CCSSAssessments

Presenter: Dr. Cindy Thomas

Session Objectives:

• Who developed the new CCSS assessment?• What types of questions are on the math

assessment?• How can I prepare myself?• How can I prepare my students?

New 2014-2015 Comprehensive Assessment Facts:

Two newly formed state consortia - • Smarter Balanced Assessment

Consortium (SBAC) • Partnership for Assessment of Readiness

for College and Careers (PARCC)

* Awarded Race to the Top grants to develop assessment systems that are aligned with the CCSS.

U.S. Dept. of Ed!

• PARCC replaces Second Edition (MCT2) in grades 3-8

• Replaces (SATP2) for English II and Algebra I.

• Students will continue to take current SATP2 tests in U.S. History and Science.

New 2014-2015 Comprehensive Assessment Facts continued:

• What shift in instructional strategies or activities will you implement to ensure your students are adequately prepared for the new CCSS assessment?

• What prior knowledge and skills are needed by students in order for them to be successful when taking the new CCSS assessment?

Essential

Questions:

Flows Leading to Algebra

PARCC Assessments will include:

★Diagnostic and Midyear Assessments (both optional)

★Performance based assessments (eoy)★End of year or Summative assessments (eoy)★Technology-enhanced items ★Timely data that will support teachers to meet the needs of their current students

The following are the key shifts in instruction called for by the Common Core:

• Greater focus on fewer topics.• Coherence: Linking topics and thinking across

grades.• Rigor: Students are able to understand

concepts, procedures and application with equal force.

Shift in Calculator Usage

Types of Items on the PARCC Assessment?

• Selected Response • Constructed Response• Performance Task• Technology Enhanced Items

What do my students need to know and be able to do?

How can I help prepare my students?

Dissecting an Assessment Item Sample Work Space

Read the Sample Assessment Item. Underline the content, circle the skill and put a box around the context of the assessment item. Then complete the form below.

What does the assessment item require the student to do?Content: What are you working on?Skills: Task Words indicating what you need to do?Context: Scope or limitations

Restate: The student must be able to_______________________________________

What should the student be able to do to emerge successful in solving the assessment item? (Pre-requisite skills)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-planning Notes: As a teacher, I must make sure_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Sample Selected Response (SR) Item

MCT2

CCSS

Sample Constructed Response (CR) Item

Sample Technology Enhanced (TE) Item

Sample Performance Task

Directions:1. Read the assessment item.2. Identify the content, skills

and context.3. Identify the item type as SR,

CR, TE or Performance task.4. How would you teach the

objective relative to this assessment item in your classroom?

Click the link above to visit

the PARCC Assessment

site!

• Go to http://parcconline.org/parcc-assessment and take practice assessments

• Model your assessments after PARCC• Have students complete performance task

and constructed response items.

• How to navigate a Sample PARCC Assessment: