Ohio’s State Tests
PARCC & AIR
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/Ohio-s-State-Tests
November 2014
What’s Changing with Ohio’s Assessments?
- The new state tests measure student progress toward Ohio’s New Learning
Standards. The results show whether students have the knowledge and skills
necessary to move successfully to their next steps in education or a career.
- Each new state test has two parts. The first is called performance-based (PBA) and
the second is called end-of-year (EOY). Each part is further broken down into a series
of sessions required to complete the assessment.
-Starting this year, the state tests will include online assessments for grades 3-8 and
new online high school exams, which are required for the first time for the
class of 2018 – students starting grade 9 after July 1, 2014.
- The OGT (paper format) will continue for students who entered ninth
grade before July 1, 2014.
-All information located in this presentation is subject to change.
Who Takes the Online Assessments?
ELA & MATH
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES
(PARCC, administered by Pearson
Access)
(Ohio Computer Based Assessments, or
“OCBA,” administered by AIR)
Grade 3 ELA ONLY if a student scores
a 394 or higher on the Fall OAA (this
is subject to change, bill pending)
Grades 4 & 6 Social Studies
Grade 3 Math
Grades 5 & 8 Science
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ELA & Math
Grade 9 Physical Science
Grade 9 students taking English I,
English II, Algebra I, Geometry
American History (all enrolled students)
Speaking and Listening Tests are
optional for now
American Government (all enrolled
students)
*Students in Grades 7 or 8 taking Algebra I, Geometry, or Physical Science will take Algebra I, Geometry, or Physical Science
end of course (PBA & EOY) exams instead of Grade 7 or 8 Math or Science PARCC/AIR assessments. ELA info to come.
What is PARCC?
• Partnership for Assessment and Readiness for College and Careers
• A consortium of 13 states which developed Ohio’s new grades 3-12
English Language Arts and Mathematics state tests
• The 13 states are: Arkansas, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois,
Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island
• The testing procedures in these states must be the same
What is AIR?
• American Institute for Research
• The assessment company hired by the Ohio Department of
Education to create and administer Ohio’s Computer Based
Assessments (Science and Social Studies)
Performance Based vs. End of Year
PART 1 (PBA)
PART 2 (EOY)
Administered in February, March
Administered April, May
Computer based, includes extended
response items
Computer based, with more multiple choice
items
ELA/Literacy will be administered in 3
sessions and will include writing essays
that draw evidence from sources, including
multi-media. Some comprehension.
ELA/Literacy will be administered in one
session (for grades 3-5) and two sessions (for
grades 6-9), and will include comprehension
of literary and informational texts.
Math will be administered in two sessions
and will include application of skills,
concepts, and understandings to solve
multi-step problems requiring abstract
reasoning, precision, perseverance, and
strategic use of tools.
Math will be administered in two sessions
and will include concepts, procedures, and
carrying out short applications.
Science and Social Studies will be
administered in one session each
UNIT TESTING TIME is the amount of time any student who needs it
must be provided to complete the unit (or test session.)
PARCC
PBA Unit 1
PBA Unit 2
PBA Unit 3 EOY Unit 1
GR. 3 ELA
75 minutes
75 minutes
60 minutes 75 minutes
GR. 3 MATH
75 minutes
75 minutes
GR. 4-5 ELA
75 minutes
90 minutes
GR. 4-5 MATH
80 minutes
70 minutes
GR. 6-8 ELA
75 minutes
90 minutes
GR. 6-8 MATH
80 minutes
70 minutes
GR.9 ENGLISH I 75 minutes
90 minutes
ALGEBRA I,
GEOMETRY
75 minutes
90 minutes
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75 minutes
60 minutes 75 minutes
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EOY Unit 2
75 minutes
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75 minutes
75 minutes
60 minutes 60 minutes
60 minutes
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80 minutes
75 minutes
60 minutes 60 minutes
60 minutes
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80 minutes
75 minutes
UNIT TESTING TIME is the amount of time any student who needs it
must be provided to complete the unit (or test session.)
