PARCC Model Content Frameworks

PARCC MODEL CONTENT FRAMEWORKS

As part of its proposal to the U.S. Department of Education, the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers committed to developing model content frameworks for mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA/literacy) to serve as a bridge between the Common Core State Standards and the PARCC assessments.

The PARCC Model Content Frameworks were developed through a state-led process that included mathematics and ELA/literacy content experts in PARCC member states and members of the Common Core State Standards writing team. The Model Content Frameworks are voluntary resources offered by PARCC to help curriculum developers and teachers as they work to implement the standards in their states and districts. They are designed with the following purposes in mind:

• Supporting implementation of the Common Core State Standards, and
• Informing the development of item specifications and blueprints for the PARCC assessments in grades 3–8 and high school.

The Model Content Frameworks are intended to be dynamic and responsive to evidence and ongoing input. As such, PARCC hopes they will be used by educators for the remainder of the 2011–12 school year. In spring 2012, PARCC will again solicit feedback on the Model Content Frameworks, and a refined version will be issued to incorporate feedback as needed. In this way, the Model Content Frameworks can evolve to reflect the real-life experiences of educators and students.

Download the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics in PDF format.

Download the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA-Literacy in PDF format.

Click here to listen to the recording of the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for Mathematics Webinar that took place on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.

Click here to listen to the recording of the PARCC Model Content Frameworks for ELA-Literacy Webinar that took place on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.