ELA/Literacy Sample Items
PARCC's ELA/Literacy items are being designed to adhere closely to the Common Core State Standards. At the heart of the core are the "shifts," which ground PARCC's assessment design. These "shifts" are a condensed version of the NYS Shifts and can be reviewed in the PowerPoint below.
PARCC Shifts and Sample Items: ELA/Literacy | |
File Size: | 958 kb |
File Type: | ppt |
Sample Passages and Items
Currently available sample items are available below and are grouped by grade level.
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7 (New items November 2013)
Grade 8 (New November 2013)
Grade 9 (pending)
Grade 10 (New items November 2013)
Grade 11 (pending)
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7 (New items November 2013)
Grade 8 (New November 2013)
Grade 9 (pending)
Grade 10 (New items November 2013)
Grade 11 (pending)
Sample Rubrics
Draft rubrics are also included in the available materials to help support a stronger understanding of what the Prose Constructed Response items are asking students to know and be able to do. These rubrics are in draft form but can be used as a reference until they are refined by additional student responses during the completion of the pilot and field test. These draft rubrics are general and will be used as the basis for creating item-specific rubrics for each illustrative sample item and each operational PARCC item.