Acronym Soup
Who the heck are they?
Walk in the PARCC
College & Career Ready
Quotes
100
PARCC
What is Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
100
Director of Safe & Orderly Schools
Who is Alice Swift?
100
Literacy Analysis, Research Simulation and Narrative
What are Task Generation Models?
100
Focus, Coherence and Rigor
What are the CCSS shifts in mathematics?
100
On behalf of my colleagues, I pledge that we will give you the very best we have and rededicate ourselves to access, equity, and excellence for all.
Who is George Arlotto?
200
EOC
What is the Executive Oversight Committee
200
Assistant Superintendent of Advanced Studies & Programs
Who is Mary Tillar?
200
Serve as a bridge between the Common Core Standards and the PARCC Assessments
What is the Content Model Framework?
200
Qualitative, Quantitative, Reader and the Task
What is the three factors for measuring complex text?
200
Great principals make it cool to care. They understand that behaviors and beliefs are tied to emotion, and they understand the power of emotion to jump-start change.
Who is Todd Whitaker?
300
PLD
What is Performance Level Descriptors?
300
Executive Director of Equity & Accelerated Student Achievement
Who is Anthony Alston?
300
Describe the type of prompt for an item and its appearance on the PBA and/or EOY assessments.
What are task types?
300
Requires students to return to the text to formulate responses
What are text dependent questions?
300
"There is only one way to be great. you have to take it... If you decide you want to be great, you will be. And, you can talk about fortune and misfortune, luck and connections and all the other stuff people make up excuses about in their lives. The people who do great things, accomplish at the highest levels, they decide to be great. And nothing gets in the way of that: not an opponent, not fortune, not fate - nothing."
Who is John Harbaugh?
400
ASP
What is Advance Studies and Programs
400
Director of Assessment
Who is Shannon Pugh?
400
Categorical levels used to report and describe student performance
What are performance level descriptors?
400
Complex text, academic language, evidence from text, building knowledge through content rich nonfiction
What are the shifts in ELA?
400
GRIT is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.
Who is Angela Lee Duckworth?
500
PBA
What is Performance Based Assessment
500
Senior Manager of School Supports and Equitable Practices
Who is Becky Schou?
500
Students are “on track” for college and career readiness
What is PARCC’s master claim?
500
65-85% of instructional time should be spent on these standards
What is the major content standards for mathematics (green)?
500
As this festive holiday approaches, I want to take the opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude for the work you do on behalf of children every day. Your contributions are immeasurable and I am thankful to be in your company.
Who is Janine Robinson? :-) 
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