PARCC and Other IBHE Updates IACRAO October 2015 Daniel Cullen, Illinois Board of Higher Education

Topics PARCC (Rethinking Dev Ed) Military PLA Task Force SARA Dual Credit AS redesign

PARCC and College- and Career- Readiness PARCC

The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states working together to develop a set of assessments that measure whether students are on track to be successful in college and their careers.

State Developed Illinois is a PARCC state – Illinois is a governing member Governing Board ACCR – Instruments are developed by Illinois and the other governing states to align with our new learning standards (including computer literacy)

How It’s New Illinois’ K-12 schools will be using a – fully vertically aligned assessment system to – assess student progress toward college and career readiness

PARCC will report results of summative assessments using 5 performance levels Grades 3-10: – 4 or above indicates a student is on track to be successful in the subsequent grade in each content area High school: ELA III and ALG II/ Integrated Math III – 4 or above will earn a College- and Career- Ready Determination intended to exempt students from placement testing and remediation at public postsecondary institutions – 3 and below may be targeted for early interventions Signaling 7

Initial Design of the Assessment System 8

Design Changes Reduce testing time by 90 minutes overall (60 minutes in math; 30 minutes in ELA) Consolidate the two testing windows into one – Simplify administration – Up to 30 days, but most schools will complete in 1-2 weeks – From roughly the 75% to 90% point of the school year Reduce the number of test units for all students

PLACEMENT NOT ADMISSION A College and Career Ready Determination on the PARCC assessments indicates: Mastery of the core competencies in the Common Core State Standards identified by postsecondary education faculty as prerequisites for and key to success in entry-level, credit-bearing courses in English and mathematics Readiness for placement into entry-level, credit-bearing courses in ELA and mathematics A College and Career Ready Determination will not: Determine admission Place students into higher level mathematics and English courses Address non-traditional students or others without scores 10

Community College Policy A PARCC score of 4 or 5 would be accepted for placement of students into college-level courses in Math and English Language arts. An institution may elect to accept a PARCC math score of 3 for placement into a college- level general education math course considering other factors.

Timeline Milestones—PARCC cohort 1 Assessed spring 2015, 11 th grade – Sort of Students applying to college AY Students matriculate college fall 2016 First-year performance information is available fall 2017

Considerations Existing tools and information – Where will PARCC fit with what you use now? Information flow – How will PARCC results get to your institution and then to those who need them? Emerging research – PARCC – Other External – Internal

Considerations Existing tools and information – Where will PARCC fit with what you use now? Information flow – How will PARCC results get to colleges and the right college staff? Emerging research – PARCC – Other External – Internal

Reports In the first operational assessment year each state will receive scores; ISBE in Illinois. ISBE will distribute the scores to schools/districts this fall. K-12 schools and districts will receive both printable and PDF versions of the score reports.

Reports For the first year, states will need to work out the logistics locally regarding how to transmit scores to higher ed. ISBE will communicate directly with higher education stakeholders regarding where scores will be held.

Reports For the first year, the data management and reporting system will not support electronic transfer with systems and institutions of higher education and permissions are not set up to address giving institutions of higher education access to individual student records. PDF versions of the reports in the first year.

Reports PARCC plans to develop a task force of state leads from K-12 and higher education to work on state level solutions. Feedback from the field is essential.

Common Application Both PARCC and Smarter Balanced scores Support – American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Officers – Council of Chief State School Officers – Midwest Higher Education Compact – New England Board of Higher Education – SHEEO: State Higher Education Executive Officers – Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education

Considerations Existing tools and information – Where will PARCC fit with what you use now? Information flow – How will PARCC results get to your institution and then to those who need them? Emerging research – PARCC – Other External – Internal

How will we know? PARCC will be validated against: – Score of 4 indicates a 0.75 probability of earning at least a C in entry-level course Research: – Postsecondary Educators’ Judgment Study – Longitudinal Study of External Validity of Performance Standards 21

Longitudinal Study—External Validity Grade 11 spring 2015 who enter college fall – Spring Spring 2017 – Matched ACT/SAT scores to benchmarks – Evaluate prediction of student success

PARCC Resources Common Core State Standards Model content frameworks frameworks ELA Test Documents Math Test Documents test-specifications-documents Sample items for every tested subject and grade Score report 23

Dev Ed

Remedial Coursework Judith Scott-Clayton, Peter M. Crosta, Clive R. Belfield: – Annual cost of roughly $7 billion nationally, – Roughly 1 in 4 math and 1 in 3 ELA test-takers are currently “severely mis-assigned.”

Dev Ed Co-Req Academy CCA Game Changers

PA Military Prior Learning Assessment Task Force

Charge How to best effectuate the recognition of military learning for academic credit, industry-recognized credentials, and college degrees through the use of the Prior Learning Assessment Report findings and recommendations to IBHE, ICCB, ISAC, ISBE, IDVA, the Illinois Discharged Servicemember Task Force, the General Assembly, and the Governor – By December 1, 2016

Charge (1-4 of 8) 1) Examine the history of the PLA and its impact military students 2) Examine policies and practices in other states to identify best practices 3) Determine current policies and practices in this State 4) Review quality standards

Charge (5-8 of 8) 5) Consider alternative means to award academic credit for military students 6) Consider transferability of academic credit awarded by PLA and student mobility 7) Consider the importance of recognition of industry-recognized credentials 8) Consider the acceptance of industry- recognized credentials and academic credit credentials or degrees by licensing bodies

Membership 1) Illinois Board of Higher Education, chair 2) Illinois Community College Board 3) Department of Veterans' Affairs 4) Illinois Discharged Servicemember Task Force 5) Student Assistance Commission 6-9) Members of the General Assembly 10) Three faculty, public university, public CC, private institution 11) Two presidents of Illinois colleges and universities 12) Illinois Joining Forces Education Working Group 13) A nonprofit organization (CAEL) 14) State Fire Marshal

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement SARA

Opting In 23 Ill. Admin. Code Eligibility – Illinois home state and approval – Accreditation – Financially stable – C-RAC Guidelines

Dual Credit Quality Act

Compliance Dual Credit Quality Act [110 ILCS 27] – 23 Ill. Admin. Code 1009 – 23 Ill. Adm. Code Approved in the Higher Education Region Faculty Students Course equivalency Data submissions

NEW AS Degree

Associate of Science Will not include all gen ed Students will graduate with earned associate’s, transfer, complete remaining gen eds during jr. and sr. years ICCB webinar Nov 5

Contacts IBHE Dan CullenMalinda Aiello ICCB Brian DurhamAshely Becker