ASSESSMENT UPDATE
What to Plan for in 2014-2015
Stay the Course
2014-2015 School Year
• The Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
have been implemented in all schools and at all
grades
• PARCC assessments measuring the CCSS will
be fully operational
• Technology at all grades supports student
learning and student assessment
Stay the Course
Measuring student performance in 2014-2015
• The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers (PARCC) tests align to the
CCSS
• The National Center and State Collaborative
(NCSC) alternate assessments for students with
significant cognitive disabilities align to the CCSS
Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
PARCC Assessments
• ELA/Literacy at grades 3 – 11
• Math at grades 3 - 8
• End-of-Course
• Algebra I
• Geometry
• Algebra II
PARCC Assessments
• Big shifts
• ELA/Literacy testing at grades 9 and 10
• Algebra II end-of-course testing
• Online test administration
• Accessibly features available to all
• Two testing components for each grade/course
• Each component has a separate administration window
• Some school flexibility in scheduling testing
PARCC Assessment Design
Summative Assessments
Performance
-Based
Assessment
 After 75 percent of the school year
 Extended tasks, applications of concepts and
skills
 ELA/Literacy: Writing effectively when analyzing
text, research simulation
 Math: Solving multi-step problems requiring
abstract reasoning, precision, perseverance and
strategic use of tools
 All grades and courses
End-of-Year
Assessment
 After 90 percent of the school year
 Innovative, short-answer items
 ELA/Literacy: Reading
comprehension
 Math: Short items that address both
concepts and skills
 All grades and courses
All students take both components for a final PARCC score
PARCC in 2014-2015
2015 REGULAR SPRING PARCC ADMINISTRATION WINDOWS
March 2015
April 2015
May 2015
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Friday
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PBA: Performance Based Assessment
EOY: End-of-Year Assessment
PBA
Spring Break
EOY
Scheduling PARCC
• May schedule a grade cohort anywhere within the
window
• Grade cohort (or course) must test same
unit/session in the same day
• At the same time
• Back-to-back
• Morning and afternoon
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Make up testing must be completed within the
window
7th or 8th graders enrolled in Algebra I will take
ELA/Literacy, grade-level math and Algebra I
Scheduling PARCC
PBA example*: school with grades 3 and 4 with 1:1 ratio
PBA
WEEK 1
March 9 - 13
WEEK 2
March 16 - 20
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
AM
3 LA
3 RS
3N
3 M1
3 M2
PM
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
AM
4 LA
4 RS
4N
4 M1
4 M2
PM
make-up gr 3 and 4
make-up gr 3 and 4
make-up gr 3 and 4
make-up gr 3 and 4
make-up gr 3 and 4
make-up as needed
all grades
make-up as needed
all grades
WEEK 3
Spring Break
March 23 - 27
WEEK 4
AM
March 30 - April 3
PM
Grade 3 PBA
LA
90
RS
90
N
60
M1
75
M2
75
Grade 4
LA
RS
N
M1
M2
PBA
105
120
75
75
75
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Literary Analysis Task (LA)
Research Simulation Task (RS)
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Narrative Task (N)
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Math 1 (M1)
Math 2 (M2)
*Examples use field test times. Final operational unit times TBA.
Scheduling PARCC
PBA example*: school with grades 3 and 4 with 2:1 ratio
PBA
WEEK 1
MONDAY
3A LA
3B LA
TUESDAY
3A RS
3B RS
WEDNESDAY
3A N
3B N
THURSDAY
3A M1
3B M1
FRIDAY
3A M2
3B M2
PM
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
make-up gr 3
AM
4A LA
4A RS
4A N
4B N
4A M1
4B M1
4A M2
4B M2
PM
4B LA
4B RS
make-up gr3 & 4
make-up gr3 & 4
make-up gr3 & 4
AM
March 9 - 13
WEEK 2
March 16 - 20
WEEK 3
March 23 - 27
Spring Break
3A = grade 3 group A
3B = grade 3 group B
Grade 3 PBA
LA
90
RS
90
N
60
M1
75
M2
75
4A = grade 4 group A
4B = grade 4 group B
Grade 4
LA
RS
N
M1
M2
PBA
105
120
75
75
75
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Literary Analysis Task (LA)
Research Simulation Task (RS)

Narrative Task (N)
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Math 1 (M1)
Math 2 (M2)
*Examples use field test times. Final operational unit times TBA.
Scheduling PARCC
PBA example* school with grades 9 – 11 with 1:1 ratio
PBA
WEEK 1
March 9 - 13
WEEK 2
March 16 - 20
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
AM
9 LA
9 RS
9N
Geom UNIT 1
Geom UNIT 2
PM
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
AM
10 LA
10 RS
10 N
Algebra I UNIT 1
Alg 1 UNIT 2
PM
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
AM
11 LA
11 RS
11 N
Algebra II UNIT 1
Algebra II UNIT 2
PM
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
make-up
WEEK 3
March 23 - 27
WEEK 4
March 30 - April 3
Week 5
April 6 - 10
Spring Break
AM
PM
*Using field test times.
Grade 9
LA
RS
N
ELA PBA
120
120
75
Algebra I
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
PBA
85
85
Grade 10 ELA PBA
LA
120
RS
120
N
75
Geometry
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
PBA
85
85
Grade 11 ELA PBA
LA
120
RS
120
N
75
Algebra II
UNIT 1
UNIT 2
PBA
100
100
PARCC Assessments
Vocabulary shifts
• Test Session – A group of students testing together (as setup in
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PearsonAccess).
Test Unit – The main components of each grade/subject’s test of the
PBA or EOY (i.e. Literary Analysis Unit or Mathematics Unit 1).
Test Section – A portion of the Test Unit (i.e. calculator section or
non-calculator section).
Mid-year testing - non-summative, optional assessment tool
Fall Block Testing – our former mid-year testing
PARCC in 2014-2015
FALL BLOCK WINDOW
December, 2014
January, 2015
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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PBA
Overlap
EOY
Anticipated window for block testing. More information will
be provided when available.
PARCC in 2014-2015
Prepare for administration
• Technology readiness
• IT Planning Assessment Survey results
• Locations for testing
• Scheduling
• New accessibility features
• Preparing students
• Using the technology
• Using the PARCC platform and accessibility
features
PARCC ACCESSIBILITY POLICIES
Features for
All Students
Accessibility
Features*
Identified in advance
Accommodations**
* Available to all participating students
**For students with disabilities, English
learners, and English learners with
disabilities
PARCC Accessibility
• Tools and support built into the assessment
system that can be activated by any student
• Examples include: magnification, highlighting, eliminate
answer choices, line reader
• Tools and support available to all students (i.e.,
not limited to students with IEPs, 504 plans, or
English learners) that must be selected and
“turned on” prior to the assessment
• Examples include answer masking, text-to-speech for
mathematics, background/font color
• Review IEP, 504 and LPAC plans
PARCC Accessibility
PARCC Accessibility
• School personnel must be familiar with the
available features well in advance of testing
• Students must have the opportunity to use the
features available to all before operational testing
• Administer tutorial and practices tests
• http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/#
PARCC in 2014-2015
• School teams may determine that any student
may require one or more of the following test
administration considerations
• Small group testing
• Frequent breaks
• Time of day
• Separate or alternate location
• Specified area or seating
ONLINE
ADMINISTRATION
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for
College and Careers
Technology Readiness
Combined State effort
ADE, DIS, Educational Cooperatives
• Site visit to check capacity/readiness
• PARCC IT Planning Survey (PIPS)
• At https:adedata.arkansas.gov/
• Select:
• Select:
ADE Technology Resources
• http://ideas.aetn.org/commoncore/assessment
• PARCC Technology Requirements
• PARCC Assessment Resources
• Technology Set Up
• Administrator Training
• Accessibility Features and Accommodations with
Computer-Based Testing
• PARCC Accessibility Features and Accommodations
Manual
PARCC Technology Resources
• www.techreadiness.net
• Technology Readiness Tool (TRT) Site
• http://www.parcconline.org/technology
• PARCC Capacity Planning Tool
• www.parcc.pearson.com
• Sample Sets and Tutorials
• System Check Tool
• Proctor Caching Software
• PARCC Training Modules
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Technology
Test Administration
PARCC Resources
Assessment information
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http://www.parcconline.org
https://www.pearsonaccess.com (select PARCC)
Accessibility and Accommodations Manual and
Appendices*:
• http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-accessibilityfeatures-and-accommodations-manual
*the appendices are separate documents and contain vital information
for planning
Technology Readiness?
