New Mexicos

artnersh|p for Assessment of kead|ness

for Co||ege and Careers (NMAkCC):

21 Iacts Lvery New Mex|can Shou|d
know

Lynn vsquez
A8CC AssessmenL ulrecLor
AssessmenL & LvaluaLlon
nMLu


New Standards kequ|re New 1ests
new Mexlco adopLed Lhe Common Core SLaLe SLandards
(CCSS) ln 2010
1he arLnershlp for Lhe AssessmenL of 8eadlness for College
and Careers (A8CC) LesLs are allgned Lo Lhe CCSS
1he Common SLaLe Core SLandards are deslgned Lo beLLer
prepare sLudenLs for college and Lhe workforce
A8CC wlll provlde valld and rellable daLa Lo measure a
students college and career readiness
2
New Mex|co |s a member of the AkCC
Consort|um of States.
arLnershlp for
AssessmenL of
8eadlness for
College and
Careers
3
#1: new Mexlco helped bulld A8CC
AssessmenLs
Cver 60 nM LducaLors from k-12 and lnsLlLuLlons of hlgher
educaLlon have revlewed and approved A8CC MaLh and
Lngllsh language ArLs assessmenL quesLlons and have been
Lralned on A8CC Leacher resources.

LlsLen Lo your colleagues Lalk abouL nMA8CC here.


#2: ln 2014-13 nMA8CC wlll replace Lhe
MaLh, 8eadlng and WrlLlng nMS8A &
PSCA




NMS8A NMAkCC
MaLhemaLlcs MaLhemaLlcs
8eadlng Lngllsh Language
ArLs/LlLeracy
(8eadlng & WrlLlng)
WrlLlng
Sclence nMS8A wlll conLlnue Lo be assessed
1he AkCC Assessment Des|gn A||ows Students to
Demonstrate Mastery of the Iu|| kange of CCSS Sk|||s

Lnd-of-ear
Assessment
lnnovaLlve,
compuLer-based
lLems


erformance-8ased
Assessment (8A)
LxLended Lasks
AppllcaLlons of
concepLs and skllls
WrlLlng
6
7SS 90S
2 kequ|red Adm|n|strat|ons
8A LC
1esLlng Llme has been broken
down Lo 2 shorLer sesslons vs.
long seaL Llme ln 1 wlndow

1esLlng sLudenLs on wrlLlng
and consLrucLed responses aL
73 of Lhe year allows for
expedlenL Lurnaround on
sLudenL achlevemenL scores.


1he AkCC Assessment Des|gn
Lngllsh Language ArLs/LlLeracy and MaLhemaLlcs, Crades 3-11
Lnd-of-ear
Assessment
lnnovaLlve, compuLer-
based lLems
8equlred

erformance-8ased
Assessment (8A)
LxLended Lasks
AppllcaLlons of
concepLs and skllls
8equlred
D|agnost|c Assessment
Larly lndlcaLor of
sLudenL knowledge
and skllls Lo lnform
lnsLrucLlon, supporLs,
and u
non-summaLlve
Speak|ng & L|sten|ng
Assessment
2 Cpt|ona| Assessments]I|ex|b|e Adm|n|strat|ons
M|d-ear
Assessment
erformance-based
Lmphasls on hard-Lo-
measure sLandards
7
7SS 90S
Ava||ab|e |n 201S-16
S0S
2 kequ|red Adm|n|strat|ons
8A M|d-ear LC
#3: 1he nMA8CC AssessmenLs wlll be
glven ln 2 separaLe LesLlng wlndows.
W|ndow 1 Students w||| take 3 Sess|ons of LLA and 2 Sess|ons of Math after
approx|mate|y 7S of the schoo| year.

