PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND

PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSESSMENT OF READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS Presentation to the Shrewsbury Borough Board of Education January 19, 2016

Goals For Tonight: PARCC Assessment Revisions PARCC Student Individual Score Reports for Parents (ISRs) PARCC Parent Resources

What Parents Should Know About PARCC Your child’s score may look lower this year because the tests measured more complex skills. A low score does not mean your child did not improve or learned less; instead, it means that the expectations have been raised for students. The first year’s scores are a new baseline from which to progress from and measure against moving forward. It will take time. While teachers have been gearing up for the new standards for almost four years, the tests are new and they ask questions in different ways and require students to show their work. Just as what happens with new standardized tests, scores will start to improve as teachers and students become more familiar with the standards and acquire the skills and

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Parent Guide to the Score Report Video:

NJ ELA 2015 Results Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectation s (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 3 15% 18% 24% 39% 5% 44% Grade 4 8% 15% 27% 39% 12% 51% Grade 5 7% 15% 26% 45% 6% 52% Grade 6 8% 16% 28% 40% 9% 49% Grade 7 11% 15% 23% 34% 18% 52% Grade 8 12% 15% 22% 39% 13% 52% Grade 9 18% 19% 24% 30% 10% 40% Grade 10 25% 18% 20% 26% 11% 37% Grade 11 17% 19% 24% 30% 11% 41%

Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectatio ns (Level 4) Exceeding Expectation s (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 3 8% 19% 28% 37% 8% 45% Grade 4 7% 22% 30% 36% 4% 41% Grade 5 6% 21% 32% 35% 6% 41% Grade 6 8% 21% 30% 35% 6% 41% Grade 7 8% 22% 33% 4% 37% Grade 8* 22% 26% 28% 23% 1% 24% Algebra I 14% 25% 33% 3% 36% Geometry 12% 36% 30% 20% 3% 22% Algebra II 32% 25% 20% 22% 2% 24% NJ MATH 2015 Results

SHREWSBURY’S 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY Count of Valid Test Scores Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Grade 3 55 Grade 4 District Overall Averag e Score Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectations (Level 5) 2% 7% 22% 67% 2% 761 49 0% 8% 18% 67% 6% 763 Grade 5 44 0% 9% 27% 64% 0% 755 Grade 6 60 0% 8% 8% 62% 22% 768 Grade 7 64 0% 6% 11% 59% 23% 767 Grade 8* 42 2% 12% 2% 76% 7% 766

SHREWSBURY’S 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICS Count of Valid Test Scores Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Grade 3 55 Grade 4 District Overall Averag e Score Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectations (Level 5) 0% 13% 18% 60% 9% 760 49 2% 10% 27% 59% 2% 755 Grade 5 44 0% 9% 27% 61% 2% 754 Grade 6 60 2% 3% 15% 62% 18% 766 Grade 7 64 2% 5% 28% 58% 8% 756 Grade 8* 26 0% 23% 31% 46% 0% 748 Algebra I 16 0% 0% 6% 94% 0% 782

Parent Resources INFORMATION TO ENCOURAGE STRONG PARENT ENGAGEMENT Shrewsbury Boro Website Link: http: //www. sbs. k 12. nj. us/sbs/PARCC/ Understanding Your Child’s Score: http: //understandthescore. org PARCC Website: http: //parcconline. org/ PARCC Released Test Items: https: //prc. parcconline. org/assessments/parcc-released-items NJDOE Collaborative Online Resource Exchange: www. njcore. org What is Happening in Our Classrooms Nationally: www. bealearninghero. org What Parents Should Know About PARCC: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=c. O 0 s 03 r 9 Ddw

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