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Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test
Annotated Packet
for
Reading
Grade 7
Dr. Joseph B. Morton State Superintendent of Education
Alabama State Department of Education
Montgomery, Alabama
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 3
Glossary of Common Terms 4
Reading Grade 7 Passage 1960 5
Question and Rubric 7
Question Samples of responses with annotations 8
Reading Grade 7 Passage The “Unforgettable” Nat King Cole 17
Question 18
Rubric 19
Question Samples of responses with annotations 20
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INTRODUCTION
This document provides specific information about the open-ended questions on the
Alabama Reading and Mathematics Test (ARMT). It is intended to give an overview of
how responses to open-ended questions are scored and provides responses at each score
point.
This document includes two open-ended questions from previous administrations of the
ARMT. Each open-ended question is followed by three responses for each score point
and the scoring rubric. Sample responses will include annotations and explanations on
scoring decisions. Students were not penalized for spelling or grammar errors that had no
impact on the meaning of the response.
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GLOSSARY OF COMMON TERMS
Annotations: A brief explanation of why a paper has received the score it has,
emphasizing the specific ways it is representative of that score point and
sometimes pointing out what is lacking that may have made it a higher score
point.
Invalids: Refers to student responses which do not meet criteria for scorability. For
example, blank papers; off-task and/or off-topic papers; papers containing only
irrelevant marks or images. These papers receive a score of zero.
Item: A question for which a score or set of scores is to be recorded based on the
response.
Logic: The process used to obtain the correct answer. An example is the logical and
appropriate text-based support for the successful completion of test questions.
Sufficient logic for reading items requires the student to write coherent responses
which demonstrate his/her level of understanding of the reading material. The
responses might require literal comprehension (such as sequencing, supporting
details, and following directions), or inferential comprehension of reading text
(such as drawing conclusions, making inferences, determining main idea, using
text features, analyzing characterization and their behaviors).
Open-ended response: Complex assessment items/tasks that can be approached or
solved in more than one way and have more than one accurate response. Students
are asked to include reasons for their conclusions.
Rubric: Written descriptions of the performance evidence or behaviors expected at each
level or score point on the scale for open-ended items.
Score point: A numerical value representing the level of success a constructed response
achieves in relation to the rubric and the descriptors for each score point.
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QUESTION
RUBRIC
Score
Point
3 The response should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the events in
the story and their relation to Jake’s changing his point of view. Response
cites examples from the story that may include the following:
• From the onset of the debates, there is a clear difference in the two
candidates’ appearance.
• Jake’s sister, Karen, immediately becomes more animated when she
sees how attractive Kennedy is.
• Jake begins to notice Nixon’s apprehension and Kennedy’s calm
demeanor.
• After the debates, Jake’s parents argue over politics for the first time.
• Jake comes to the realization that his family had different experiences
regarding the debates.
2 The response should demonstrate a general understanding of the unfolding
events and their relation to the change in Jake’s point of view. Response may
include some elements of a score point 3 response, but is less well-rounded.
1 The response should demonstrate a limited understanding of the relationship
between the events and Jake’s point of view and includes bare or no support.
0 There may be an attempt to address the prompt, but it is inaccurate,
insufficient, or off task.
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Sample Paper 1
Score Point 1
The response demonstrates a limited understanding of the relationship
between the events and Jake’s point of view (“When he saw how both of
the men had looked while talking”) and includes no support. This answer
results in a minimal score point 1 response.
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Sample Paper 2
Score Point 1
The response demonstrates a limited understanding of the relationship
between the events and Jake’s point of view (“…he was uninterested in
politics and was more conserned with reading his book…”) and includes
no support from the passage. This answer basically restates the prompt’s
question at the beginning and at the end. It is not sufficient for a higher
score point than the 1 it was given.
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Sample Paper 3
Score Point 1
The response demonstrates a limited understanding of the relationship
between events and Jake’s point of view (“…would rather read his
science fiction book”), includes bare support (“Then his sister said the
teacher suggested that they watch it”), and results in meeting the standard
for a score point 1 answer.
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Sample Paper 4
Score Point 2
This response demonstrates a general understanding of the unfolding events
and their relation to the change in Jake’s point of view (“…became more
interested in the debate by noticing the candidates having different
expressions on them”) and uses details from the story for support (“For
example, …that Nixon looked a little apprehensive, but Kennedy looked
cool and relaxed”). The last part of the student’s answer (“Jake maybe had
a feel on the points Kennedy had and could agree on where he was going
with his thoughts”) is not supported by information from the story and fails to elevate this higher score point 2 response to the score point 3 range.
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Sample Paper 5
Score Point 2
This response demonstrates a general understanding of the unfolding
events and their relation to the change in Jake’s point of view
(“…becomes more interested because he didn’t know his parents were so
into it”). It attributes Jake’s interest to his parents’ interest and their
argument (“His mom was agruing with his dad over who won the
debate”) and for whom they were voting. If the student had provided
more substantial details from the story for support, this score point 2
response could have been given a higher score.
