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Tracy Watanabe

AIMS to PARCC Transition - 2 views

www.azed.gov/...aimsparcctransition

PARCC

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 30 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 30 Jul 12
     
    "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
Tracy Watanabe

What should districts (states) do with PARCC? « PARCC in Massachusetts - 0 views

parccinma.wordpress.com/...districts-states-do-with-parcc

assessment parcc commoncore

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 13 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • These tests will be different and not solely because of the technology, but a look in this direction is enough to start thinking more deeply about how different these assessments will be
  • 1.  ONPAR (Obtaining Necessary Parity through Academic Rigor) from the University of Wisconsin. 2. CBAL (Cognitively Based Assessment of, for, and as Learning) from Educational Testing Services (ETS). 3.  Research conducted at Shell Centre for Mathematical Education at the University of Nottingham.
  • PARCC is developing a comprehensive system of five assessments;
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  • States that choose to adopt PARCC and replace their already existing statewide assessments in the coming years will only be required to administer two components for accountability purposes.  These two assessments, the performance based assessment (PBA) and the end of year assessment (EOY), will be “free” to districts
Theresa Bartholomew

PARCC Prototype Math - 2 views

www.ccsstoolbox.com/...PARCCPrototype_main.html

math common core parcc

shared by Theresa Bartholomew on 29 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Theresa Bartholomew on 29 Oct 12
     
    Tasks meant to be prototypes for the Math PARCC assessment
Theresa Bartholomew

PARCC Framework Math - 0 views

www.parcconline.org/...tics_Fall%202011%20Release.pdf

common core

shared by Theresa Bartholomew on 18 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Theresa Bartholomew on 18 Apr 12
     
    PARCC framework for mathematics. The appendices contain recommendations about starting points with implementing math standards.
Tracy Watanabe

Common Core and PARCC assessment power point pdf - 0 views

www.azed.gov/...-ccr-parcc-master-overview.pdf

commoncore PARCC

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 15 May 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 15 May 12
     
    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
Tracy Watanabe

Analysis of a PARCC ELA Assessment Task Through an ELL Lens (Part 1) | Common Core and ... - 1 views

blog.colorincolorado.org/...ask-through-an-ell-lens-part-1

parcc task

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 25 Aug 13
     
    PARCC examples...
Theresa Bartholomew

PARCC Framework for ELA - 1 views

www.parcconline.org/...2011%20Release%20%28rev%29.pdf

common core

shared by Theresa Bartholomew on 18 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Theresa Bartholomew on 18 Apr 12
     
    Grades 3-12 English Language Arts. Contains frameworks of what the standards would look like throughout the school year. Great starting point in thinking about how classrooms will look different with Common Core.
Tracy Watanabe

Item and Task Prototypes | PARCC - 3 views

parcconline.org/...item-task-prototypes

PARCC assessment

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 31 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Tracy Watanabe on 31 Aug 12
     
    There are sample items for math and ELA at some of the grade levels.
Erica Modzelewski

PARCC Rubric for Writing (Draft) - 2 views

www.parcconline.org/...ND%20NARRATIVE%20WRITING_0.pdf

Common Core rubric assessment english

shared by Erica Modzelewski on 24 Jul 13 - No Cached
  • Erica Modzelewski on 24 Jul 13
     
    Parcc's rubric to assess writing.
Tracy Watanabe

3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading - 0 views

www.teachhub.com/-tools-encourage-close-reading

close-reading

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 07 Apr 15 - No Cached
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  • Dr. Doug Fischer defines close reading this way: “Close reading is a careful and purposeful re-reading of the text.”
  • (PARCC) defines it this way:
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  • Close reading is a great approach to turning “complex” into “simple” by providing concrete steps to decode material.
  • Here are three approaches to evaluating whether students have closely-read the complex text: Ask questions that are open-ended and require evidence. Ask questions that require students to think and understand what they're reading. Ask questions that plumb the depths of the text being read .while considering only information contained there, not from outside sources
  • Three digital tools make close reading happen: iAnnotate Snap! Learning Reading A-Z
Tracy Watanabe

Testing to, and Beyond, the Common Core | Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Edu... - 0 views

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commoncore assessment parcc

shared by Tracy Watanabe on 20 Mar 14 - No Cached
  • the push is now to implement next-generation learning goals that encourage higher-order thinking skills.
  • A critical piece in this roadmap will be new assessments, which have the potential to give school leaders new and better tools to guide instruction, support teachers, and improve outcomes. Assessment decisions will have a big impact on principals, who know the difference between leading a school constrained by punitively used tests that fail to measure many of the most important learning goals, and a school that uses thoughtful assessments to measure what matters and inform instruction.
  • Become part of a new accountability system that replaces the old test-and-punish philosophy with one that aims to assess, support, and improve. Tests should be used not to allocate sanctions, but to provide information, in conjunction with other indicators, to guide educational improvement.
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  • some schools, districts, and states are developing more robust performance tasks and portfolios as part of multiple-measure systems of assessment.
  • In addition to CCSS-aligned consortia exams, multiple measures could include: Classroom-administered performance tasks (e.g., research papers, science investigations, mathematical solutions, engineering designs, arts performances); Portfolios of writing samples, art works, or other learning products; Oral presentations and scored discussions; and Teacher rating of student note-taking skills, collaboration skills, persistence with challenging tasks, and other evidence of learning skills.
  • How can we engage students in assessments that measure higher order thinking and performance skills—and use these to transform practice? How can these assessments be used to help students become independent learners, and help teachers learn about how their students learn? How can teachers be enabled to collect evidence of student learning that captures the most important goals they are pursuing, and then to analyze and reflect on this evidence—individually and collectively— to continually improve their teaching? What is the range of measures we believe could capture the educational goals we care about in our school? How could we use these to illustrate and extend our progress and successes as a school?
  • Tracy Watanabe on 20 Mar 14
     
    this was written by Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford University professor
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