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"Dear Arizona Educator,   In an effort to foster the successful transition to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC assessment, the Arizona Department of Education is providing the following information regarding the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS assessments and the changes that are necessary to effectively transition to the PARCC assessment.   Changes to the Spring 2013 and 2014 AIMS Assessments Although the AIMS assessment will remain the same concerning the blueprints and format, the passages and items will have several changes as outlined below.  The focus of the AIMS test will be to move closer to the expectations of the PARCC assessment. --------------------- Passages In order to prepare for the expected rigor of the PARCC passages, the AIMS passages will contain an increase in text complexity as well as higher Lexile levels.  The language used will have sophisticated text, both qualitatively and quantitatively. Items Many of the AIMS items are written at the Concept level, allowing for multiple Performance Objectives within a Concept to be addressed in a single item.  The item's complexity will be raised through selecting items at the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) levels of 2 and 3. Please note the attachment - Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels (Table 1) and Hess' Cognitive Rigor Matrix (Table 2). To further support the transition from the AIMS assessment to the PARCC assessment, the test items have been aligned to the 2003 (Reading), 2004 (Writing), and 2008 (Mathematics) Standards as well as to Arizona's Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Language Arts. -----------------------   Transitioning to Arizona's Common Core Standards and the PARCC Assessment Since Arizona's Common Core Standards are the building blocks of the PARCC assessment, the following documents are provided to help make the transition a little smoother from the old standards/AIMS assessment to the new Common Core Standards/PARCC assessment.  The English Languag

this was written by Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford University professor

Here are a few notes from the webinar: Focus on Evidence of Learning Collaboratively create assessments and benchmarks together -- and collaboratively go over data Have quality examples! How do we give feedback? Do we use consistent rubrics? What are board policies on assessment? do they get feedback then, do they get a chance to redo it? do they get a chance to turn it in? do they get a chance to improve it? ****BOARD policy on learner revision after feedback (grading & scoring) Try variations of vertical and horizontal teams:

"Lesson Objective Assess learning using the Common Core Standards Length 1 min Questions to Consider How does the Common Core help Ms. Wu communicate with families and students? How could you educate families about the Common Core Standards? What can you learn from Ms. Wu about using the Common Core during planning and assessment?"

Review of changes in assessment. Recommendations for things to do now to transition to implementation.

The link below will take you to a PowerPoint created by ADE. It talks about the background, implementation plan etc.. of the Common Core and PARCC assessment. -- Sent by Linda Gering

Arizona's New Statewide Achievement Test

Parcc's rubric to assess writing.

Big Idea # 1 - The Common Core Standards have new emphases and require a careful reading. Big Idea # 2 - Standards are not curriculum. Big Idea # 3 - Standards need to be "unpacked." When working with the Common Core, we recommend that educators "unpack" them into four broad categories - 1) Long term Transfer Goals, 2) Overarching Understandings, 3)  Overarching Essential Questions, and 4) a set of recurring Cornerstone Tasks. Big Idea # 4 - A coherent curriculum is mapped backwards from desired performances. Big Idea #5 - The Standards come to life through the assessments.

Part 3 -- Reflection blog gives an authentic audience socratic seminar listeners during presentations -- have them look for Wows & Wonders to share back -- have them take notes on those. socratic seminar is his formative assessment to move forward

This is so right on -- and reminds me of two Common Core Standards also: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.1 AND CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. They must be able to currate to do these! -- My recommendation is to get the students on Diigo (where they can create collaborative annotative bibliographies!)

Tasks meant to be prototypes for the Math PARCC assessment

"As you work to integrate Common Core standards into your classroom, it may help to look at sample lessons. In this set, you can see lessons, presentations, and assessments working with informational text (grades 3-5). Remember that you can search the site by grade level and common core standard and that other subject areas besides Common Core are included on the site." --Vicki Davis

The curriculum map starts on page 17

PARCC examples...