AkCC
8A
LlLerary
Sesslon 1
LLA
8esearch
Sesslon 2
LLA
narraLlve
Sesslon 3
LLA
Sesslon 1
MaLh
Sesslon 2
MaLh








W|ndow 2 Students w||| take 2 sess|on of LLA and 2 Sess|ons of
Math after 90 of the schoo| year

AkCC
LC
Sesslon 1
LLA
Sesslon 2
LLA

Sesslon 1
MaLh

Sesslon 2
MaLh







1esLed Areas by grade level and
sesslons per wlndow:
Grade Leve|s 1ested Areas 8A (7S) LC (90)
3-8 nMA8CC MaLhemaLlcs 2 Sesslons
2 Sesslons
3-8 nMA8CC Lngllsh Language
ArLs/LlLeracy (LLA)
3 Sesslons 2 Sesslons
Plgh School Algebra l & ll
CeomeLry
C8
lnLegraLed MaLh l, ll, lll
2 Sesslons 2 Sesslons
Plgh School LLA/LlLeracy
l, ll, lll
3 Sesslons 2 Sesslons
nMA8CC LesL wlndows for 2014-13
school year:
8A w|ndow: March 2March 27, 201S
Lach sLudenL Lakes 3 sesslons of LLA
Lach sLudenL Lakes 2 sesslons of MaLh

LC w|ndow: Apr|| 13May 8, 201S
Lach sLudenL Lakes 2 sesslons of LLA
Lach sLudenL Lakes 2 sesslons of MaLh

#4. 1he average LesLlng Llme dld noL lncrease for
whaL sLudenLs have experlenced Laklng Lhe
nMS8A.

Cn average lL wlll Lake a sLudenLs a LoLal of 9
hours Lo compleLe nMA8CC, whlch lncludes
3 hours for 8A and 4 hours for LC?.

1hls Llme ls comparable Lo Lhe Llme sLudenLs
Look Lo compleLe prevlous admlnlsLraLlons of
Lhe nMS8A. keep ln mlnd wrlLlng ls assessed
aL every grade on nMA8CC.


#3. A8CC Wlll be AdmlnlsLered on CompuLers
.
nMA8CC wlll be avallable
Lo dlsLrlcLs vla procLor
cachlng, whlch mlnlmlzes
Lhe amounL of bandwldLh
used durlng LesLlng.

1he mosL currenL
Lechnology requlremenLs
can be found here.

#6. 1he nM 1ech looLprlnL helps schools Lo
deLermlne Lhelr Lech readlness for nMA8CC
#7. ALL new Mexlco schools can access
A8CC sLudenL sample quesLlons onllne:
!""#$$ &'#$# (&#)$ *&+ www.A8CC.earson.com

#8. nMA8CC wlll lnclude a varleLy of quesLlon
Lypes ln boLh maLh and LLA/llLeracy
All consLrucLed response quesLlons wlll appear on
Lhe 8A Lo allow Llme for scorlng and reLurn of
resulLs by Lhe end of Lhe year.

8oLh 8A and LC? wlll lnclude mulLlple
cholce/selecLed response quesLlons.

1echnology enhanced quesLlons wlll requlre
funcLlons such as drag and drop wlll be manlpulaLed
by sLudenLs.
#9. nMA8CC lncludes wrlLlng for all
assessed grade levels.

60 of Lhe LLA/LlLeracy assessmenL wlll lnvolve wrlLlng.

All passages used ln nMA8CC LLA/LlLeracy ls developed from
auLhenLlc LexLs.

SLudenLs wlll compose 3 pleces of prose durlng Lhe 8A
Sesslons.


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Lex||e kanges
Grade 8and |n
the Standards
C|d Lex||e
Leve|s
Common Core
Lex||e Leve|s
Lxamp|e 1|t|es
k-1 nA nA
2-3 430-723 430-790 Poles (660)
4-3 648-843 770-980 1he 7 PablLs of Plghly
LffecLlve 1eens (870)
6-8 860-1010 993-1113 Around Lhe World ln 80
uays (1070)
9-10 960-1113 1080-1303 All the Kings Men (1130)
11-CC88 1070-1220 1213-1333 1he namesake (1210)
#10. 60 of Lhe nMA8CC maLh quesLlons
focus on Lhe ma[or work of Lhe grade.

