1. Key features in PARCC…
Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
Highlights from the PARCC Summary
http://www.achieve.org/PARCCsummary
7. Goal of Next Generation Assessments
To develop assessments that don’t simply
measure whether students can fill in a
bubble on a test, but whether they possess
21st century skills like problem-solving
and critical thinking and
entrepreneurship and creativity.
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24. Beyond the Bubble Tests: The Next
Generation of Assessments
Http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/
“I am convinced that this new generation
of state assessments will be an
absolute game-changer in public
education.”
---Education Secretary Arne Duncan
September 2, 2010
25. Intended Outcomes of PARCC
Assessments
• Report achievement based on clear
expectations; ability to compare across
state lines
• Use results in school accountability
determinations and educator evaluations
• Integrate assessment system with
standards, curriculum, resources, and
professional work
• Rapid use of data to guide instruction
Hinweis der Redaktion
Higher-education faculty will play a key role in defining what it means to be college-ready. Assessments in grades 3-8 will measure whether students are on track to achieve readiness by high school graduation.
Through-course assessments in each grade will be combined with more stream-lined end-of-the-year tests to produce a more complete picture of student performance. These assessments will measure student learning closer to the time when classroom instruction takes place and will give feedback throughout the year, allowing educators to adjust instructional practices or give extra support to students who need it. Assessment will be embedded in instruction by administering through-course assessments in grades 3 thru high school in both English and Math Through-course assessments will occur after approximately 25% and 50% of the instructional time has passed. A longer performance-based task will occur when approximately 75% of the instructional time has passed. Summative assessment will occur on the computer after approximately 90% of the instruction is completed. A student’s score will be a combined score consisting of the three through-course assessments and the summative assessment. The PARCC partnership plans to use all four required components to calculate weighted annual combined scores. The combined results will be back quickly enough to be placed on the student’s report card.
Technology plays a powerful role in students’ lives. Unfortunately, it is US that can’t keep up! The majority of the new assessments will be designed to be administered by computer. This will enable faster turnaround of results AND it will allow for innovations in testing by leveraging new technologies. EX: adjusting to a student’s level grading by artificial intelligence Moving to computer-based testing will also reduce costs for states.
Assessments, both the end-of-year and through-course, will include challenging performance tasks and innovative, computer-enhanced items that elicit complex demonstrations of learning and measure the full range of knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in college and 21 st century careers. The assessments will help model effective classroom instruction.
It is important to note here that students in Arkansas are already accustomed to explaining their thinking. Do you know that Arkansas is one of only ________ states that currently requires students to write?