What happens if our district IS NOT ready?
• Option for paper/pencil PARCC testing
• Online Assessment Hardship Waiver
• Documented lack of bandwidth or devices
• Internal infrastructure issues
• School-wide decision; not by grade or course
• Final decision due to the ADE by August 8, 2014
• See Commissioner’s Memo LS-15-003
PARCC Reporting
• One goal of PARCC is to provide timely
reporting of student performance to schools,
parents, and other stakeholders
• In the first year of administration, standards
must be set before the results can be reported
• In the second year of PARCC, reports may not
be available before the end of the school year
• The ultimate goal is to provide reports as soon
as possible after the EOY is completed
PARCC Reporting
• Standard setting will take place after the
operational test is administered and scored
• PARCC testing ends in June, 2015
• Standard setting is scheduled for the summer of
2015
• The final performance standards will be
determined in early fall of 2015
• Reports should be available to schools mid- to
late fall of 2015
• Block* and spring
* Note that block students testing in Dec. 2014, will receive results in fall of 2015
NCSC* Alternate Assessment
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For students with significant cognitive disabilities
An alternate assessment based on alternate academic
achievement standards
Will replace the Alternate Portfolio in Literacy and Math
A student’s IEP team will determine if this assessment is
appropriate to administer using the NCSC Participation
Guidelines
http://www.ncscpartners.org/Media/Default/PDFs/Resources/
NCSC_Participation_Guidelines-Nov-2013.pdf
NCSC* is pronounced like “nick-sick”
NCSC Alternate Assessment
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Math and ELA testing
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Grades 3 – 8
Grade 11
Administered online
 Approximately 1.5 - 2 hours per content area
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NCSC Alternate Assessment
• The assessment will be administered using
technology in a variety of ways
 Some students will respond directly into the online
system
 Some students will take a paper-pencil version of
the test
 The teacher may enter student responses into the
computer for students who are unable to do so
NCSC Alternate Assessment
Big shifts
• Online test administration
• HS math testing at grade 11
• no math portfolio at grade 9
• Resource math class does not determine the math
assessment
• NCSC – most severely, cognitively disabled ~ 1%
• PARCC – resource students not qualifying for NCSC
• Refer to Commissioner’s Memo LS-14-076 for updated
course code and assessment information
NCSC Technology Readiness
Prepare for online testing
• Participate in the NCSC fall pilot to try out the
system and their technology
• Dates: October 20 – November 14, 2014
• Grades 3 – 8 and 11
• ELA and math, including writing
• Contact: Charlotte Marvel at 501-682-5296 or via
email at charlotte.marvel@arkansas.gov
What is NOT changing in 2014-2015?
• Kindergarten Screener (QELI)
• Grades 1 and 2 Iowa Test of Basic Skills
• Will use a new form that can be reported against the CCSS
• Science Augmented Benchmark exams at grades 5 and 7
• Biology End-of-Course exam
• Alternate Portfolio Assessment in science at grades 5, 7
and 10
• English Language Proficiency Test (ELDA)
• Explore and Plan or PSAT CCR tests
2014-2015 Transitions
2013-2014
Grade 11 Literacy Exam
2014-2015
NCSC Online Exam for the 1 % in math and
ELA at grades 3 - 8 & 11
Portfolio for science at grades 5, 7 & 10
PARCC Algebra I & Geometry EOC
ACTAAP Biology EOC
PARCC ELA/Literacy
Iowa Tests – grades 1, 2, and 9
Iowa Tests at grades 1 & 2
PARCC Grade 9 ELA/Literacy and Math EOC
Alternate Portfolio
Mid-Year End-of-Course Exams
(if enrolled)
Augmented Benchmark Exams
Spring End-of-Course Exams
ELDA
Not Administered
PARCC ELA/Literacy and Math
ACTAAP Science Test at grades 5 & 7
PARCC Algebra I & Geometry
ACTAAP EOC Biology
ELDA
PARCC grades 9 and 10 ELA/Literacy
PARCC Algebra II