AIR
PBA Unit 1
EOY Unit 1
GR. 4 SOCIAL STUDIES
75 minutes
75 minutes
GR. 5 SCIENCE
75 minutes
75 minutes
GR. 6 SOCIAL STUDIES
75 minutes
75 minutes
GR. 8 SCIENCE
75 minutes
75 minutes
AMERICAN
GOVERNMENT
90 minutes
90 minutes
AMERICAN HISTORY
90 minutes
90 minutes
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
90 minutes
90 minutes
Scoring: PARCC Scores will include both PBA and
EOY results
ELA will report …
Math will report …
Overall ELA/Literacy Scores (a
composite of Reading and
Writing Results)
Overall Math Score
Reading and Comprehending a Data on Priority Standards for
Range of Complex Texts
each Grade Level or Course
Writing, While Using and/or
Analyzing Sources
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PARCC will report the results of summative assessments using five levels (Advanced,
Accelerated, Proficient, Basic, Limited.)
ELA/Literacy Constructed Response Scoring Rubrics can be found at
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1518177#anchor .
Click on “ELA Toolkit,” your grade band, and “Writing Rubric.”
Time Students Spend on Questions
• The assessments, like the Common Core State Standards,
focus on depth, not breadth
• Meaning – students will be asked to answer fewer
questions than typically seen on state assessments
• Students must understand that they should spend more
time on questions and answers, as the assessments are
looking for depth of answer
Blueprints and Test Specs
• Blueprints are a series of documents that together describe the content and
structure of an assessment. These documents define the total number of tasks
and/or items for any given assessment component, the standards measured,
the item types, and the point values for each.
• Test specifications for the PARCC assessments in English Language Arts and
Mathematics provide information on the standards tested on the PBA and EOY
assessments, as well as task types, numbers of particular items, point values,
and number of reading passages.
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1518177#anchor
-ELA Toolkit > choose your grade band > Common Form Specifications
-Math Toolkit > Grade Level Test Blueprints
• You can download test specs for AIR tests (Science and SS) here:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/Ohio-s-State-Tests/State-DevelopedAssessments-%E2%80%93-Science-and-Social-S
Evidence Tables
Evidence statement tables and evidence statements describe the knowledge and
skills that an assessment item or a task elicits from students. These are aligned
directly to Ohio’s New Learning Standards (Common Core), and highlight their
advances around the coherent nature of the standards.
Evidence Tables Guidance: EvidenceTablesPPTcondensedversion.pptx
Gr. 3-11 Evidence Tables:
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1518177#anchor
ELA Toolkit > choose your grade band > Evidence Tables
An ELA-specific PowerPoint has been developed to provide overviews of Passage
Selection Guidelines and Evidence Tables.
E0928_PassageSelectionSlidesFinal(SueP)-1.ppt
Accessibility Features for All Students
• Audio Amplification, Blank Paper, Eliminate Answer Choices, Flag
Items for Review, Directions Clarified, Highlighter, Headphones,
Magnification Tool, NotePad, Pop-Up Glossary, Redirection,
External Spell Checker, Writing Tools (bold, italic, underline), Line
Reader Tool
• These accessibility features will be embedded into test platform
and do not need to be identified in advance (except spell
checker)
• School Based Teams may continue to determine if any student
requires considerations such as small group, breaks, time of day
adjustment, alternate location, special seating, special
equipment, etc.
Accessibility Features to be Identified in Advance
• Answer Masking, Background/Font Color and Color Contrast, General
Masking, Text to Speech for Math, Science, and Social Studies
• Text to Speech for ELA is allowable, however, this is extremely rare.
District protocol to come.
• Available for all students, but will be selected and “turned on” by school
officials via a Personal Needs Profile (PNP). Students can have a voice in
selecting their accessibility features.
• Students should be exposed to these features prior to testing and have
used them consistently in the classroom.
• Every student will have a Personal Needs Profile (PNP) to determine which
accessibility features are accessible to them. The district will provide
guidance on PNP’s.
