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Known as PARCC, the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Career evaluates math and English Language Arts from grades 3 through high school. 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This replaces old standardized tests – specifically, the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests given in grades three through eight, and the Prairie State Achievement Exam in high school.  \nHere’s how Illinois’ old and new state assessments compare.  \nThe Old Assessment The New Assessment  \n\n| Rarely measured students’ deeper learning.\u003Cbr>Questions typically focused on comprehension and information recall rather than conceptual understanding. | Measures students’ deeper learning.\u003Cbr>Questions require students to handle complex material, support arguments with evidence and explain reasoning when solving\u003Cbr>problems. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Did not assess writing. | Assesses writing.\u003Cbr>Students will write often both within the English language arts and math portions of the assessment. |\n| Did not reflect state learning standards to measure college and career readiness.\u003Cbr>When standards and assessments do not align, test prep can encroach on instructional time as often occurred with ISAT. | Reflects the new learning standards to measure college and career readiness.\u003Cbr>The new Illinois Learning Standards make clear what students should know and be able to do at every step in their academic progression toward college and career readiness. These are at the root of the new assessments. |\n| Unaligned across grade levels. | Aligns across grade levels to track a student’s progress. |\n| For years, Illinois had a two-tiered assessment system that created a | The new assessment system spans grades three through eleven to |\n| disconnect between grade schools and high schools, confusing | reflect the progression of skills and knowledge needed to be college |\n| students, families and educators alike. | and career ready. |\n| Intended to rank students.\u003Cbr>Previous state assessments such as the ACT are norm referenced – that is, they are intended to sort students based on average scores rather than on students’ proven command of concepts. | Captures what students know and are able to do.\u003Cbr>The new assessments are not intended to rank students, but rather are designed to capture students’ mastery of grade-level standards. |\n| Reported results months later.\u003Cbr>Students and teachers typically received the assessment results when it was too late to provide support. | Reports results within weeks.\u003Cbr>The more timely feedback enables educators to adjust their\u003Cbr>instruction and direct support to students who need it.\u003Cbr>NOTE: This will not occur during the first year due to the initial time required to determine performance levels. |\n| Relied on local assessments to support instruction. | Supports instruction with aligned formative assessments and |\n| Many school districts used local resources to provide diagnostic | other tools. |\n| assessments because of their instructional value, and because the | Teachers no longer will have to translate between assessment |\n| state did not provide them. Districts without financial means have no | systems to gain an early window into teaching and learning. The |\n| such tool. This is an issue of equity in a state with some of the largest | mid-year formative test supports classroom instruction and enables |\n| achievement gaps nationwide. | districts to streamline their number of assessments. |\n| High school assessments did not align with instruction.\u003Cbr>While the ACT exam serves the important purpose of exposing all students to a college entrance exam, and WorkKeys can be used to measure workplace readiness, neither is aligned to the college and career readiness standards. | High school asse","cbCaifsHBoics2qV","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifsHBoics2qV","pdf",86493,"English","# Illinois’ Transition To New Assessments\n## What PARCC Covers\n## Old vs. New Assessments Comparison","[{\"question\":\"What assessments will Illinois students take in Spring 2015?\",\"answer\":\"Students will take new state assessments called PARCC, covering math and English Language Arts aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards.\"},{\"question\":\"Which grades does PARCC cover, and what does it replace?\",\"answer\":\"PARCC covers grades 3 through high school and replaces earlier standardized tests such as ISAT and the Prairie State Achievement Exam.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the new assessments differ from the old ones in measuring student learning?\",\"answer\":\"The new assessments measure deeper learning, require handling complex material, and ask students to support arguments with evidence and explain reasoning, including assessing writing.\"}]","Illinois’ Transition To New Assessments - Spring 2015 | PDF"]