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Joyce Zurkowski Colorado Department of Education - Assessment Unit April 2013

PARCC Update: State Board of Education

English Language Arts and Mathematics Assessments

• State Statute
• Requires Colorado to participate as a Governing

Board member in a consortium of states that focuses on the readiness of students for college and careers [22-7-1006 (1.5), C.R.S.].

• PARCC
• In August 2012, Colorado became a governing

member of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

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Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

22 members

• 21 states
• Washington,

D.C.

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• Streamlined governance structure
• Expedited decision making processes
• Non-profit established
• CEO search underway

Changes at PARCC

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• Governing Board
• Advisory Committee on College Readiness
• College Ready Assessment Steering Committee
• Design, Development & Implementation Committees
• State Item Review Committees
• Performance Level Descriptor Writing Teams
• Transition and Implementation Activities
• Educator Leader Cadres: Adams 14, Boulder, Cherry Creek,

Denver, Fountain Ft. Carson, Garfield Re2, Greeley-Evans Weld County 6, Jeffco, Littleton, Moffat, Poudre, Thompson, and St. Vrain Valley

Colorado Involvement in the Development

• f the PARCC Assessments

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• English Language Arts: grades 3-11
• Mathematics: grades 3-8, two sequences of three

high school assessments each

• First operational assessment: spring 2015

The PARCC Assessments

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PARCC Assessment Design

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End-of-Year Assessment

• Innovative,

computer-based items

• Required

Performance- Based Assessment

• Extended

tasks

• Applications
• f concepts

and skills

• Required

Diagnostic Assessment

• Early indicator
• f knowledge

and skills to inform instruction, supports, and PD

• Optional

Mid-Year Assessment

• Performance-

based

• Emphasis on

hard-to- measure standards

• Optional

Speaking and Listening Assessment (Required): Locally scored

• Performance-based assessment component (3 sessions)
• Three tasks: a research simulation, a literary analysis, and a narrative task
• For each task: read one or more texts, answer several short

comprehension and vocabulary questions, and write an essay that requires them to draw evidence from the text(s)

• End of year assessment component (2 sessions)
• 4-5 texts, a combination of literary and informational
• A number of short-answer comprehension and vocabulary questions will

be associated with each text.

More refined test design information, including the specific standards that are addressed in each component, as well as the number, types, and value of the items that will appear on each component, will be released later this spring.

English Language Arts/Literacy

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• Performance-based assessment component (2 sessions)
• Short- and extended-response questions focused on conceptual

knowledge and skills, and the mathematical practices of reasoning and modeling

• End of year assessment component (2 sessions)
• Comprised primarily of short-answer questions focused on conceptual

knowledge, skills, and understandings

More refined test design information, including the specific standards that are

addressed in each component, as well as the number, types, and value of the items that will appear on each component, will be released later this spring.

Mathematics

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• English Language Arts/Literacy
• Performance level and scale scores for English language arts/

literacy

• Scale scores for:
• Reading and comprehending a range of sufficiently complex texts

independently (reading)

• Writing effectively when using and/or analyzing sources (writing)
• Mathematics
• Single performance level and scale score for overall mathematics

A full listing of the reporting categories for both English language arts/ literacy and mathematics assessments will be released later this spring.

Reporting

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Given the increased rigor of both the

Colorado Academic Standards and the new assessments, it is reasonable to prepare for a drop in performance based

• n them compared to the performance

demonstrated under the current system. Implication of Increased Rigor

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Comparison of PARCC’s and TCAP’s Testing Times

PARCC Estimated Time on Task (hours) TCAP Time on Task (hours) ELA/Literacy PBA+EOY Mathematics PBA+EOY Reading/ Writing Mathematics Grade 3 4.50 3.50 4.00 2.16 Grade 4 5.83 3.50 6.00 3.25 Grade 5 5.83 3.50 6.00 3.25 Grade 6 5.92 3.50 6.00 3.25 Grade 7 5.92 3.50 6.00 3.25 Grade 8 5.92 3.50 6.00 3.25 Grade 9 5.92 3.83 6.00 3.25 Grade 10 5.92 3.83 6.00 3.25 Grade 11 5.92 4.00

• Two components
• Performance-based assessment component at 75% of the year
• End-of-year at 90% of the year
• Window length
• Current plan: maximum of one four-week window to complete

the administration of the performance-based component and another maximum four-week window to complete the end-of- year components

Test Window

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• “Rule of Thumb” device to student ratio
• Minimum recommended guidelines for new

hardware purchases for 2015

PARCC Guidance on Online Readiness

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• April:

Draft accommodations policy for public comment Additional test design information and refined reporting categories

• Summer:

Summative cost estimates Final accommodations policy Additional sample items

• Fall:

Anticipated timing of data return for year one Final summative test costs Additional information about minimum and recommended technology specifications including minimum bandwidth requirements

Upcoming Information Releases

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