Accommodations for Students with IEP’s or 504’s
(must be documented via a Personal Needs Profile, PNP)
PRESENTATION ACCOMMODATIONS
ELA MATH
Additional Assistive Technology
✓
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Braille Addition
✓
✓
Closed Captioning of Multimedia passages on ELA
✓
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Descriptive Video (for blind students or visually impaired)
✓
✓
Paper and Pencil Edition
✓
✓
Tactile Graphics (for blind or VI who read Braille)
✓
✓
Text to Speech, Video of Human Interpreter, Human Reader (circle
option) for ELA, including terms, response options, & passages
✓
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ASL Video for Math for Hard of Hearing Students
✗
✓
ASL Video of Test Directions for Hard of Hearing Students
✓
✓
RESPONSE ACCOMMODATIONS
ELA
MATH
Additional Assistive Technology
✓
✓
Braille Note Taker
✓
✓
Calculation Device & Mathematics Tools on non-calculator sessions
✗
✓
Scribing or Speech to Text (i.e. Dictation/Transcription or signing) for
math and selected responses (not constructed response) items on ELA
✓
✓
Scribing or Speech to Text (i.e. Dictation/Transcription or signing) for
constructed responses for ELA
✓
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Word Prediction (PBA only)
✓
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ELA
MATH
✓
✓
TIME
Extended Time
Click http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/parcc-accessibility-features-accommodations-manual-11-14_final.pdf
to access the Accessibility/Accommodations Administration Manual
Technology Infrastructure
• Allowable Devices
– 3-5:
• PC/Desktop Computer Labs
• MacBook Air Mobile Carts
• MacBook Air Centers/Stations
– 6-8:
• iMac Computer Labs
• MacBook Air Mobile Carts
– 9-12:
• PC/Desktop Computer Labs
• Supported Browsers (at this time)
– Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer
Testing Environment
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– Allowable Supplies for 3-5
• Paper, Pencil, Spare Headphones, Spare Computer
• No Calculator unless specified in approved IEP or 504 Plan.
• Regular education students will only use a calculator when needed, and the
calculator feature will be active for students online (no external calculator)
– Allowable Supplies for 6-8:
• Paper, Pencil, Spare Headphones, Spare Computer
• Four-Function with Square Root and Percentage Calculator (Gr. 6-7)
• Scientific Calculator (Gr. 8)
– Allowable Supplies for 9-12
• Paper, Pencil, Spare Headphones, Spare Computer
• Graphing Calculator with functionality similar to T148 Calculator (Algebra I and
Geometry)
Log-In Cards and any PARCC-Generated Protocols
PARCC Calculator Policy: http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCApprovedCalculatorPolicy-July%202012.pdf
What Technology Skills are Needed?
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Click/Tab
Scroll
Plot points
Drag and drop
Type with text editor
Keyboarding skills
Select objects
Select text
Select area
Select and drag
Unselect
Use text highlighter
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Use online calculator
Use online protractor
Use online ruler
Line Tool
Use video player
Manipulate graphics
Change size, font, and background
color
Equation editor
Know the difference between a
multiple answer item
and a single
answer item
Keyboarding Practice
How much are our students expected to be able to
type? According to PARCC:
• BY GRADE 4, students should be able to type a minimum of 1 page in a
testing period.
• BY GRADE 5, students should be able to type a minimum of 2 pages in a
testing period.
• BY GRADE 6, students should be able to type a minimum of 3 pages in a
testing period.
Keyboarding Resources
Title
Website Address
Description
Typing
Web
http://www.typingweb.com
Beginner, intermediate, and advanced
courses and specialty lessons.
Typing
Challenge
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com
Computer-based and multi-media lessons.
Includes topics for basic, intermediate,
and advanced skill levels with practice and
assessment.
e-Learning
for Kids
http://www.elearningforkids.org/computer-skills
Computer skills curriculum and and
consists of 13 e-lessons.
Typing
Master
http://www.typingmaster.com
Digital typing tutor. User-friendly design,
complete keyboarding curriculum, and
teacher tools for monitoring progress and
customizing courses.
Nitro Type
http://www.nitrotype.com
Improve typing skills while competing in
fast-paced environment with typists from
around the world.
Items to Remember for Daily Instruction
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Practice keyboarding skills and allow students to type whenever possible!
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Use weekly writing prompts that compare two or more passages, or incorporate
multimedia sources (short videos, etc.) in all content areas. The common writing
rubric can be found at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1518177 > ELA Toolkit > choose
your grade band > choose Writing Rubric.
