Illinois State Board of Education
PARCC in Illinois
Presented by:
Dan Frederking
Principal Consultant
Illinois State Board of Education
dfrederk@isbe.net
• Assesses Math and ELA
• Grades 3-8
• English III and Algebra II/Integrated Math 3
• Will eventually be completely computer-based but
paper version will be available for several more
years.
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I-TRAx
• Using the I-TRAx data as well as other information, Student
Assessment staff in consultation with technology staff will
make recommendations about each school’s capacity to
deliver online assessment. Schools and districts will then be
informed of their recommended capacity.
• Schools who have a limited capacity to test online may
select which grades will be assessed online. The default
practice will be to assess the highest grades online first.
• Schools/districts may request a review of the
recommendations and submit a formal appeal if they feel
the recommendation is unreasonable.
• http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/pdfs/2015/determi
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ne-online-asmt-readiness.pdf
Balanced Assessment System
A balanced assessment
system is the strategic use
of formative, interim, and
summative measures of
student performance to
address immediate student
needs, inform ongoing
instructional changes, and
guide long-term
educational improvement.
https://sites.google.com/a/dcsdk12.org/bas
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Balanced Assessment System
Measuring Student Growth: A Collaborative Process
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Summative
End of Course/Year Assessments
Performance-Based Assessments
Portfolios
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Mid-Year Assessments
Unit/Chapter Assessments
Performance-Based Assessments
Interim
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Performance-Based Assessments
Self/Peer Assessments
Discussion/Observation/Checklists
Formative
Frequency of Administration
Adapted from Perie, Marion, & Gong (2009)
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Design of the Assessment System
Claims for ELA/Literacy
ELA/Literacy for Grades 3–11
Master Claim
Major Claim: Reading Complex Text
SC:
Vocabulary
Interpretation
and Use
SC: Reading
Literature
SC: Reading
Informational
Text
Major Claim: Writing
SC: Written
Expression
SC: Research
SC: Conventions and
Knowledge of Language
Claims for Mathematics
Master Claim: Students are on-track or ready for college
and careers
Sub-claim A: Students
solve problems
involving the major
content for their grade
level with connections to
practices
Sub-Claim B: Students
solve problems
involving the additional
and supporting content
for their grade level with
connections to practices
Sub-claim C: Students
express mathematical
reasoning by
constructing
mathematical arguments
and critiques
Sub-Claim D: Students
solve real world problems
engaging particularly in
the modeling practice
PARCC EvidenceCentered Design
Standards
Claims
Evidence
Tasks
Blueprints, Test Specs, PLDs
• http://www.parcconline.org/assessmentsystem
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PARCC Accessibility System
* For students with
disabilities, English
learners, and
English learners
with disabilities
Accessibility Features for All
Students
• Answer Masking
• Audio Amplification
• Background/Font
Color (Color Contrast)
• Eliminate Answer
Choices
• Flag Items for Review
• General Masking
• Highlight Tool
• Headphones or Noise
Buffers
• Line Reader Tool
• Magnification/Enlarge
ment Device
• NotePad
• Pop-up Glossary
• Text-to-Speech for the
Mathematics
Assessments
• Writing Tools
Accommodations
• Presentation accommodations
– Assistive technology
– Closed captioning of multimedia
– Text to speech on ELA/literacy items
• Response accommodations
– Braille note taker
– Speech to text
– Calculation device (outside the tools provided in
technology platform)
• Timing and setting accommodations
Sample Questions and Tutorial
http://www.parcconline.org/computer-basedsamples
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Next Year
School/District
START DATE
Spring Regular Administration
of Computer-Based Testing
*Paper/Pencil administration should occur during the
first two weeks of each designated testing window
On or before Sept. 1
After Sept. 1
March 9, 2015 to April 3, 2015
PBA
On or before Sept. 1
After Sept. 1
March 16, 2015 to April 10, 2015
April 27, 2015 to May 22, 2015
EOY
May 4, 2015 to May 29, 2015
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• PARCC website
Resources
– http://www.parcconline.org/
• ISBE PARCC website
– http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/parcc.htm
• ISBE New Standards website
– http://www.isbe.state.il.us/common_core/pls/default.htm
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Technology Specifications
– http://www.parcconline.org/technology
Contacts
• Dan Frederking – dfrederk@isbe.net
• ISBE Assessment
– www.isbe.net/assessment
– assessment@isbe.net
– 866-317-6034
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