Measuring College and Career Readiness PARCC RESULTS: YEAR ONE TINTON FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT DECEMBER 14, 2015

“New Jersey will educate all students to prepare them to lead productive, fulfilling lives. Through a public education system that is seamlessly aligned from pre-school to college, students will gain the requisite academic knowledge and technical and critical thinking skills for life and work in the 21 st century.” VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NEW JERSEY

 In 2015, New Jersey adopted the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) to replace NJ ASK and HSPA assessments in language arts and mathematics.  Students took PARCC English Language Arts and Literacy Assessments (ELA/L) in grades 3 – 11.  Students took PARCC Mathematics Assessments in grades 3 – 8 and End of Course Assessments in Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II. NEW JERSEY’S STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM

TIMELINE FOR PARCC 2015  Performance Based Assessment: Given in March to all students grades 3-8  End of the Year Assessment: Given in end of April/Beginning of May to all students in grades 3-8  Performance Level Setting: Completed by Educators (both K-12 Educators and College Level Faculty) this summer (August) and made recommendations that went to the NJDOE governing board.  Release of Information:  October 20 th : Released state level data (both to educators and the public)  October 23 rd : Released test items from the PARCC assessments (1 test per grade level)  December: Student Score Reports released (districts and parents) During the school year the focus is on an analysis of Score Reports- To Benefit Curriculum/Instruction

 Level 1: Not yet meeting grade-level expectations  Level 2: Partially meeting grade-level expectations  Level 3: Approaching grade-level expectations  Level 4: Meeting grade-level expectations  Level 5: Exceeding grade-level expectations PARCC PERFORMANCE LEVELS “College and Career Ready”

Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectations (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 315%18%24%39%5%44% Grade 48%15%27%39%12%51% Grade 57%15%26%45%6%52% Grade 68%16%28%40%9%49% Grade 711%15%23%34%18%52% Grade 812%15%22%39%13%52% Grade 918%19%24%30%10%40% Grade 1025%18%20%26%11%37% Grade 1117%19%24%30%11%41% NEW JERSEY’S 2015 PARCC OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY Note: Numbers may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectations (Level 5) % >= Level 4 Grade 38%19%28%37%8%45% Grade 47%22%30%36%4%41% Grade 56%21%32%35%6%41% Grade 68%21%30%35%6%41% Grade 78%22%33% 4%37% Grade 8*22%26%28%23%1%24% Algebra I14%25% 33%3%36% Geometry12%36%30%20%3%22% Algebra II32%25%20%22%2%24% NEW JERSEY’S 2015 PARCC OUTCOMES MATHEMATICS * Note: Approximately 30,000 New Jersey students participated in the PARCC Algebra I assessment while in middle school. Thus, PARCC Math 8 outcomes are not representative of grade 8 performance as a whole. Note: Numbers may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

2015 SAT: 44% met College and Career Ready Benchmark 2015 ACT: 43% met College and Career Ready Benchmark. PARCC OUTCOMES IN CONTEXT NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress ADP: American Diploma Project

ALGEBRA I PARCC OUTCOMES AND COURSE GRADES PARCC Algebra I (2015) Percent “C” or higher in Algebra I course AY1415 Count% Meeting or Exceeding Count*% >= C Grade %62100% Grade 7 3,53693%3,30595% Grade 8 27,49872%24,94492% Grade 9 53,65618%44,92375% Grade 10 5,5424%3,17059% Grade 11 1,3984%62353% * Based on an overall 84% match rate at a student-level between NJSMART course roster collection and PARCC Algebra I assessment data. Looking for mismatches between outcomes and expectations is an important first step, i.e., roughly 18% of freshman met or exceeded expectations in PARCC Algebra I yet 75% received Cs or better in their course.

Count of Valid Test Scores Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectation (Level 5) District % >= Level 4 NJ % >= Level 4 Grade %16%28%44%3%47%44% Grade %15%22%45%13%58%51% Grade %12%26%55%4%59%52% Grade %12%17%50%17%67%49% Grade %7%16%44%30%74%52% Grade % 10%57%21%78%52% TINTON FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT-TOTAL STUDENTS 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS/LITERACY

Count of Valid Test Scores Not Yet Meeting (Level 1) Partially Meeting (Level 2) Approaching Expectations (Level 3) Meeting Expectations (Level 4) Exceeding Expectation (Level 5) District % >= Level 4 NJ % >= Level 4 Grade %16%30%46%4%50%45% Grade %16%29%43%6%49%41% Grade %17%29%43%9%52%41% Grade %14%24%51%7%58%41% Grade %16%31%41%6%47%37% Grade 8* 12514%21%22%43%0%43%24% Algebra I 470% 9%89%2%91%36% TINTON FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT-TOTAL STUDENTS 2015 PARCC GRADE-LEVEL OUTCOMES MATHEMATICS

QUESTIONS TO GUIDE PARCC DATA REFLECTION  How will we use PARCC data to identify strengths and gaps that exist in curriculum and instruction?  How will we use PARCC data to inform the conversations of our educators?  What can we learn about where additional professional resources are needed to meet the learning needs of all students?

District and School Level Data: Math, ELA, reading and writing, and also by grade levels Disaggregated data, by subgroups Disaggregated data by categories, (i.e., standards sub-claims) Item analysis Student-level analysis YEAR ONE DATA ANALYSIS PLAN: DRILLING DOWN

RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

VIDEO: UNDERSTANDING THE SCORE REPORT Video: “Knowing What to Expect”

PARENT GUIDE TO THE SCORE REPORTS

Back of the Score Report indicates ways to help the student and an explanation of the results

HOW TO HELP YOUR CHILD

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER  Cannot compare this test to the NJASK—different test, new scores are a new baseline for moving forward.  The scores may be lower because they represent a more difficult test.  PARCC tests replace the old state tests.  PARCC tests are only one of several measures.  Scores from 2015 will not be used as part of the identification process for district programs (ex. GATE, Advanced, ASP)  The score reports are valuable tool and will provide us with detailed information of how students are doing well and where they need help.

MOVING FORWARD… SCHOOL YEAR  Testing has been moved from two tests to one test (Testing Window: April 4- May 13). Tinton Falls begins testing: April 18 th and end May 6 th.  Approximately 1.5 hours less testing than last year.  Results will be available late June/Early July

QUESTIONS?