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Use reading passages that match the length of projected PARCC passages:
Grade Band
Minimum/Maximum Passage Length for Texts
3-5
200 – 800 words
6-8
400 – 1,000 words
9-12
500 – 1,500 words
For further information on Passage Selection Guidelines:
http://www.parcconline.org/sites/parcc/files/PARCCCombinedPassageSelectionGuidelinesandWorksheets.pdf
Writing
Sample Writing Tasks for Grade Bands: Students may be asked to produce the
following written forms on Ohio’s State Tests (this is not an inclusive list):
3-5
Adventures, autobiographies, biographies, book reviews, brochures,
character sketches, descriptions, diaries, encyclopedia/wiki entries, endings,
essays, explanations, fables, fantasies, fiction, how to’s, humorous stories,
legends, letters, magazine articles, myths, news articles, pamphlets,
persuasive letters, reports, reviews, play scenes, short stories, science
articles, science fiction, sequels, speeches
6-8
All of the above, plus anecdotes, apologies, complaints, editorials, interviews
9 - 12
All of the above, plus satires, spoofs, testimonials
• To read detailed information on task types that will require a written
response, visit http://partnerinedu.com/2013/11/05/help-parcc-testing-acronyms-ebsrtecr/
Additional Online Resources
The following links provides online resources for ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies:
Next Generation Assessments: http://nextgen.apps.sparcc.org/home
Old Bridge: http://www.oldbridgeadmin.org/webpages/obparcc
PARCC Interactive Sample Items: http://www.parcconline.org/samples/item-task-prototypes
(with rubrics attached)
ODE’s Guide to Ohio’s State Tests:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Testing/Next-Generation-Assessments
Use these Question Formats when asking questions and creating classroom assessments
for students: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1518177#anchor
ELA Toolkit > Question Formats
SST9’s LiveBinder
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SST9 has compiled resources from PARCC, AIR, and ODE into one convenient LiveBinder.
Access this information by going to www.sst9.org > School Improvement > PARCC Live Binder.
Take the time to explore this resource. Take special note of:
-ELA: Common Core Key Terms, Question Formats, Model Content Framework, PLD’s, Passage
Selection Guidelines, Common Form Specifications, Evidence Tables, and Rubrics
-Math: Blueprints, Tips for Entering Math Answers, Rubrics for Sample Items, Progression
Documents, Common Core Math Vocabulary, new trapezoid definition, current calculator policy,
and math practices posters
• Other: Accessibility Features
SCESC’s LiveBinders
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http://www.starkcountyesc.org/ContentAreas.aspx > Click on a content area, then the Live
Binder link
Contents include Lead Teacher meeting notes and resources, and content-specific resources
for online assessments
Next Steps: Released Practice Items for Immediate
Student and Teacher Use in the Classroom
• PARCC:
http://parcc.pearson.com
Select Test Preparation, and choose from the Sample Items, Practice
Tests, or TestNav 8 Tutorial (to allow students to practice the online
testing platform and accessibility tools)
• AIR PRACTICE TESTS:
http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/
Select Practice Tests from right column
• AIR TUTORIALS:
http://oh.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/
Under Student Practice Resources, select Student Tutorials and Tools
to view tutorials on all item types that may appear on an online test
(constructed response, equation editor, matching items, multi-select, multiple choice, objects and
lines, simulation, table entry, text selection, two part selected response, & scientific
calculator)
Staff Intranet – Ohio’s State Tests
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Go to www.ccsdistrict.org
Sign into the intranet
Click “Ohio’s State Tests”
Here, you will find: this presentation, news and updates,
PARCC and AIR links, online resources for students and
teachers, as well as information that can be sent to
parents
Please View…
http://www.parcconline.org/professional-learning-modules-parcc-assessments
Click “PARCC Assessments Overview” > Standard Version >
choose your role > Click “Go to Menu” > Choose and watch an
Assessment Walkthrough
http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/
If time permits, view the Test Nav 8 tutorial above.
*This presentation will be updated as information is released.
It can be located on the Staff Intranet’s
“Ohio’s State Tests” page.