PARCC TUTORIAL LEARNING GOAL: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO USE TOOLS ON THE PARCC TUTORIAL AND NAVIGATE THROUGH A TUTORIAL ACTIVITY WHILE ANSWERING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WILL ENGAGE IN ACCOUNTABLE TALK

DO NOW: On a clean page in your journal, create a mind-map and include everything you know about PARCC including how to navigate around the site.

PARCC WEBSITE STEP 1 – log on and open up Chrome STEP 2 – visit parcconline.org STEP 3 – click The PARCC Assessments STEP 4 – click on practice tests (left menu) STEP 5 – click PARCC practice tests (in the middle of the page) STEP 6 – click test preparation STEP 7 – click tutorial (TestNav 8 Tutorial) STEP 8 (if time permits) – go back to tutorial tab and click Practice Tests. Then, click grade level. STEP 9 – start test

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 1. What color are the arrows you will use to move forward or backward through the test? Red, Blue, Green, Black 2. How many tools can you have opened at a time? 3. True or false: Responses or marks made using tools are not scored, since the tools are just meant to help you figure out your answer, not submit it. 4. True or false: You can look at the status of all questions in a section at any time by clicking the “Review” button. 5. What is one way you can go back to your current question from the Review Screen? 6. The section end screen provides options to: a.Review answered questions b.Move forward to the next section c.Both of the above 7. True or false: To exit your test in the middle of a section or at the end, select the button at the top right of the screen next to your name and choose the option to “Logout of TestNav.”

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 8. What are the two ways you can stop using a tool? 9. How can the Answer Eliminator Tool help you think through your answers? a.Clicking on it automatically eliminates one incorrect answer option from consideration. b.It allows you to place a red X over the answer options you think are incorrect. c.It opens a text box where you can write a brief note about a given answer option. 10. True or false: The Text Highlight Tool, which lets you highlight words or sentences, is always available on the toolbar at the top of the screen with the other tools. 11. Select the accessibility tools provided to all students: a.Line Reader b.Answer Masking c.Change Background or Foreground Color d.Zoom/Magnification e.Text-to-Speech

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 12. True or false: The Line Reader Tool, which is accessible from the toolbar at the top of the screen, helps you focus on one section at a time. 13. After selecting and dragging the Line Reader Tool over to the passage or question on which you want to focus, how do you change the length and width to determine how much text is readable through the display window? a.Select and drag the top center and bottom right corner b.Select and drag the bottom center and bottom left corner c.Select and drag the bottom center and bottom right corner d.Select and drag the top center and bottom left corner 14. What are the shortcut keys to use the Zoom Tool? a.CONTROL or CTRL key and the plus sign key to make text or images bigger b.CONTROL or CTRL key and the minus sign key to make text or images smaller c.CONTROL or CTRL key and the zero key to reset to original size d.All of the above

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 15. Select the correct statements about Answer Masking: a.Answer Masking on multiple choice items allows you to choose which answer choices will show on screen. b.This tool is available by selecting the accessibility drop-down menu in the top right corner of the screen. c.Once the tool is enabled, you may use it to mask and unmask answers as many times as you would like. d.Masking answers you believe to be incorrect is not the same thing as submitting your choice for the correct response. e.Answer Masking will remain in place for all future multiple choice items until you deselect it from the accessibility drop-down menu in the top right corner of the screen. 16. True or false: Throughout the test, you will need to use Page Scroll to scroll within the whole page and Passage Scroll to scroll within a passage given in a test question.

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 17. Multiple Select items differ from Multiple Choice because: a.Test takers can select all answer choices, not just a single response b.The number of answers can vary, and be either a set number (for example, the three best answers) or all that apply c.Multiple Choice items have a circle next to each answer option d.Multiple Select items have a square next to each answer option e.All of the above