Analyzing the Rigor of PARCC Reading Assessment Items Angela LaBounty
PARCC Sample Items and Tasks Review With your partner or table groups What are some of the common characteristics that exist in the question stems/tasks? Where do you notice an increase in rigor from past standards to the expectations now for students within the Common Core? What kind of instruction is needed to ensure student success on these types of tasks? Points to Ponder Where would my students succeed? Where would my students stumble? How does my grade level build before or from the rigor of this task? Given what I know now, what is ONE next step I should take to prepare myself to write common assessments and/or plan instruction? What is ONE next step for my team? LaBounty 2014. solution-tree.com 1
PARCC Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document ELA/Literacy: Grade 3 Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing In the World by Thornton Burgess Item Number Answer Standards Alignment 1 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL4 Part A: C Part B: B 2 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL2; RL3 Part A: A Part B: B 3 Item Type: TECR RL1; RL2; RL3 Passage 2: Me First by Helen Lester 4 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: B 5 Item Type: TECR Part A: RL1; RL4; L4 RL1; RL7 Part B: 2
6 Item Type: TECR Part A: D Part B: C RL1; RL3 Passage 1: Johnny Chuck Finds the Best Thing In the World by Thornton Burgess and Passage 2: Me First by Helen Lester 7 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 3 Scoring Rubric RL1; RL3; W2; W4-10 Items 8-13 Task: Narrative Writing (NWT) Passage: A Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience by Sandra Beswetherick Item Number Answer Standards Alignment 8 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL4; RL5 Part A: B Part B: C 9 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL3 Part A: A Part B: D 10 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL3 Part A: A Part B: B and C 11 Item Type: TECR RL1; RL2 12 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: C 13 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 3 Scoring Rubric L1; RL2 W3-10 3
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PARCC Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document ELA/Literacy: Grade 6 Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: from Ida B by Robert McCammon Item Answer(s) Number 1 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: A 2 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D 3 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D Part B: C and D Passage 2: Emancipation: A Life Fable by Kate Chopin 4 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D Standards Alignment RL1; RL4; L6 RL1; RL5 RL1; RL3 RL1; RL4; L5 5 Item Type: TECR RL1; RL2; RL3 Passage 1: from Boy s Life by Robert McCammon and Passage 2: Emancipation: A Life Fable by Kate Chopin 6 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D RL1; RL2; RL9 Part B: A 7 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 4-5 Scoring Rubric RL1; RL9; W2; W4-10 Items 8-17 Task: Research Simulation (RST) Passage 1: The Stripes Will Survive by Jacqueline Adams 19
Item Number Answer Standards Alignment 8 Item Type: EBSR RI1; L4; RI4 Part A: A Part B: B 9 Item Type: TECR RI1; RI2; RI5 10 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: D RI1; RI6 Passage 2: The Zoos Go Wild from No More Dodos by Nicholas Nogiotis 11 Item Type: EBSR RI1; L4; RI4 Part A: D Part B: B 12 Item Type: EBSR RI1; RI3 Part A: C Part B: B 13 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: D RI1; RI3 Passage 3: Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo s Lion Cub (video) 14 Item Type: EBSR RI1; L4; RI4 Part A: A Part B: C 15 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: B RI1; RI5 Passage 1: The Stripes Will Survive by Jacqueline Adams, Passage 2: The Zoos Go Wild from No More Dodos by Nicholas Nogiotis, and Passage 3: Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo s Lion Cub (video) 16 Item Type: TECR (correct answers appear in yellow) RI1; RI2; RI7 20
17 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric RI1; RI8; RI9; W2; W4-10 Items 18-23 Task: Narrative (NWT) Passage: from Magic Elizabeth by Norma Kassirer Item Number Answer(s) Standards Alignment 18 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL2 Part A: C Part B: C 19 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL3 Part A: C Part B: D and F 20 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL4 Part A: A Part B: D 21 Item Type: TECR RL1; RL2 21
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PARCC Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document ELA/Literacy: Grade 10 Items 1-7 Task: Literary Analysis (LAT) Passage 1: from Red Cranes by Jacey Choy Item Answer(s) Number 1 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: C 2 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D 3 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: D Passage 2: from The Firefly Hunt by Jun ichiro Tanizaki 4 Item Type: TECR Part A: B Standards Alignment RL1; RL4 RL1; RL3 RL1; RL3 RL1; RL4; L6 Part B: 5 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: D 6 Item Type: TECR Part A: C Part B: RL1; RL2; RL6 RL1; RL5 Passage 1: from Boy s Life by Robert McCammon and Passage 2: Emancipation: A Life Fable by Kate Chopin 50
7 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 4-5 Scoring Rubric RL1; RL3; RL6; W2; W4-10 Items 8-17 Task: Research Simulation (RST) Passage 1: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas Item Number Answer Standards Alignment 8 Item Type: EBSR RI1; L4 Part A: B Part B: D 9 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: B and C RI1; RI2 10 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D Part B: C RI1; RI5; RI6 Passage 2: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black 11 Item Type: EBSR RI1; L4 Part A: D Part B: A 12 Item Type: EBSR Part A: C Part B: A RI1; RI2; RI6 Passage 1: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas and Passage 2: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black 14 Item Type: EBSR Part A: D Part B: C RI1; RI5; RI6; RI9 Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 15 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: C RI1; L4 Passage 1: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas and Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 16 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: D RI1; RI9 Passage 1: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District majority opinion by Justice Abe Fortas, Passage 2: Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District dissenting opinion by Justice Hugo Black, and Passage 3: audio clip of interview with law professor Catherine Ross on the Tinker v. Des Moines court decision 17 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric RI1; RI3; RI9; W2; W4-10 Items 18-23 Task: Narrative (NWT) Passage: from Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome Item Number Answer(s) Standards Alignment 18 Item Type: TECR RL1; RL2; RL3; RL6 Part A: C Part B: either Paragraph 7 OR Paragraph 12 19 Item Type: EBSR RL1; RL6 51
Part A: A Part B: B 20 Item Type: EBSR Part A: B Part B: D 21 Item Type: TECR Part A: A Part B: Paragraph 7 22 Item Type: EBSR Part A: A Part B: C and F 23 Item Type: PCR Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric RL1; RL4; RL6 RL1; RL2; RL3; RL6 RL1; RL3; RL6 W3 52
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