December 2014 Navigating BPS’ and PARCC’s Documents - A Sheet” for Administrators “Cheat Caption Purpose Audience Source Resource What does this Why is this resource Who else should use this can I locate an electronic copy of resource look like? important? resource? this resource? Provides schools all the items that should be teachers, test coordinators, test BPS Readiness Checklist completed to be prepared administrators, proctors for PARCC Identifies the content 2011 Massachusetts standards (objectives) and Curriculum Frameworks teachers, test coordinators, assessment emphasis for for ELA and Math curriculum coordinators ELA and Math for (Common Core Standards) Grades Pre-K-12. MCUs were developed by DESE to help educators implement the MCF. Educators are Massachusetts Model teachers, test coordinators, encouraged to adopt/adapt the Curriculum Units (MCUs) curriculum coordinators MCUs to meet curriculum needs and/or use the units as models DESE ELA and Math Rigor DESE defines rigor and what it teachers, test coordinators, (under DESE Deep-Dive into ELA and Math Deep-Dive looks like in ELA and Math curriculum coordinators Rigor heading) Navigating BPS’ and PARCC’s Documents A Sheet” for Administrators “Cheat December 2014
Navigating BPS’ and PARCC’s Documents A “Cheat Sheet” for Administrators December 2014 - Resource Caption What does this resource look like? Purpose Why is this resource important? Audience Who else should use this resource? Source can I locate an electronic copy of this resource? BPS Readiness Checklist Provides schools all the items that should be completed to be prepared for PARCC teachers, test coordinators, test administrators, proctors 2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for ELA and Math (Common Core Standards) Identifies the content standards (objectives) and assessment emphasis for ELA and Math for Grades Pre-K-12. teachers, test coordinators, curriculum coordinators Massachusetts Model Curriculum Units (MCUs) MCUs were developed by DESE to help educators implement the MCF. Educators are encouraged to adopt/adapt the MCUs to meet curriculum needs and/or use the units as models teachers, test coordinators, curriculum coordinators DESE ELA and Math Rigor Deep-Dive DESE defines rigor and what it looks like in ELA and Math teachers, test coordinators, curriculum coordinators (under DESE Deep-Dive into ELA and Math Rigor heading) Navigating BPS’ and PARCC’s Documents A “Cheat Sheet” for Administrators December 2014
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