Mining PARCC Data Released Items Improving Student Achievement

Mining PARCC Data & Released Items: Improving Student Achievement Robert Price: Director of Curriculum and Instruction, NVCC Paul Rafalowski: Principal, Union County Magnet High School

District/School Summary of Schools

Student Roster

Individual Student Reports 2015

District Evidence Statement

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What is an Evidence Statement? Evidence statements describe the knowledge and skills that a test question/item elicits from students. Each test question is coded to a specific evidence statement. In mathematics, PARCC evidence statement might: • Use the exact same language as the Common Core standards. • Focus on a specific part of a standard. • Integrate standards, by bringing together standards across a domain. Coded as “Int. ” • Focus on mathematical reasoning. Coded with a “C” • Focus on mathematical modeling. Coded with a “D”

Evidence Statements http: //www. parcconline. org/resources/educator-resources

Standards/Evidence Statements http: //www. parcconline. org/assessments/test-design/mathematics/math-test-specifications-documents

Released test questions https: //prc. parcconline. org/assessments/parcc-released-items

Connecting to Released Test Questions Each test question in the PARCC assessments is identified by a Unique Identifier Number (UIN). Released test questions from the 2015 PARCC assessments can be found at the PARCC Partnership Resource Center. In the guidance to the released items, a chart links PARCC evidence statements to the UINs. https: //prc. parcconline. org/assessments/parcc-released-items

Achieve the Core: Coherence Map http: //achievethecore. org/coherence-map/

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