The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a group of states working together to develop a modern assessment that replaces previous state standardized tests. It provides better information for teachers and parents to identify where a student needs help, or is excelling, so they are able to enhance instruction to meet individual student needs. The 2014-2015 administrations of the PARCC assessment included two separate test administration windows: the Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) and the End-of-Year (EOY), both of which were administered in paper-based and computer-based formats. The first window was for administration of the PBA, and the second window was for the administration of the EOY. The Performance-Based Assessment included three Prose Constructed Responses (PCR), one per task for English Language Arts/Literacy. This guide is designed to help educators understand the scoring of constructed response items. The following sections are included: (1) Task Types, Scoring Rubrics, Anchor Sets and Annotations Overview; (2) Scoring Process Overview; and (3) Released Items.