MCPS Assessments and Tests at a Glance
2014 and 2015
PTA Presentation sponsored by the Parent Outreach Committee
January 6, 2015
PowerPoint designed by Amy Shapiro
Travilah ES 2014
MCPSAP-PR
Primary Reading Assessment Grades K – 2
“mClass: Reading Assessment”
This assessment tool is designed to give MCPS teachers and schools a
comprehensive view of all K-2 students’ literacy skills. This individual
balanced literacy assessment combines guided reading practices with
the DIBELS Assessment which measures phonemic awareness,
phonics and fluency.
•Informs instructional practice and measures progress
•Two components: Benchmarking and Progress Monitoring
•Administered 3 times a year within a designated testing window
MAP Testing
Measurement of Academic Progress
• MAP-P
• MAP-R
• MAP-M
Grades K-2
Grades 3-5
Grades 3-5
Math
Reading
Math
MAP Testing
Measurement of Academic Progress
• Provides teachers, students, and parents with an accurate
assessment of student progress in mastering basic skills.
• Measures academic growth over time.
• MAP-P is the newest MCPS assessment tool under
Curriculum 2.0.
• Is an achievement test in mathematics and reading that is
taken on a computer.
MAP-Testing
Measurement of Academic Progress
• The difficulty of the assessment is based on the students’
performance.
• MAP testing results identify the skills and concepts
students have learned and diagnose instructional needs for
individual students or an entire class or grade level.
• Administered to grades K-2 (MAP-P) and grades
3-5 (MAP-R and MAP- M) in the fall, winter, and spring.
Multiple Criteria for GT Identification
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Parent Survey
Teacher Survey
Staff Advocacy
Reading and Math Levels
• InView- 5 subtests administered:
Sequencing, Analogies, Quantitative
Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning (Words &
Context)
Gifted and Talented Identification
Student Instructional Program Planning and Implementation (SIPPI)
• The purpose of SIPPI in second grade and all new students in grades
3-5 is to recognize students whose performance, motivation, or
potential ability indicates the needs for accelerated and enriched
instruction.
• Match student strengths with instruction and programs that will support
and extend these strengths.
• InView Assessment -- designated testing window early December
through mid December.
• Rescreened students in grades 3-5 to take another look at a student
who have previously been screened.
Highly Gifted Center and Magnet Programs
Screening and Assessment Process
• HGC (Coldspring) grades 4 and 5
• Magnet Programs grades 6 and up
• Applications mailed to all 3rd and 5th grade
students in September
• Parent Meetings held October
• Deadline for applications is November
• HGC and Magnet Testing December/January
• School recommendations due to MCPS office by
mid December
ESOL Assessment - WIDA
(World class Instructional Design & Assessment)
• Measures the development of the English language proficiency skills
of English language learners (ELL) in grades K-12 on an annual
basis within the domains of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• The primary purpose of this assessment is to measure English
proficiency growth tied to the criteria of the WIDA Consortium’s
English language Proficiency Standards.
• Standards are aligned to the academic content areas.
• Mid January thru Mid February
• Make – up dates mid February
PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF
READINESS FOR
COLLEGE AND CAREERS (PARCC)
• PARCC’s ultimate goal is to ensure all students graduate from high
school college- and career-ready.
• PARCC assessments are designed to measure the full range of the
CCSS and full continuum of student abilities, including the
performance of high and underperforming students.
• To effectively carry out the PARCC design, assessments in both
content areas will be administered in two components.
PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF
READINESS FOR
COLLEGE AND CAREERS (PARCC)
One test two parts:
Performance-Based Assessment (PBA)
March 2-27, 2015
End of Year Assessment (EOY)
April 20 – May 15, 2015
Literary Tasks on PARCC
Literature Analysis Text
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Research Simulation Tasks
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Narrative Writing Tasks
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Purpose: to read complex text closely
Ask students to carefully consider literature worthy
of close study
Ask students to compose an analytic essay
Purpose: to deduce, properly use and evaluate
evidence across text types
Ask students to analyze an informational topic
presented through several media
Ask students to compare media with an anchor text
that serves as an introduction
Ask students to answer a series of questions using
texts to synthesis information and write two essays
Purpose: to broaden the way students use this type
of writing
Asks students to convey experiences or events (real
or imaginary)
Asks students to write a story (detail a process,
historical account(s) or events)
PARCC Mathematics Assessments
Type I
 Balance of conceptual understanding, procedural
fluency, and application
 Performance Based and End of Year Assessments
Type II
 Call for written arguments and justifications
 Performance Based Assessment
Type III
 Modeling/application in a real-world context
 Performance based Assessment
Compare MSA to PARCC
Questions
Grade 5 MSA Question
Compare MSA to PARCC
Questions
This PARCC
item measures
understanding
of the same
concept a
grade earlier
(Grade 4) and
with greater
depth
PARCC Practice Tests
http://www.parcconline.org/practice-tests