Peavy emphasls ls placed on Lhe ma[or work
of Lhe grade, as ouLllned ln Lhe A8CC Model
ConLenL lrameworks found aL
www.A8CConllne.org



#11. AkCC |s more r|gorous than
NMS8A

A8CC Algebra l/MaLhemaLlcs l

#12. nMA8CC hlgh school scores wlll
be used for mulLlple purposes

nMA8CC hlgh school assessmenLs wlll be used ln a
slmllar manner as nMS8A for purposes of:
CraduaLlon
AccounLablllLy
LducaLor effecLlveness

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#13. nMA8CC wlll be offered ln boLh LradlLlonal
and lnLegraLed hlgh school maLh course
sequences.
nMA8CC Plgh School MaLh 1esLs are deslgned as
Lnd-of-Course assessmenLs.
1rad|t|ona| Sequence* Integrated Sequence*
Algebra l MaLhemaLlcs 1
CeomeLry MaLhemaLlcs 2
Algebra ll MaLhemaLlcs 3
*1herefore Lhe course Lhe sLudenL has compleLed, noL
Lhe P2 or P3 deslgnaLlon should deLermlne when Lhe
sLudenL Lakes hls/her nMA8CC maLh LesL.
#14. SLudenLs wlll have accesslblllLy feaLures
and accommodaLlons supporL when
Laklng nMA8CC .
unless a sLudenLs ls ldenLlfled Lo Lake, nMAA, all
sLudenLs ln grades 3-P.S. wlll Lake nMA8CC.

new Mexlco has adopLed Lhe "#$%%
#,,/99/3&-./0' >&02&+ ?"#>) whlch can be found
here. 8efer Lo AM and Lhe appendlces for a full llsL
of all A8CC sLudenL supporLs.
PlghllghLlng
CusLomlzed colors
1exL Lo speech
CapLlons for audlo
Pome language
supporLs/Lools
8rallle
(LacLlle/refreshable)
Slgnlng supporLs
(ASL)
AsslsLlve Lechnology
AkCC |s des|gned to be access|b|e to students w|th
d|sab|||t|es and Lng||sh Learners
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1rans|at|on o||cy

A8CC wlll develop LranslaLlons of lLs mathemat|cs
assessments lnLo Spanlsh and oLher languages as necessary,
buL use of Lhe LranslaLed assessmenLs wlll be a sLaLe declslon.
1he addlLlonal cosLs assoclaLed wlLh LranslaLlng and
admlnlsLerlng assessmenLs ln languages oLher Lhan Lngllsh
wlll be shared by Lhe sLaLes LhaL use Lhem.



#13. All sLudenLs are ellglble Lo access
nMA8CC maLhemaLlcs ln an audlLory
formaL.

Slnce readlng ls noL Lhe consLrucL belng assessed, all
sLudenLs parLlclpaLlng ln A8CC maLh, as determ|ned
by teachers, parents and the students can have
access Lo nMA8CC MaLh ln Lhe followlng ways:
Puman reader
1exL-Lo-Speech on C81 plaLform
*1hls accesslblllLy feaLure musL be lndenLlfled ln advance of LesLlng,
buL does nC1 requlre an lL, 304 or LLL lan.
#16. A students NMPARCC results will reflect
Lhe followlng maLh clalms:
A) SLudenLs so|ve
prob|ems |nvo|v|ng the
ma[or content for Lhelr
grade level wlLh
connecLlons Lo pracLlces
8) SLudenLs so|ve prob|ems
|nvo|v|ng the add|t|ona|
and support|ng content for
Lhelr grade level wlLh
connecLlons Lo pracLlces
C) SLudenLs express
mathemat|ca| reason|ng
by consLrucLlng
maLhemaLlcal argumenLs
and crlLlques
D) SLudenLs solve real
world problems engaglng
parLlcularly ln Lhe
mode||ng pract|ce
L) SLudenL demonstrate
f|uency ln areas seL forLh ln
Lhe SLandards for ConLenL
ln grades 3-6
SLudenLs are on-Lrack or ready for college and
careers
#17. A students NMPARCC results will reflect the
followlng LLA/LlLeracy clalms:
SLudenLs are on-Lrack or ready for college and careers
Students read and comprehend a
range of suff|c|ent|y comp|ex texts
|ndependent|y

