The school year is well underway, and teachers in Louisiana are all awaiting the arrival of a very important date. No, not the start of Christmas break, the release of PARCC results. My name is Meredith Starks, and I teach third grade at Bellaire Elementary in Bossier Parish. Additionally, I have had the honor to serve as a Teacher Leader Advisor for three years.
Like many teachers in Louisiana, I am eagerly awaiting the PARCC student reports from the 2014-2015 school year. Not only am I excited to see how my students performed last year, but more importantly I am excited to have a critical piece of information that my team and I can use to drive our instruction this year. In team meetings, we have been reviewing the PARCC Parent Guide and Parent Conversation Guide for Teachers in order to better prepare ourselves for the release of student reports, and plan to have a PARCC Parent Night where we will give parents an opportunity to have their questions about the test results answered. In addition to these guides, the Department will release a Teachers' Guide to the PARCC Results which walks teachers through how to interpret their student data and recommended adjustments to your instruction based on certain trends.
Teacher Leaders who would like additional support in understanding this data should attend one of the November Teacher Leader Collaboration Events
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where presenters will walk through the details of these reports in addition to providing updated information about the 2015-2016 assessments. I hope to see you there!
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Last Chance to Register for November Teacher Leader Collaborations
Registration for the
November Teacher Leader Collaboration Events
will close this Friday, November 6. These events will cover important information for educators including, but not limited to, information about the 2014-2015 grades 3-8 assessment results and preparing for the 2015-2016 grade 3-8 assessments. Click here to
register
for one of the following events:
- November 16: Baton Rouge *FULL*
- November 17: Jennings
- November 18: Monroe *FULL*
- November 19: Jefferson
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PARCC Educator Resources Released
The Department has released new educator resources to help districts, teachers and principals prepare for the upcoming release of the 2014-2015 ELA and math student results next Thursday, November 12. These resources are designed to support schools in the release of student reports, and teachers in understating their data and using it to make adjustments to their instruction.
These resources include:
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For information on these resources or other assessment information, please contact us at
assessment@la.gov
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2015 Assessment & Accountability Results Released
Over the course of this summer and fall, the Department has released all 2015 assessment results detailing how students were able to meet the new and more rigorous learning standards. The results, detailed below, have shown that in some areas students are meeting or exceeding higher expectations, and in some areas have more work to do to master the content.
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ASSESSMENT ITEM
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DATE RELEASED
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LOCATION/LINK
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District, school and, student-level Grade 3-8 ELA and math assessment results
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October 22, 2015
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2015 NAEP Results
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October 28, 2015
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High School Report Cards and School Performance Scores
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October 29, 2015
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Instructional Resources Released
- Science Instructional Tasks: The Department has released instructional tasks for science that can be incorporated into any science curriculum. These tasks incorporate a variety of sources for students to read and respond to rigorous writing prompts and can be modified to meet the needs of the students in your classroom. Other science tasks will be released throughout the remainder of the school year.
- EAGLE Math Items: During the week of November 9, the Department will release new ELA and math assessment items across grades K-12. Click here for a grade-level list of content released since August 2015.
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*This e-mail has been sent to all nominated Louisiana Teacher Leader participants.
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