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1 Next Generation of Assessments

2 Larry Early Associate Director Office of Curriculum & Assessment

3 Ohio s Next Steps Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) administered in Ohio Achievement Assessments no longer administered after Ohio will continue its plans to develop new assessments

4 PARCC/Ohio Field Test 2014 PARCC PBA March 24 April 11 EOY May 12 June 6 Ohio PBA March 24 April 18 EOY May 5 16

5 PARCC Field Test 2014 ELA/Literacy Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 High School: ELA I, II, III Mathematics Grades: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 High School: Algebra I,II, Geometry, Mathematics I, II, III

6 Ohio s Field Test Grades: 4 and 6 Social Studies Grades: 5 and 8 Science High School: American Government and American History High School: Biology and Physical Science

7 PARCC/Ohio Field Test 2014 Performance Based Assessment PBA End of Year EOY

8 PARCC Field Test Districts/schools have been contacted Computer based assigned Paper/pencil assigned Practice Test - sample items Include technology-enhanced items Same technology platform

9 PARCC Field Test Student Popula-on: All students will par-cipate including students with disabili-es and English language learners Accommoda-ons

10 PARCC Details PARCC s Blueprints and Test Specifications

11 ELA

12 ELA/Literacy EOY Each grade level (6-11) will include 4-5 texts: Literary, and Informational: social science/historical, scientific, and technical texts

13 Technology-Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR) Student uses technology (e.g., drag and drop, cut and paste, shade text, move items to show relationships) to capture comprehension of texts in authentic ways that have been difficult to score in paper and pencil formats for large scale assessments

14 Range of Prose Constructed Responses (PCR) Elicits evidence that students have understood a text or texts they have read and can communicate that understanding well both in terms of written expression and knowledge of language and conventions

15 Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) Combines a traditional selected-response question with a second selected-response question that asks students to show evidence from the text that supports the answer they provided to the first question.

16 PARCC Items For additional information and additional ELA sample items:

17 Scoring ELA/Literacy reported as scale score and performance level scores Reading and writing categories reported as scale scores Performance level scores reported according to five levels

18 Mathema'cs

19 Mathematics Items Performance Based Assessment (PBA) Type I items Machine-scorable Type II items Mathematical Reasoning/Hand- Scored Type III items Mathematical Modeling/Hand- Scored and/or Machine-scored

20 Mathematics Items End-of-Year Assessment EOY Type I items only All Machinescorable

21 Mathematics PBA Each grade level will include both short- and extended-response questions focused on conceptual knowledge and skills, and the mathematical practices of reasoning and modeling.

22 Mathematics EOY Short-answer questions focused on conceptual knowledge, skills, and understandings.

23 PARCC Administration

24 PARCC Administration Student participation: PBA: ELA 3 sessions PBA: Mathematics 2 sessions EOY: ELA 2 sessions EOY: Mathematics 2 sessions

25 PARCC Administration PARCC recommends: Schedule two hour blocks for each session of the Field Test EXCEPT: Schedule two and a half hour blocks for the ELA literature analysis and research simulation task in PBA grades 4-11

26 Accommodations: PARCC Field Test PARCC s Assessment Administrative Guidance PARCC%20Assessment%20Administration %20Guidance_FINAL_0.pdf

27 Computer-Based Assessments

28 Technology Readiness Resources Frequently Asked Questions About the PARCC Field Test Guidance for Scheduling Testing Sessions Technology Guidelines for the Field Test

29 Technology Readiness Resources Coming Soon.. TestNav 8 System Check Tool Due in November TestNav 8 Infrastructure Trial Due in December Webinar Training Due in November

30 Technology Requirements

31 Technology Requirements

32 Technology Requirements

33 Technology For additional information, please contact Kirk Ross

34 Ohio s Field Test

35 Ohio s Field Test Grades 4 and 6 Social Studies Grades 5 and 8 Science High School American Government and American History High School Biology and Physical Science

36 Ohio s Field Test Separate from PARCC s Field Test Online only American Institutes for Research TIDE

37 Ohio s Field Test Students respond in both formats PreID files required

38 Ohio s Field Test March 24 April 18 Performance-Based Assessment Grades 4, 5, 6, 8: minutes

39 Ohio s Field Test May 5 16 End-of-Year High School: minutes

40 Ohio s Field Test Additional materials are available at Sara Allen at or sara.allen@education.ohio.gov. Max Xu Max.xu@education.ohio.gov

41 Ohio s Field Test Contacts Content Specialists Science belinda.clark@education.ohio.gov cathy.holmes@education.ohio.gov

42 Contacts Content Specialists Social Studies

43 education.ohio.gov

44 Social Media Ohio Families and Education Ohio Teachers Homeroom ohio-department-of-education OhioEdDept

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