PARCC for PACDecember 2, 2015

PARCC FAQsPartnership For Assessment of Readiness

for College and CareersLinked to Common Core State StandardsConsortium of states: Arkansas, Colorado,

District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio and Rhode Island

Progress towards college and career readiness

Student Score Reports (ISR)Individual Student Report (ISR)

Uses scale scoresPerformance LevelsSubclaim performance indicators

PARCC, state, district and school average results are included

Scale score for English language arts/literacy (Divided into reading and writing) and mathematics which determines a students performance level

Scores range from 650 to 850 for all testsPARCC Reading scale scores range from 10 to 90PARCC Writing scale scores range from 10 to 60Summary will come with ISR reports explaining data

Performance LevelsOverall scale score and Performance Level and

are ranked in one of five performance levelsLevel 1: Did not meet expectationsLevel 2: Partially met expectationsLevel 3: Approached expectationsLevel 4: Met expectationsLevel 5: Exceed expectations

Performance Level Indicatorshttp://avocet.pearson.com?PARCC/Home.

Subclaim IndicatorsGraphical Representation – relative to other

students who met or nearly met expectationsBelow Expectations – represented by a down

arrowNearly Meets Expectations – represented by a

bidirectional arrowMeets or Exceeds Expectations – represented

by an up arrow

Upcoming Information - ResultsIndividual Student Reports

Ridge – mailed week of December 7, 2015 (9th Graders may be delayed)

WAMS – mailed week of December 21st

Elementary – mailed week of December 21st

WAMS and Elementary schools have not been released at this time

Board of Education Meeting Presentation on PARCC results – January 4th