Grades 3-5 PARCC Parent Night Presented By: Robert Ghiretti, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Grades 3-5 PARCC Parent Night Presented By: Robert Ghiretti, Grades 2-5 LA Supervisor Terri Matthews, Grades 2-5 MA Supervisor Maureen Corbett, Grades Pre-K-2 Supervisor PARCC Presentation for Parents of the Township of Union November 23,
Presented By: Robert Ghiretti, Grades 2-5 LA Supervisor Terri Matthews, Grades 2-5 MA Supervisor Maureen Corbett, Grades Pre-K-2 Supervisor
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and mathematics were created by educators around the nation.
to improve its instruction and assessments to ensure students graduate with the knowledge and skills most demanded by college and careers.
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC) tests were administered for the first time in spring 2015 and were designed to measure the new state standards that are guiding instruction in math and English language arts. The new, more rigorous expectations focus on the skills students need in today’s world, including critical thinking, problem solving, and reasoning. Because the PARCC tests are measuring these complex skills, which are different from previous state tests, it is expected that scores on the PARCC test will look lower.
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Why PARCC Scores Look Different than Scores on Previous State Tests
The tests measure performance against a higher set of standards. Fewer students are likely to meet them initially. That doesn’t mean they aren’t doing as well – it just means the expectations are higher. The tests measure skills students need in the real world. The PARCC tests go beyond multiple choice questions and require students to use skills like analyzing, problem solving, and writing effectively. All of these skills are necessary to practice and master to be successful beyond high school--whether in college, the military or a career. There is an opportunity to make sure students ready for the next step. The new tests provide accurate information about how students are performing against the new standards so that teachers, parents and students can start working together now to ensure kids are prepared for success – from grade to grade and beyond high school. It is easier to address any weaknesses early
back on track.
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No state is alone. All states administering PARCC, as well as other new tests designed to measure the new standards, will see a change in scores. It will take time. While teachers have been gearing up for the new standards for almost four years, the tests are new and they ask questions in different ways, and require students to show their work. As happens with every new test, scores will start to improve as teachers and students become more familiar with the standards and acquire the skills and knowledge to meet them. Students are just as smart, but the bar has been raised. The new tests emphasize skills like critical thinking, and problem solving. Students are required to explain their answers, and defend their reasoning, which is different from previous tests. A student who was performing well on the previous test might not do as well on the new PARCC test.
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Student scores will improve. As students and teachers gain the skills and knowledge needed to meet the new higher standards, performance will also improve. In the first year, PARCC scores set a new baseline. This first year’s scores will identify where students excel and where they need additional support, so that progress can be measured moving forward. In other cases where more rigorous tests have been implemented, students improved performance after the first year.
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Score Comparisons: Unlike many previous state test score reports, PARCC score reports show how your student is performing compared to students in the same grade at the same school, across the school district, around the state, and across the states administering the PARCC test.
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Level Descriptor
5 Exceeded Expectations 4 Met Expectations 3 Approached Expectations 2 Partially Met Expectations 1 Did Not Yet Meet Expectations
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0%20%40%60%80%100%11109876543Edit chart » N.J.'s 2015 PARCC scores: English language arts/literacyPercent of StudentsGrade LevelNot meeting expectationsPartially meeting expectationsApproaching expectationsMeeting expectationsExceeding expectationsNot all scores equal 100% due to rounding
Three Innovative Item Types That Showcase Students’ Command of Evidence with Complex Tasks
selected-response question with a second selected-response question that asks students to show evidence from the text that supports the answer they provided to the first question. Underscores the importance of Reading Anchor Standard 1 for implementation of the CCSS.
to capture student comprehension of texts in authentic ways that have been difficult to score by machine for large scale assessments (e.g., drag and drop, cut and paste, shade text, move items to show relationships).
students have understood a text or texts they have read and can communicate that understanding well both in terms of written expression and knowledge of language and conventions. There are four of these items of varying types on each annual performance-based assessment.
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Pupa Adult Egg Larva
Drag the words from the word box into the correct locations on the graphic to show the life cycle of a butterfly as described in “How Animals Live.” Words:
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procedural skill and fluency, and application.
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context or scenario and precision
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Non-Calculator Section where no calculator is permitted regardless of classification (same as NJASK)
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Encourage your children to read Expose your children to different kinds of texts: stories, newspapers, magazines, biographies, science/history Talk with your child about what they read Practice fluency with math facts Encourage real-life problem solving in multiple ways Explain/discuss the process for problem solving Encourage your child to justify their reasoning Practice typing and use other technology tools where applicable.
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