Book excerpt: New and Updated for the Revised PARCC Assessments for 2015-2016! This practice book is the perfect preparation tool for the new PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy assessments. It includes practice for all the tasks students will encounter on the real PARCC tests. Complete Preparation for the PARCC Tests - Separate sets cover all the types of tasks found on the real tests - Includes practice for literary analysis tasks, research simulation tasks, narrative writing tasks, literary passage sets, informational passage sets, and paired passages - Each set mimics the content of the real assessments - Flexible format allows question sets to be completed to suit any schedule Matches the PARCC English Language Arts/Literacy Assessments - Covers the Common Core skills assessed on the PARCC assessments - Includes the same question types found on the PARCC assessments - Provides practice completing selected-response, technology-enhanced, and constructed-response questions - Includes essay questions and narrative writing tasks Focuses on the Key Features of the Common Core Standards and PARCC Tests - Stronger emphasis on writing skills - Encourages close reading - Focuses on using evidence from texts - Greater emphasis on analyzing and evaluating texts - Increased rigor compared to previous tests