PARCC Practice Test Activity
Are you in your group? Good! Follow the steps below.
1. Access the PARCC practice tests by clicking here.
2. As a group, choose one grade level PARCC Practice Test for math. Take the entire test and check your answers.
3. Take a test that is one grade level above or below the grade level you took in step #2. Check your answers.
DISCUSS:
a. What surprises you about the practice test you took in step 2? What concerns do you have about the test or about students taking the test?
b. What are the differences between the two tests that you took in terms of rigor, the question types, and what is required of students in general?
c. What do we need to do to help prepare our students for these assessments? How are we going to do that?
1. Access the PARCC practice tests by clicking here.
2. As a group, choose one grade level PARCC Practice Test for math. Take the entire test and check your answers.
3. Take a test that is one grade level above or below the grade level you took in step #2. Check your answers.
DISCUSS:
a. What surprises you about the practice test you took in step 2? What concerns do you have about the test or about students taking the test?
b. What are the differences between the two tests that you took in terms of rigor, the question types, and what is required of students in general?
c. What do we need to do to help prepare our students for these assessments? How are we going to do that?