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PARCC Field Tests

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ARCC Field Tests will be administered across several states in the spring of 2014 in grades 311 in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Several of our buildings have been
chosen to participate in the online tests. Participating buildings, grade levels and courses were
chosen randomly by the state; they were not chosen by the district and the district may not request changes. The purposes of the field tests are to:
examine the quality of test items so that PARCC can build assessment forms for the 2014-2015
school year;
test out assessment administration procedures; and
give schools and districts the opportunity to experience the administration of PARCC assessments.
The opportunity to participate in the field tests is an important one because it provides a “dry run”
of the online testing program. Hopefully we can learn about areas that we need to address prior to
actual testing in order to make everything run as smoothly as possible. Results of field tests are
not reported back to the district.
Two components make up the PARCC assessments. The Performance-Based Assessments (PBA)
in English Language Arts/Literacy and the PBA in Mathematics will be administered anytime
between March 24 through April 11, 2014. The End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) in both ELA
and Mathematics will be administered at any time between May 5 through June 6, 2014.
Most students will take only one component in one content area which will help us manage testing
time. There is the possibility that students will be asked to take both the PBA and the EOY in one
content area, or they will be asked to take either PBA or EOY in one content area. No student will
participate in the entire PARCC assessment.
At this time, field tests are to be administered as follows:

SCHOOL

GRADE/COURSE

SUBJECT

NUMBER OF CLASSES

COMPONENT

Eastlake MS
Eastlake MS

6
7

M
M

2
2

PBA
PBA

Edison

3

ELA

2

PBA

Grant
NHS
NHS
NHS
RVES

4
Integrated Math I
Integrated Math II
Integrated Math III
4

M
M
M
M
M

2
4
4
3
2

PBA & EOY
EOY
PBA
PBA
EOY

RVES
SHS
SHS
SHS
Washington
WMS
WMS
WMS
WMS

5
Integrated Math I
Integrated Math II
Integrated Math III
5
6
Algebra I
6
8

ELA
M
M
M
M
M
M
M
ELA

2
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2

EOY
PBA
EOY
EOY
PBA
EOY
PBA
EOY
PBA

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