PARCC Score Report
They are new!? What should you expect and should you
do with the information you receive?
Why PARCC?
 Selected by MSDE as assessment to comply with federal requirements
to assess students’ proficiency in English/Language Arts (ELA) and
Math
 Once through initial period of norming, PARCC should help schools
determine:
 If students are on track to be college/career ready as they move
through school
 If students are meeting standardized grade level standards (as
determined by CCSS – MCPS’ Curr. 2.0) in ELA and Math
 How students are performing in relation to their grade level peers
from school, MD, and US
http://understandthescore.org/about-the-test/
Old vs. New
 PARCC asks students to perform very different tasks than past tests
 Students were required to:
 answer multiple choice questions (could “guess” an answer with strategies)
 provide answers to previously memorized information
 information was presented without context
 Students are now required to:
 read, write, and reflect across multiple texts and media
 analyze, show, and explain the “why” of responses
 information is presented in real world context, with an increased emphasis on informational
text
 online/computer based
Expectation to think critically, write, and cite evidence has increased tremendously
What you need to know
 Replaced Maryland School Assessment for ELA and Math (still have Science MSA
for 5th graders)
 PARCC is only 1 data point that we use to assess student performance
 PARCC assesses proficiency in relation to CCSS (in MCPS a.k.a Curr. 2.0)
 Cannot compare student, school, or system performance on PARCC to past
performance on MSA
 Scores below Level 4 do not indicate that students have learned less or that they
have failed to learn – scores reflect change in expectations
 National/MD trend –student performance will improve over time (took 5 years for
old HS English scores to go from 40% prof to 71%), especially with change to
more rigorous standards and dramatically different type of assessment
 1st year’s data is our new baseline – we will progress from and measure growth
moving forward
 Staff at Rock View will glean what we can from this year’s data and focus our
efforts to grow
Overview of the PARCC Score Report
1st time these reports have been generated –
Spring 2015 performance
1 report for each Math and English/Language
Arts (ELA)
Multiple parts to Report – Overall student
performance, Score graph, & Score breakdown,
performance levels
Scores fall into Levels 1-5, with Levels 4 & 5
considered “proficient” or “exceeding”
http://understandthescore.org/
This year’s PARCC
Overall 90 minutes shorter than last year
1 administration window May/June (End of
Year only at ~ 80% course completion)
Results will be reported much more quickly
Still considered a transition year
Resources
 New website for parents (English and Spanish)
Understandthescore.org
 BeaLearningHero.org/skillbuilder for targeted ideas based
on your child’s results
 MSDE website at marylandpublicschools.org/msde/ for
general information and links to many resources
 Greatschools.org has a Common Core test guide
 PARCConline.org for released test items and PARCC info
 Partnership Resource Center at prc.parcconline.org for
practice test