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The PARCC Assessment System will be designed to measure knowledge, skills, and understanding essential to achieving college and career readiness. In ELA/Literacy, these include the following as defined by the standards:
• Comprehending complex texts: This master competency requires students to read and comprehend a range of grade-level complex texts, including texts they encounter in the domains of ELA, science, history/social studies, technical subjects, and the arts.4 Because vocabulary is a critical component of reading comprehension, it will be assessed in the context of reading passages.
• Analyzing sources in writing: This master competency requires students to demonstrate the core interrelated literacy activities of reading, gathering evidence about what is read, and analyzing and presenting that evidence in writing.
• Conducting and reporting on research: This competency expands on “analyzing sources in writing” to include assessing students’ abilities to gather resources, evaluate their relevance, and report on information and ideas they have investigated (i.e., to conduct original research to answer questions or to solve problems).
• Speaking and listening: This competency requires students to demonstrate a range of interactive oral communication and interpersonal skills, including but not limited to skills necessary for making formal presentations, working collaboratively, sharing findings, and listening carefully to the ideas of others.
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