Notes to accompany “Introduction to PARCC” video for Systemic PD on January 31, 2014

  • History of PARCC:
  • An assessment designed to measure the Common Core State Standards
  • Created with 17 states – Maryland is a governing state in the consortium
  • PARCC stands for- Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
  • Structure of PARCC:
  • Made up of two components: PBA and EOY
  • Offered in math and literacy
  • PBA: Performance Based Assessment (March time frame)
  • Literary Task, Narrative Task, and Research Task
  • 2 Sessions of Math
  • EOY: End of Year Assessment (May time frame)
  • 2 sessions of ELA
  • 2 sessions of Math
  • Accessibility features and Accommodations offered
  • Accessibility features are available to all students
  • Accommodations will continue to be offered. Some accommodations may be administered differently or are now considered accessibility feature.
  • Scoring will no longer be advanced, proficient, basic – it will now be level 1- level 5
  • Transition:
  • MSA in reading and math will no longer be administered beginning next year, 2014-2015, MSA science will continue to be administered
  • HSA will also be phased out. Next year, students will take PARCC in the following content areas: Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry and English 9, 10, and 11.
  • Field Test Administration:
  • At least one classroom at every school will field test
  • No students in Algebra I or English 10 will field test
  • Two administration windows:
  • PBA: March 24 - April 11
  • EOY: May 5 – June 6
  • MSA and Field Testing
  • If a student takes the full PARCC field test in a subject they will not need to take the MSA in that subject area this year.
  • Technology:
  • PARCC is intended to be delivered online.
  • Paper will be available for the first few years if schools cannot administer the assessment online.
  • PARCC can be administered on desktops, laptops, and tablets
  • Tablets must have an external keyboard
  • All students testing must have headphones

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