The Parent’s Guide to Technology & The PARCC Assessment Triangle School Hillsborough Township Public Schools Fall 2014 PAARC & the Common Core https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0 Common Core Standards ● Common Core State Standards (CCCS) provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn to be college and career ready. ● The PARCC Assessments measure student progress toward the standards. ELA Shift 1: Read as Much Non-Fiction as Fiction Students Must... Parents Can… Read more non-fiction Supply more non-fiction Know the ways non-fiction can be put together Read and discuss more non-fiction with your child Enjoy and discuss the details of nonfiction Have fun with non-fiction in front of children ELA Shift 2: Learn About the World by Reading Students Must… Parents Can… Build proficiency in Science and Social Studies through reading Supply series of text on topics of interest Handle “primary source” documents Find books that explain Get “smarter” through text Discuss non-fiction text and the ideas within ELA Shift 3: Read More Complex Material Carefully Students Must… Parents Can… Re-Read Provide more challenging text that students WANT to and can read Read material at comfort level AND work with more challenging text Know grade level/reading level appropriate text Unpack text Read challenging text with student Handle frustration and keep pushing Show that challenging text is worth unpacking ELA Shift 4: Discuss Reading Using Evidence Students Must… Parents Can… Find evidence to support their arguments Talk about text Form judgments Demand evidence in everyday discussions/disagreements Become scholars Read aloud or read the same book and discuss with evidence Discuss authors’ point of view ELA Shift 5: Discuss Reading Using Evidence Students Must… Parents Can… Make arguments in writing using evidence Encourage writing at home Compare multiple texts in writing Write “books” together and use evidence/details Write well ELA Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary Students Must… Parents Can… Learn the words that they can use in college and career Read often and constantly with your children Get smarter about using “language of power” Provide multiple books on the same topic Talk to your children about reading Listen to your children read Play word and rhyming games with your children Mathematics Shift 1: Focus: Learn More About Less Students Must… Parents Can… Spend more time on fewer concepts Know what the priority work is for their children and grade levels Spend time with their children on priority work Ask teachers about progress on priority work Mathematics Shift 2: Coherence: Skills Across Grades Students Must… Parents Can… Keep building on learning year after year Be aware of child’s struggles and how they could impact future learning Advocate for their child and ensure that support is given for “gap” skills Mathematics Shift 3: Fluency: Speed and Accuracy Students Must… Parents Can… Spend time practicing many problems on the same idea Push children to know/memorize basic math facts Know all fluencies their child should have and prioritize learning the ones children haven’t mastered Mathematics Shift 4: Deep Understanding: Know It/Do It! Students Must… Parents Can… UNDERSTAND why the math works. Make the math work. Notice whether your child REALLY knows why the answer is what it is TALK about why the math works Provide time your child needs to learn key math PROVE that they know why and how the math works Be familiar with the math your child needs to know Mathematics Shift 5: Application of Concepts: Real World Students Must… Parents Can… Apply math in real world situations Ask your children to do the math that comes up in their daily life Know which math to use for which situation Mathematics Shift 6: Dual Intensity: Practice & Understand/Think Fast & Solve Students Must… Parents Can… Be able to use core math facts FAST Notice which skills your child is smart in and where they need to get smarter Make sure your child is PRACTICING math facts he/she struggles with Be able to apply math in the real world Make sure your child is thinking about math in real life PARCC Assessments ● What is PARCC? ● What will it look like? ● How will it be different from NJASK? ● When will PARCC assessments be administered? How Will PARCC Be Different ● For Teachers and Schools: ○ Computer-based testing will boost student engagement and scores ○ More efficient than pencil-paper ○ Timely data during the year will aid instruction, professional development ○ Tests will assess the full range of student performance ○ Tests will measure student growth at all levels as well as measuring proficiency PARCC Assessments ● Beginning in 2014-2015, PARCC Assessments will replace NJASK in grades 3-8. ● PARCC Assessments are comprised of two sections: ○ Performance Based Assessment (PBA)-March ○ End of Year Assessment (EQY)-May PARCC Assessments Teachers, students, parents, and others can engage with the sample items using computer-based tools such as drag-and-drop, multiple select, text highlighting, and an equation builder. PARCC has also released online tutorials that demonstrate how students will navigate the test, how to use the computer-based tools, and features that make the test more accessible for all students, including those with disabilities and English learners. http://practice.parcc.testnav.com/# At Triangle School… ● Are we prepared for PARCC? ○ Full Implementation of CCSS ○ Focus on informational text (non-fiction), citing text, and critical analysis in ELA ○ Focus on fact fluency and problem solving in Mathematics Technology at Triangle ● What about the technology needs that are required for computer-based testing? ○ ○ Our 1 to 1 initiative, our Typing Program, and recent upgrades to our network systems and the additional purchasing of equipment has put Hillsborough Township Schools “ahead of the curve” in the area of PARCC preparedness. Increased focus on technology skills such as typing, “click & drag”, and utilizing multiple windows has been a priority our school. How To Access Technology Resources from Home http://www.htps.us/tri Triangle Student Web Pages Brainpop & Brainpop Jr. Logon: hillsborough Password: htps Triangle Computer Symbaloo Hillsborough PARCC Symbaloo Triangle Typing Club Hillsborough PARCC Symbaloo Keyboarding Symbaloo Triangle Student Web Pages Triangle LMC Symbaloo Triangle Elementary School PARCC Night December 9, 2014 PARCC Online Tools Skill-Building and Practice 2014-2015 PARCC Tools/Skills Assessment This next generation of assessments is designed to measure the full range of knowledge and skills students need to be career and college ready or on track toward that goal, through performance based tasks. The assessments will be innovative in design and more engaging for students. These will include a writing component using keyboarding. In math, students will have to solve complex problems, show their work, and demonstrate how they solved the problem using specific skills outlined in http://www. parcconline.org, and Next Generation Assessments website http://nextgen.apps.sparcc. org/home To support parents and educators in their efforts to provide their children and students with a quality education, PARCC has developed a number of tools and resources aligned with the Common Core standards and the PARCC assessments.(http://www. parcconline.org/resources) To successfully complete these assessments students will need to be able to perform the following technology skills: Click/tap; select objects, text and area; unselect; scroll; highlight; drag and drop, and drag and slide; plot points, use electronic calculator, protractor, ruler and video player; as well as type with a text editor.(http://nextgen.apps. sparcc.org/home) PARCC SKILLS TO LEARN It is important for students to familiarize themselves with testing techniques and vocabulary. According to PARCC sample tests, students will be asked to “select’, “drag”, “write”, “complete”, “create”, “enter”, “plot”, “show”, and “explain” answers using the following technology skills. GENERAL 1. Select, drag or deselect online tools, symbols, objects using an online pointer tool LITERACY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Entering text in a single entry box- keyboarding skills Scrolling - http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#getitem/8230 Selecting single answers - clicking a single radio button in a multiple choice question http://epat-parcc.testnav. com/client/index.html#getitem/8222 Selecting multiple answers - clicking multiple radio buttons in a multiple choice question http://epat-parcc.testnav. com/client/index.html#getitem/8229 Entering text -keyboarding/word processing more than one sentence in an open ended question with text box while s rolling through story for review in another window http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#getitem/8226 Entering text -keyboarding/word processing more than one sentence in an open ended question with (2) parts and (2) text boesx while scrolling through story for review in another window http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#getitem/8230 Drag and drop - selecting, dragging and dropping an object into a field - mouse manipulation http://epat-parcc.testnav. com/client/index.html#getitem/8221 Scroll through a story in one window and answer mulitple choice questions in another window http://epat-parcc.testnav. com/client/index.html#getitem/8220 MATH 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Enter a figure, number or label single answer in a single answer box http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index. html#getitem/8567 Entering response in a text box that requires a combination of text and by using an on- screen tool (manipulative, number/symbol bank) selected from an on screen display Click on a point on number line Select boxes on a grid to highlight Choose a number(s) or symbol(s) from a drop down menu http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#getitem/8566 NAVIGATION TUTORIAL: http://parcc.pearson.com/sample-items/ Try out test questions on the technology platform that students will use when taking the computer-based PARCC tests. Engage with the different types of items (drag-and-drop, multiple select, etc.) and computer based tools (calculator, highlighter, etc.) that will be available. FUN SKILLS PRACTICE ACTIVITIES ● http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/click1.htm USING MOUSE ● http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/scroll1.htm USING SCROLL BAR ● http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/forms.htm FILLING IN FORMS ● http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/opening.htm OPENING WINDOWS ● http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/mousercise.htm PRACTICE MOUSING ● http://www.seniornet.org/howto/mouseexercises/mousepractice.html MORE MICE ● http://www.tv411.org/math/basic-math/using-calculator/activity/1/1 CALCULATOR ● http://nextgen.apps.sparcc.org/general GENERAL SKILLS ● https://docs.google.com/a/htps.us/presentation/d/1SNBvN-Q6jAzMZO9OZaSpFfl3niqTygpeH5hJh9-BcWE/present? slide=id.p13 RADIO AND CHECKBOX ● http://ohtst.portal.airast.org/ocba/resources/?section=1-student-practice-resources PRACTICE RESOURCES ● http://www.internet4classrooms.com/early_childhood/mouse_skills_pre-k.htm MORE MOUSE SKILLS ● http://www.mouseprogram.com/practice.html MORE MORE MOUSE SKILLS Directions for Accessing Online Resources from Home Directions for Logging Into Online Encyclopedia & Other Non-Fiction Databases From Home Resources and References www.PARCConline.org http://parcconline.org/for-parents www.corestandards.org www.achievethecore.org www.htps.us http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/hillsparcc http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/trianglecomp http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/trianglelmc Questions?
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