PARCC ASSESSMENT

TESTING DATES: ELA/ PBA MARCH 24-25, 2015

The Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) is administered after approximately 75% of the school year is completed. The ELA/Literacy PBA at each grade level will focus on writing effectively when analyzing texts and will include three tasks: a literary analysis, a research simulation, and a narrative task. For each task, students will be asked to read one or more texts, answer several comprehension and vocabulary questions, and write an essay that requires them to draw evidence from the text(s).

The End-of-Year Assessment (EOY) is administered after approximately 90% of the school year is completed. The ELA/Literacy EOY at each grade level will include at least five texts, both literary and informational, and will focus on reading comprehension. To be able to provide results quickly, the EOY will consist entirely of computer-scored items.