kead|ng
L|terature
kL.k.1-10
kead|ng
Informat|ona|
1ext
kI.k.1-10 and
kead|ng
L|teracy
Standards
Vocabu|ary
Interpretat|on
and Use
kL]kI.k.4 and
L.k. 4-6
Students wr|te
effect|ve|y when us|ng
and]or ana|yz|ng
sources.
Wr|tten
Lxpress|on
W.k.1-10 and
D|sc|p||nary
Wr|t|ng
Standards
Convent|ons
and
know|edge
of Language
L.k.1.-3
Students
bu||d and
present
know|edge
through
research and
the
|ntegrat|on,
compar|son,
and synthes|s
of |deas.
#18. At every grade, a students NMPARCC
reporL wlll provlde an lndlcaLor for Lhe
nMA8CC MasLer Clalm.
Master C|a|m: SLudenLs are on-Lrack or ready for
college and careers

A sLudenL wlLh a ,#-./-)*0"# 1#2#3 of 4 or 3 ls
progresslng Lo meeLlng or has meL Lhe masLer
clalm.



#19. AL each grade level nMA8CC wlll reporL 3 performance
levels to signal a students overall achievement.








NMACC erformance Leve|s
Level 3 5.'-.0(2.'8)3 %/99&03
Level 4 *-7/0( %/99&03
Level 3 >/3)7&-) %/99&03
Level 2 "&7-.&+ %/99&03
Level 1 >.0.9&+ %/99&03
ln order Lo earn a %/++)()F &03 %&7))7F$)&3C 5)-)79.0&-./0
(CC8-u) ln MaLhemaLlcs and LLA/LlLeracy, a sLudenL musL earn a
Lu Level of 4 or 3.

A8CC ls a benchmark for graduaLlon sLarLlng ln 2016
benchmark (C8 a passlng Lu 3, A8CC score can serve Lo meeL
graduaLlon requlremenLs for sLudenLs, beglnnlng ln 2016)



#20. NMAkCC resu|ts w||| have mean|ng beyond h|gh
schoo|.
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A8CC wlll slgnal lf hlgh school sLudenLs are
prepared Lo enLer college wlLhouL Lhe need Lo
Lake remedlal courses
new Mexlco lnsLlLuLlons of hlgher educaLlon are
dlscusslng Lhe use and meanlngfulness of A8CC
scores
A8CC wlll slgnal lf sLudenLs graduaLlng from
hlgh school are ready for programs LhaL lead Lo
cerLlflcaLlon ln a skllled career
#20. nMA8CC resulLs wlll have meanlng beyond
hlgh school.
Students who earn a CollegeF&03 %&7))7F$)&3C
5)-)79.0&-./0 ?%%$F5GH &,8.)I.0( & "J5 /@ & = /7 KH &03
&7) &39.--)3 -/ -6/F /7 @/27FC)&7 A2B+., .0'-.-2-./0' /@
8.(8)7 )32,&-./0 6.++ B) )L)9A-)3 @7/9 8&I.0( -/ -&D) &03
A&'' A+&,)9)0- -)'-' 3)'.(0)3 -/ 3)-)79.0) 68)-8)7 -8)C
&7) &,&3)9.,&++C A7)A&7)3 -/ )0-)7 3.7),-+C .0-/ )0-7CF
+)I)+H ,7)3.-FB)&7.0( ,/27')' .0 4J#M+.-)7&,CH 9&-8)9&-.,'H
&03 -),80.,&+ ,/27')' 7)N2.7.0( ,/++)()F+)I)+ 7)&3.0(H
writing, or mathematics skills.

(AdopLed by A8CC Covernlng 8oard CcLober 2012)

#21. nMA8CC ls supporLed by many resources.


vlslL Lhe Lu nMA8CC WebslLe.

vlslL A8CC onllne webslLe: hLLp://www.parcconllne.org/

uownload Lhe A8CC Model ConLenL lrameworks for
maLh and LLA/LlLeracy here.

uownload Lhe A8CC AssessmenL 8lueprlnLs and 1esL
SpeclflcaLlons here.

Allow sLudenLs and parenLs Lo lnLeracL wlLh A8CC sample
lLems aL: www.A8CC.earson.com