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Welcome to Media’s PSSA Parent Night

Welcome to Media’s PSSA Parent Night. Reading in 2007. March 12-23, 2007 Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 11 Multiple-Choice Open-Ended Item-specific Scoring Guidelines. About the Assessment Anchor Content Standards. . Comprehension and Reading Skills Fiction Nonfiction

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Welcome to Media’s PSSA Parent Night

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  1. Welcome to Media’s PSSA Parent Night

  2. Reading in 2007 • March 12-23, 2007 • Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 11 • Multiple-Choice • Open-Ended • Item-specific Scoring Guidelines

  3. About the Assessment Anchor Content Standards • . Comprehension and Reading Skills • Fiction • Nonfiction • . Interpretation and Analysis of Fiction and Nonfiction • Components within or between texts • Literary Devices • Concepts and Organization of Nonfiction Text

  4. Grade 3 • 3 sessions • Approx. 50 - 60 minutes each • Sections 2, 4, & 6 (alternates w/Math) • Common Grade level passages • 2 Stories • 1 Poem • 1 Informational • 1 Biography OR 1 practical/how-to • 58 Multiple-choice items • 4 Open-ended items • Students write ALL answers in test booklet

  5. Grades 4-8 & 11 • 3 sessions • Approx. 50 –60 minutes each • Sections 2, 4, & 6 (alternates w/Math) • Common Grade level passages (varies by grade) • Poem • Informational • Story • Autobiography/Biography • Practical/How-to/Advertisement • Essay/Editorial • 56 Multiple-choice items • 6 Open-ended items • Students write answers in answer booklet

  6. How Are Responses Scored? • Bubbled multiple-choice responses scored by machine • 1 point each • Written open-ended responses scored by hand • Item specific scoring guide • 3 points each • Grade 3 • Students write in test booklets • Grades 4 – 8 & 11 • Students write in answer booklets

  7. Performance Level Descriptors • Detailed statements that describe the knowledge and skills expected at Advanced, Proficient, Basic, & Below Basic levels • PDE website @ Interpretation Aids

  8. 2006 – 2007 PSSA Testing Window

  9. 2007 PSSA Math Update

  10. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Criterion Referenced • Based on the 2007 Assessment Anchors • 5 Reporting Categories • Numbers and Operations • Measurement • Geometry • Algebra • Data Analysis

  11. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Student score comes from: • 54 Multiple Choice questions • 3 Open-Ended questions • Students take: • 66 MC at grades 3 - 8 and 11 • 5 Open-Ended • Grade 3 will alternate subject areas with Math coming first.

  12. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Embedded Field Test • Open-Ended items scored on a 0-4 scale • Item-specific scoring guidelines but no general rubric. • Formula sheets will be provided for grades 7, 8 and 11.

  13. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Testing time is approximately 2.5 – 3 hours for Math. • Testing in Grades 3 - 8 and 11. • Grade 4 test is more like the grade 5 test than the grade 3 test. • Can have a “blemish” and still get a score of 4 on an OE item. • “e.g. missing $” no longer included in General Scoring Guidelines as an example of a blemish.

  14. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Grade 3: • Format for Math is the same as the other grades • OE are now like the other grades • May not use calculators • Answers marked in test booklet • Contractor is DRC, not CTB

  15. 2006/2007 and Beyond • Grade 4 and up: • calculators ARE permitted. • Rulers will be provided at grades where needed. • Students must use the rulers provided for the PSSA. • Rulers scaled in inches

  16. M11.D Algebraic Concepts M11.D.2 Represent and/or analyze mathematical situations using numbers, symbols, words, tables and/or graphs. M11.D Algebraic Concepts M11.D.2 Represent and/or analyze mathematical situations using numbers, symbols, words, tables and/or graphs. M11.D Algebraic Concepts M11.D.2 Represent and/or analyze mathematical situations using numbers, symbols, words, tables and/or graphs. M11.D.2.1 Write, solve and/or graph linear equations and inequalities using various methods. M11.D.2.1 Write, solve and/or graph linear equations and inequalities using various methods. M11.D.2.1 Write, solve and/or graph linear equations and inequalities using various methods. M11.D.2.1.1 Solve compound inequalities and/or graph their solution sets on a number line (may include absolute value inequalities). M11.D.2.1.2 Identify or graph functions, linear equations or linear inequalities on a coordinate plane. M11.D.2.1.3 Write and/or solve a linear equation (including problem situations). M11.D.2.1.4 Write and/or solve systems of equations using graphing, substitution and/or elimination (limit to two equations.) M11.D.2.1.5 Solve quadratic equations using factoring (integers only – not including completing the square or the Quadratic Formula). 20 M11.D.2.1.1 Solve compound inequalities and/or graph their solution sets on a number line (may include absolute value inequalities). M11.D.2.1.2 Identify or graph functions, linear equations or linear inequalities on a coordinate plane. M11.D.2.1.3 Write and/or solve a linear equation (including problem situations). M11.D.2.1.4 Write and/or solve systems of equations using graphing, substitution and/or elimination (limit to two equations.) M11.D.2.1.5 Solve quadratic equations using factoring (integers only – not including completing the square or the Quadratic Formula). 20 M11.D.2.1.1 Solve compound inequalities and/or graph their solution sets on a number line (may include absolute value inequalities). M11.D.2.1.2 Identify or graph functions, linear equations or linear inequalities on a coordinate plane. M11.D.2.1.3 Write and/or solve a linear equation (including problem situations). M11.D.2.1.4 Write and/or solve systems of equations using graphing, substitution and/or elimination (limit to two equations.) M11.D.2.1.5 Solve quadratic equations using factoring (integers only – not including completing the square or the Quadratic Formula). 20 Anchor Cards • 2007 Math and Reading Assessment Anchor Cards

  17. What Can Parents Do To Support Their Child? • Make Sure your Child: • Gets a good night’s sleep • Eats a healthy breakfast • Arrives to school on time and RELAXED • Receives encouragement from you to follow directions, read carefully, and do their best!

  18. Online Resources • PSSA Parent Information • www.PAgrow.com • Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) • www.pde.state.pa.us/ • PA Standards Website • www.pacode.com/secure/data/022/chapter4/s4.83.html

  19. Acknowledgements This Presentation was downloaded from the Pennsylvania Department of Education Website It was modified for the purpose of this particular informational meeting.

  20. Samples • 3rd Grade Math Sampler • 5th Grade Reading Sampler

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