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PARCC Party

Feature Presentation

Goals of Feature Presentation

• Connection of content from school to home
• Partnering with parents/guardians for

student academic success

• PARCC Preparations

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Language Arts Literacy and Mathematics Resources

IXL

• Internet based program

–Language Arts Literacy (LAL) and Mathematics

• Provides practice for any concept from

Kindergarten through High School

• https://www.ixl.com/signin/samuel

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GetWaggle

• Internet based program
• Provides practice for concepts assigned by teachers
• Questions of varying difficulty

– Questions will get easier for incorrect answers – Questions will get harder for correct answers

• Question format similar to the PARCC
• https://gogetwaggle.com/login/#/login/00689802

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LAL ONLY

• MyOn
• Online library of more than 7,000 digital

books

• www.myon.com

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MyOn Digital Library

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Mathematics ONLY - PMI

• Progressive Mathematics Initiative
• Mathematics program at Shull
• Access from any device with internet capability
• Content from Kindergarten through High School
• http://www.njctl.org/courses/math/

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Common Core State Standards

• What are They?

– Specific goals students are expected to achieve in Math/LAL at each grade level – The content that will be tested on PARCC

• http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/

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Partnership

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Academic Learning Center

• Before/After school tutoring
• Retakes on Quizzes/Tests available for Math

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Strategies for Home - Math

• Point out Math in everyday life

– Buying groceries

• Making change
• Finding the best price

– Measuring ingredients for a recipe – Earning interest on a bank account

• Play games that require strategy/logistics

– Checkers, chess, backgammon

• Work on “brain teaser” puzzles together

– http://www.internet4classrooms.com/brain_teasers.htm

• Additional Strategies Available

– http://schools.nyc.gov/Academics/Mathematics/ParentResources/How+Parents+Can+Help+Their +Students+in+Math.htm

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Strategies for Home - Language Arts Literacy

• Make sure that your student reads at home

daily either with a physical book or on MyOn(something that interest them)

• Encourage your child to read the newspaper
• Encourage your child to use higher level

vocabulary words (good-excellent)

• Encourage your child to explain their

thoughts about topics that interest the family

• Have daily discussions on a variety of topics

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Strategies for Home - Student Effort

• Increased test readability level
• Homework
• Classwork

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Resources Available on Shull Website

All information covered today is available on the Shull website

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PARCC Features

What is the PARCC?

“The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states working together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in college and their careers.” http://www.parcconline.org/about-parcc

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Type of Tests

Performance-Based Assessment (Mid Year Assessment)

“The early spring performance-based assessment captures critical-thinking, reasoning and application skills through extended tasks.”

• Language Arts Literacy

– Read fiction and non-fiction passages – May watch videos or listen to audio – Write responses to prompts using what they’ve learned from the passage, video,

• r audio file
• Mathematics

– Solve multi-step problems

• Require reasoning
• Real world situations

– Make sense of quantities and their relationships

http://www.parcconline.org/did-you-know-why-are-there-two-parts-test

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Type of Tests

End of Year

“Students participate in the end-of-year assessment shortly before the end

• f the school year. This consists of innovative, short-answer questions and

items to measure concepts and skills.” “Students demonstrate comprehension of literary and informational texts and give definitions of words based on their reading of texts, rather than on

• memorization. They also show understanding of mathematical concepts,

procedures and short applications.” http://www.parcconline.org/did-you-know-why-are-there-two-parts-test

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Approximate Timing for Tests

Mathematics

Grade PBA Unit 1 PBA Unit 2 PBA Unit 3 EOY Unit 1 EOY Unit 2 5th 80 70

Not Applicable

70 75 6th 80 70

Not Applicable

80 75 7th 80 70

Not Applicable

80 75 8th 80 70

Not Applicable

80 75

Language Arts Literacy

Grade PBA Unit 1 PBA Unit 2 PBA Unit 3 EOY Unit 1 EOY Unit 2 5th 75 90 60 75

Not Applicable

6th 75 90 60 60 60 7th 75 90 60 60 60 8th 75 90 60 60 60

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Testing Windows

• Test dates have not been confirmed but the testing windows available are:

PARCC Assessment Test Type Grade Test Window

PBA Language Arts Grades 3-8 March 2, 2015 – March 13, 2015 PBA Mathematics Grades 3-8 March 16, 2015 – March 23, 2015 EOY Language Arts Grades 3-8 April 27, 2015 – May 6, 2015 EOY Mathematics Grades 3-8 May 7, 2015 – May 15, 2015

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Types of Questions - Language Arts Literacy

• Prose Constructed Response Items
• Multi-part Multiple Choice Questions
• Drag and Drop Items
• Multi-Answer Multiple Choice

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Types of Questions - Mathematics

• Multiple Choice
• Multi-Answer Multiple

Choice

• Drag and Drop
• Input Equations
• Create Diagram

– Graph – Table – Number Line

• Fill-in Answer

– Multi-Part – Tables

• Drop Down

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Digital Test Taking Skills

• Drop down menus
• Drag and drop
• Scrolling features (on reading passages)
• Highlighting
• Masking
• Crossing out answers for multiple-choice items
• Checkboxes
• Enlarging text on the computer screen to see words, pictures, and details

more clearly

• Writing and editing notes on an on-screen notepad
• Using writing tools such as copy, cut, paste, bold, etc.
• Flagging items that the students will want to come back to later.
• Raising or lowering the volume on their headphones

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Let’s See the Test!!!

• Practice tests for multiple grade levels for both

Mathematics and Language Arts Literacy are available at: – http://parcc.pearson.com/practice-tests/

• Today, we will look at two specific tests:

– Language Arts Literacy Grade 6 – Mathematics Grade 8

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Feedback from PARCC Field Test

With your help, our students will be ready! Feedback from field test given Spring 2014

• More than 90 percent of students said that they had sufficient time to

complete the test.

• Approximately 90 percent of students said that they understood the directions
• n the ELA/L tests and the mathematics computer-based test.
• Two-thirds of students said that they entered mathematics symbols and

numbers with ease

• Approximately half of students said that it was easy to use the online

calculator

http://www.njpsa.org/?q=content/parcc-releases-field-test-report

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Questions - Comments - Concerns

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