Partnership for Assessment of

Readiness for College and Careers

Who is involved?

18 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S.
Virgin Islands



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Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
What do they work for?
to develop a common set of K-12 assessments in
English and math to help students to have what it
takes to be ready for college and careers



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Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
What is their vision?
A system that:
Builds a pathway to college and career
Creates high-quality assessments that measure the the
Common Core State Standards,
Supports educators in the classroom,
Makes better use of technology in assessments, and
Advances accountability
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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Where is their effort reached?
PARCC educates about 22 million students. The
PARCC states include:
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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
What does the system do?
The assessment system will provide students,
educators, policymakers, and the public with what is
needed to see whether students are headed for
postsecondary success. Also, they will determine
where gaps are and how they can be addressed
before students enter college or the workforce.

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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
The purpose of the assessments:
Determine whether students are college- and career-ready or on
track
Assess the full range of the Common Core Standards
Measure the full range of student performance
Provide data during the academic year to inform instruction,
interventions and professional development
Provide data for accountability
Provide innovative assessment approaches

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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Key Features:
States that have this assessment program will adopt
common assessments and performance standards.
Students take the assessments during specific times
throughout the school year
Assessments will be on the computer

-(Achieve)
Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Their Timeline:
What are their latest updates?

Specifications for Online Testing Portal Released
Final Information about Field Testing
Final Information about Timing of Data Return


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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
How will it benefit k-12?
The assessment system will help show a more complete
picture of student and will give student data to educators
in real time.
It will allow Feedback on a regular basis from a broad
group of educators to provide feedback on instructional
resources and to give educators the opportunity to give
their input.

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Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
How will it benefit Postsecondary Education:
It will better prepare students in high school, and
measuring whether students are on track to graduate
and are ready for college and careers. Students who do
not meet readiness or proficiency benchmarks will
receive support.
Postsecondary faculty are able to work with their K-12
colleagues to design and develop PARCCs high school
assessments, which allows them a say in the
assessment process
Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Plans for 2014:
To obtain item-level data to assemble operational
forms
To evaluate methods for scoring the Performance-
Based Assessment and End-of-Year assessments
To yield data to support planned research
To give schools and districts an opportunity to be
familiar with computer-based assessment
Partnership for the Assessment of
Readiness for College and Careers
Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
What are they working for?
to develop next-generation assessments that measure
student progress toward college and career readiness.


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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
What do they believe?
that a good assessment system can provide
information and tools for teachers and schools to
improve instruction and help their students to
succeed


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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
Why are they doing this?
By adopting the Common Core State Standards
helped the states form expectations for what the
students need in order to succeed in school and the
workforce. To meet those goals, teachers need new
ways to monitor student progress

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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
Who is involved?

California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine,
Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
Alaska, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Virgin Islands


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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
Where are they now?

Online Practice Tests released
Field Test items and tasks are reviewed for content
and bias/sensitivity
Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations
Guidelines adopted

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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
What is to come?

The Field Test will take place from March 18 June 6,
2014. The Field Test is a trial run of the assessment
system
2014-15 will be the first school year of full
implementation of the new assessments.

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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
How does it benefit k-12?
These assessments will be given online and will more
than just beyond choice questions so that students
can show progress in more areas.
Teachers will be able to provide assessments
throughout the year to better monitor student
progress.
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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
How does it benefit Secondary Education?
The assessments are concerned with the Common
Core State Standards and will provide accurate
information about student progress toward college
readiness.
Higher Education representatives are involved in
decision making and overall development in order to
create an assessment fully fit for Secondary Education

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Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium
Achieve (2010, January, 19). States Form Common Assessment
Partnership. from http://www.achieve.org/states-form-
common-assessment-partnership
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
(2014). from http://www.parcconline.org
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (2012).
from http://www.smarterbalanced.org

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