3 Math Task Types

1. Concepts, Skills, Procedures
2. Expressing Mathematical Reasoning
3. Assessing Modeling/Applications

3 ELA Task Types (Performance-Based Components)

1. Literary Task Analysis
2. Narrative Task
3. Research Simulation

An interesting article, Are Our Kids Ready for Computerized Tesing

Are our Kids Ready for Computerized Tests.pdf

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PARCC Testing Platform Samples--Released JANUARY 2014

http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/

• 31-Question TUTORIAL (to get familiar with the platform).

• Grades 3-5 17-Question ELA and Math practice set
• Grades 6-8 24-Question ELA and Math practice set
• High School 17-Question ELA and Math practice set

Student Online Assessment Skills Needed (compiled by Cheryl Tice)

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Resources for CBT/PARCC Assessments

	The Dana Center (University of Texas, Austin). PARCC prototype questions.
	Tutorials for students on how to use PearsonAccess (which is what Florida is using)
	Tutorials for school assessment coordinators and test administrators to become familiar with some of the different tasks that will be performed in PearsonAccess before and during testing. (Something similar will most likely be used in New York)

http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practice-test/ (Use Firefox)
SmarterBalanced Sample Items

SmarterBalanced Practice Test

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MATH	Math Prototypes		ELA	ELA Prototypes
Grade 3	Fractions on Number Line Fluency The Field		Grade 3	EBSR End of Year Assessment TECR End of Year Assessment
Grade 4	(Dana Center, Austin, Texas)		Grade 6	Narrative Task
Grade 6	Slide Ruler (Dana Center)		Grade 7	Research Simulation Task
Grade 7	Speed (Dana Center)		Grade 10	Literary Analysis
High School	Functions Seeing Structure in a Quadratic Equation Seeing Structure in an Equation			ELA PowerPoint PARCC_Shifts and Sample Items Overview_ELA Literacy 08182012_0.ppt Details Download 938 KB

• TO DO:

1. Review Math Task Types table

2. Go through the sample problem--WHAT DO STUDENTS HAVE TO DO?

3. Review Related .PDF

4. Record your observations on the spreadsheet below.

   
   
   

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