PARCC Top 20
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About PARCC
PARCC Top 20
http://tncore.org/sites/www/Uploads/PARCC/PARCCTop20.pdf
Tennesseans are helping
to build PARCC.
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Tennessee is a Governing State
13 Item Reviewers
Executive Committee Member
2 State Leadership Members
16 Committee Members
24 Educator Leader Cadre Members
Together with other PARCC states, we are
building the PARCC Assessments
The Tennessee
Comprehensive
Assessment Program
(TCAP) will include PARCC.
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Grades 3-11 Math (PARCC)
Grades 3-11 ELA (PARCC)
Science (Achievement and EOC)
Social Studies (Achievement and EOC)
Achievement, End of Course and PARCC will
all be part of TCAP.
Participating in PARCC will
allow Tennesseans to see
how students perform
and grow as compared to
students in other PARCC
states.
• Annual results reported for achievement
• Annual growth reported at the state level
• Common cut scores for performance
categories
The PARCC assessments
will be given in two
windows during the year.
• Performance Based Assessment (PBA) in
February/March
• End of Year/End of Course in April
• Block administration option will be
available in HS with PBA in November,
End of Course Component in December
Unlike previous tests, not all testing will
happen at the end of the course or end of
the year.
Students’ final scores will
reflect their performance
on the PBA and the
EOY/EOC.
• PBA: 3 parts ELA/literacy, 2 parts math
• EOY/EOC: 2 parts ELA/literacy, 2 parts
math
Students will get one score based on all
math parts and one score based on all
ELA/literacy parts. Weighting still TBD.
60% of the PARCC ELA /
literacy assessment will
involve writing.
• Literary Analysis
• Prose Constructed Response
• Research Simulation Task
Students writing will be assessed through
their writing, not by multiple choice
questions about writing.
More than 60% of the
math questions will focus
on the “major work of the
grade.”
• Major work of the grade defined in the
PARCC Model Content Framework
• Not all standards will be assessed with
equal points – more questions will be
asked about the major work of the grade
• The major work of the grade is the
critical content students need to master
to understand content in next grades
PARCC will feature many
different types of
questions.
• There will be questions that require
students to
• do something – write an essay or
create a model, draw a graph
• select a response from options – not
always 4 choices
• provide an answer
• interact with technology – drag and
drop
Constructed response and
writing questions will be
hand-scored by trained
reviewers
• All constructed response questions will
have a rubric that supports scoring
• Scorers will be highly trained and
evaluated for inter-rater reliability
This scoring process is similar to the scoring
process used for the TCAP Writing
Assessment
There will be
accommodations and
accessibility features that
allow all students to
have the support they
need to do well on PARCC.
Computer based testing allows for a whole
new world of support for all students and
better accommodation options for students
with disabilities.
The PARCC portion of
TCAP will be administered
online.
• Not all students will take the test online
at the same time – cycle through while
continuing to learn
• Paper-pencil back up options for first
year
There will be no questions
on grammar in isolation;
grammar will be assessed
through writing
• Students will be expected to consistently
perform the language standards for their
grade level
All passages on the
ELA/literacy parts will
come from authentic
texts.
• Unlike previous tests in Tennessee, there
will be no passages commissioned just
for the tests.
• All passages will be previously published
ELA/literacy selectedresponse questions will
focus on reading and
vocabulary.
• Students will need to provide evidence
for their answer
• Vocabulary questions will focus on the
meaning, as presented in the text
Tennessee will offer the
PARCC high school math
assessments for the
traditional course
sequence and integrated
• Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
• Core Math I, Core Math II, Core Math III
• This is a district choice
Students will get partial
credit for some questions
in math
• Scoring guides available
• Students will need to demonstrate a
precise answer to get full point value
In grades 3-6, there will
be math questions that
assess students’ speed
and accuracy with basic
procedures without a
calculator
• Based on fluency standards
In grades 6 and beyond,
PARCC will have calculator
and non-calculator
sections.
• No calculators grades 3-5
• 6-7 will have access to four function
calculator
• 8 will have access to scientific
• 9-11 will have access to calculator with
functionality similar to TI-84
Students will have a math
reference sheet for grades
5 and higher
• Reference sheets available online
Students who do well on
PARCC will know they are
ready for college and
career
• Tennessee’s Public University have
pledged to use PARCC success as a
marker for readiness for credit bearing
work
• At all grade levels, PARCC results will give
students and parents information about
whether students are on track toward
meaningful options
TN PARCC SUPPORT
Operations:
• TETC will focus on PARCC
(April 14-16)
• State and District Checklists
Coming Soon!
• PARCC Road Show this
winter/spring
• Eric.brown@tn.gov on
technology
Instruction:
• CRA and Writing Results
• TNCore Training and Updates
• Teacher training info for
summer 2014 by holiday break
• TNCore Leadership 101 and
202 – register now
• Write, write, write to sources!
• Focus, focus, focus in math!
All questions about Common Core and PARCC
can be directed to tncore.questions@tn.gov