Use ofmath tools • Onlinecalculators(6-11) • Graphing tools • Typewrittenresponsesin ELAandMath

31. Accessibility & Accommodations What features are available for all students? What features are available for SE/504/ELL students?

32. PARCC Comprehensive Accessibility Policies Features for All Students Accessibility Features* Identified in advance Accommodations** * Available to all participating students **For students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities

33. For ALL Students

34. Accessibility Features Identified in Advance

35. Accommodations as per IEP or 504 Plan

36. Sample Test Items Elementary ELA and Math

37. PARCC Assessment - ELA Item Types and Sample Questions

38. PARCC Assessment Tasks Three Focus Areas • Literary Analysis - This task will ask students to carefully consider literature worthy of close study and compose an analytic essay. • Research Simulation - This task asks students to exercise the career- and college- readiness skills of observation, deduction, and proper use and evaluation of evidence across text types by analyzing an informational topic presented through several articles or multimedia stimuli. • Narrative Writing - This task asks students to write a story, detail a scientific process, write a historical account of important figures, or to describe an account of events, scenes or objects, for example.

39. LiteraryAnalysisTask • Read2stories • Answermultiplechoice questions • ReadingComprehension • Vocabulary • Writeessay basedon storiesread

40. Grade 10 – Literary Analysis Task

41. ResearchSimulationTask • Grade3 • 2 articlesor digital source • Grade4-11 • 3 articlesor digitalsource • Answermultiplechoice questions • Readingcomprehension Vocabulary • Writeessay basedon articles/source

42. Grade 9 – Research Simulation Task

43. NarrativeWritingTask • 1story • Answermultiplechoice questions • ReadingComprehension • Vocabulary • Writeanarrativestory

44. PARCC Assessment Mathematics Item Types and Sample Questions

45. PARCCAssessmentDesign-Math • PerformanceBased Assessment(March) • Short andlong responses • Focusedonconceptualknowledgeandskills • Realworld applications • Modelingandreasoning • End ofYearAssessment(LateApril/May) • Primarilyshort-answerquestions • Focusedon conceptualknowledge, skillsand understandings