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Novemb mber 2 2013

What Families Need Need t to Know A Abo bout Ne New Tes ests in n School hools

Who W Will t tak ake P PARCC T Tests and W When

17 states and the District of Columbia are working together to develop better reading, writing and math tests for their students

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Tests are for grades 3-11 Field testing will take place in 2013-14 for about 10 percent of students in PARCC states Schools will administer tests broadly in 2014-15

New St Stan andards s Require New w Tests

• PARCC tests are aligned to the new Common Core

State Standards now in place in K-12 schools nationwide

• In most states, the outgoing tests were not
• t linked to

these more rigorous reading, writing, and math standards

• The Common State Core Standards are designed to

better prepare students for college and the workforce

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Widesp spread Supp pport A Among Par arents s for PARCC C Rigor

• PARCC tests are more

meaningful and challenging than outgoing fill-in-the-bubble state tests

• They measure essential

skills, such as the ability to communicate effectively, reason well, and solve real-world problems

• Parents want the

increased rigor that comes with PARCC

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America Achieves Survey, Oct. 2013

More tha than two wo-thi thirds o

• f

parents s are e worrie ied that t their ir c child ildren could m miss out o t on n impor

• rta

tant nt future

• pportu

tuni niti ties unless t ss their educati tion b

• n becom
• mes m

more challe lengin ging. g.

Why W y We e Need eed to

• Raise th

the e Bar

• On

Only ly ab about a t a th thir ird of eighth- graders are meeting math and reading standards nationwide

• Half

alf o

• f U.S.

.S. s stu tuden ents who enter community colleges need remedial coursework because their schools haven’t prepared them for success

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One e in in fiv ive s e stu tuden ents entering four-year college also isn’t ready to do college work

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Every year…

1.7 million

entering college students need remediation Cost

• st:

Over $3 billion

Data: Complete College America

The P he PARCC Pr Promise:

Read ady f y for

• r C

College

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• PARCC will signal in high school

whether students are prepared to enter college without needing remediation first

• Hundreds of colleges plan to use

PARCC scores when placing freshmen into courses

• Students who are off track in

high school will have time to get help before graduating

Online Tests s for an an Online Era

• PARCC tests are

computer-based and far more engaging and innovative than

• utgoing paper-and-

pencil state tests

• PARCC is flexible; can

be administered on a variety of devices that schools can use for instruction

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• Highlighting
• Customized colors
• Text to speech
• Captions for audio
• Home language

supports/tools

• Braille

(tactile/refreshable)

• Signing supports

(ASL)

• Assistive

technology

Mean aningful T Tests s for Al All St Students s

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Some PARCC features that will help students with disabilities or those learning English show what they know and can do:

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Mean aningful T Tests s for All St Students

• Outgoing state tests are too narrow, focusing
• n “the bubble,” or kids working in the middle
• f the performance spectrum
• Old tests do a poor job assessing kids at the

low and high ends of the achievement scale

• PARCC is designed to measure student

performance across all ability levels

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Outgoing tests

Low Achievement High Achievement

PARCC TEST

In Reading an and Writing, St Students s Will Ha Have e To…

• …

Show they can read and understand complex passages Write persuasively Conduct research and present findings Demonstrate speaking and listening skills

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In Math th, Stud tudents ts W Will Ha Have T e To…

• …

Show their work and demonstrate that they understand a concept rather than simply memorize a formula Compute quickly and accurately Apply their mathematical knowledge to solve real-world problems

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7 x 7 = 49

Thir ird d Grade de Exampl ple

• You have read two texts about famous

people in American history who solved a problem by working to make a change

• Write an article for your school newspaper

describing how Eliza and Carver faced challenges to change something in America

• In your article, be sure to describe in detail

why some solutions they tried worked and

• thers did not work
• Tell how the challenges each one faced

were the same and how they were different

Third G Grad ade Exam ample

• Read the writing prompt below and

complete the writing activity:

• Jump out of bed! Look out the

window! It is a perfect weather day!

• Write a story about a day when the

weather seemed perfect

Ol Old Tes est t vs. . New Tes est

See the PARCC difference for yourself

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• ld,

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• ing st

state test est PARCC w writ itin ing p promp mpt

Ol Old Tes est t vs. . New Tes est

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See the PARCC difference for yourself

5th Grad ade E Exam ample

• Mr. E

Edmunds sh shared 1 12 pencils a among his s four so sons a as s follows:

• Alan

an r rec ecei eived 1 1/3 o

• f t

the e pen encils

• Bill r

received 1 1/4 o

• f t

the pencils

• Car

arl r rec ecei eived m more t e than an 1 1 pen encil

• David r

rec ecei eived m more pen encils t than an C Car arl PART A A: On the n e number l line, e, r rep epresen ent t the e fraction o

• f t

the e total number o

• f p

pen encils t that at w was as g given en to both A Alan an an and Bill ill c

• combined. U

Use the butt ttons o

• n the righ

ight t t to in increase o

• r

dec ecreas ase t the e number o

• f eq

equal al s sec ections o

• n the

e number lin line. PART B

• B. What f

fraction o

• f the t

tota tal n l number of pencils ls d did id Carl a and David e each r receive? J Just ustify y your a answ swer.

5th Grad ade E Exam ample The town of La Paz, Bolivia, is in the Andes mountains. Which of these units could be used to describe the distance

• f the town of La Paz above

sea level?

• A. Degrees
• B. Feet
• C. Cubic Inches
• D. Pounds

Math th outg tgoing ng s sta tate t test t PARCC t test est

Approximately 1 y 1.5 days ys o

• ut o

t of 180 days ys

PARCC Mea eans Ti Time e Spen ent Lear arning

• 8 to 9.5 hours over a year,

for reading, writing and math

• Less than 1% of school year
• REPLACES outgoing tests,

not given on top of them

• Items on PARCC mirror

good coursework, so time

• n PARCC is time spent

learning

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Average a annual pe per-pupil s spending: : $1 $10, 0,600 600 Average annual PARCC test cost

PARCC: Qua Quality ty and Value

PARCC costs $29.50 per student annually for reading, writing and math.

• Slightly less than states’

current median test costs

• Less than 1% of annual

per-pupil spending

• Less than the cost of a

single textbook

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De Devel eloped ed B By y Tea eacher ers

• Thousands of teachers

across PARCC states are helping develop PARCC and review questions to ensure they yield meaningful information

• Every item on PARCC will be

reviewed by at least 30 experts

• Teachers, students, and

parents will get test data back much more quickly under PARCC, making it easier to address problems in a timely way

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Many y Advanta tage ges of

• f Wor
• rking

g Toge

• geth

ther er Across PARCC Sta tates es

Con

• nsistent Exp

Expectation

• ns
• Mastering high school math should

not mean two different things in two different states

• Parents who move, including

military families, shouldn’t have to worry about whether their child is

• n track

Ec Econ

• nom
• mies of
• f S

Scale ale

• By banding together, states are

lowering the cost of producing fair and accurate tests

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To Learn rn Mo More re

www.parcconline.org Common Core Resources http://www.pta.org/commoncore

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