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Sample Paper 6
Score Point 2
The response demonstrates a general understanding of the unfolding
events and their relation to the change in Jake’s point of view (“Jake
begins to get interested when his parents started arguing about politics,
which they had never done before”). It supports that idea with the
information that (“Jake realized that the reason they were arguing is
because his father and his mother saw the debate in diffent
perspectives”). This answer meets the standard for a score point 2 level
response.
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Sample Paper 7
Score Point 3
This response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the events in the
story and their relation to Jake’s changing point of view and keys upon how
the candidates looked (“When Nixon looked a little apprehensive, and
Kennedy looked calm and relaxed”) and what they agreed and disagreed
about (“... not about the goals for America but only about the means to
reach these goals”). It also mentions Jake’s reaction to the debate as well as
a reason for his reaction (“Jake like to listen to them debate on the ten
questions because he was kind of unfamilier with it”). This answer meets
the requirements of the higher score point 3 type responses.
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Sample Paper 8
Score Point 3
The response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the events in the
story and their relation to Jake’s changing point of view and keys in on
Jake’s idea of the candidates’ appearance and what they were discussing
(“he watches Kennedy’s cool mind against Nixon who looked like a
sleepy person and caused him to tune out on items like taxes he didn’t
know about”). It also mentions (“At the end he relised that watching t.v.
and listening to the radio is what caused his parents to fight”) because
(“They had never heard their parents disagree so strongly on politics …
ever”). This elaboration results in an adequate score point 3 response.
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Sample Paper 9
Score Point 3
The response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the events in the
story and their relation to Jake’s changing point of view (“Jake found the
campaign very interesting because it was his first time watching it”) and
provides supporting evidence (“…his parents had a dissagreement”; “It
was the first time his parents had argued about politics”). In this answer,
the student recognizes that (“Jake liked seeing their different veiws about who they thought won”) making this a good score point 3 level response.
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QUESTION
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RUBRIC
Score
Point
3 The response should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the information
provided by the graph and recognize that the 1940s was the most significant
decade for Cole. The response includes complete details for support. Examples
may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• 1943 – Capital Record deal
• 1944 – “Straighten Up and Fly Right” hit
• 1946 – National radio show
2 The response should demonstrate a general understanding of the graph and
include some of the significant dates of the 1940s, but the support is not as
accurate or thorough as a point 3 score.
1 The response should demonstrate a limited understanding of the graph and
include inaccurate dates and bare or no support.
0 There may be an attempt to address the prompt, but it is inaccurate, insufficient,
or off task.
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Sample Paper 10
Score Point 1
This response shows limited understanding of the graph. It only mentions
one event from the correct decade (“The National Radio Show was more
events because he have more significance”) and results in the minimum score point of 1.
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Sample Paper 11
Score Point 1
The response shows limited understanding of the graph by identifying the
correct decade (“In the 1940’s his career really picked up”) and includes
one detail for support (“Because he was one of the frist Blacks to have
his own show”). This answer meets the requirement for a score point 1
type response.
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Sample Paper 12
Score Point 1
The response demonstrates a limited understanding of the graph by
selecting an inappropriate span of ten years (“The most significant
decade of Nat King Cole’s life was between 1946 and 1956”). It
includes an accurate event and date (“In 1946 the King Cole Trio was
given a national radio show”) and some information outside of the
requested correct decade (“In 1956, Cole had his first appearence on television”). This answer meets the standard for a score point of 1.
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Sample Paper 13
Score Point 2
This response demonstrates a general understanding of the graph by
selecting the correct data (“The 1940’s was his biggest decade…”) and
includes the most significant career events during that decade (“…his big
music deal with Capital records. Also he had his best hit in this decade.
Finally, he started his very popular Radio show”). Without listing the
dates of those events and not identifying the name of the “hit”, this
answer fails to go beyond this high score point of 2.
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Sample Paper 14
Score Point 2
The response demonstrates a general understanding of the information
provided by the graph by choosing the correct decade (“1940’s…”), but
includes only two of three career events (“…He had a national radio hit
and a capital recored deal”). The answer does not mention the significant dates of those events, and results in a typical solid score point 2 response.
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Score Point 2
The response demonstrates a general understanding of the graph by
correctly listing two of the three events (“He got a capitol Record Deal…
and He had a National Radio show at 1946…”). This answer gave some
information outside the correct decade (“…and had to go on a Network
Television Show around 1958”) and an inaccurate date of “1941” for the
Capitol Record Deal of 1943, resulting in a score point of 2.
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Sample Paper 16
Score Point 3
The response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the information
provided by the graph by selecting the correct information (“1940
through 1950 was the most significant decade in Cole’s life”). Although
the dates of the events are not given, the student has provided the correct
events of the decade (“…capitol record deal…sung ‘Straighten Up and
Fly Right’”; and “…radio show”). While the “TV show” did not occur in
the 1940’s decade, it appears to be more of an afterthought and does not drop the score for this answer below a score point of 3.
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Sample Paper 17
Score Point 3
This response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the information
provided by the graph by recognizing that (“The decade of 1940 – 1950
had the most significant career events in Cole’s life”). It includes the
details of all three major events of the 1940’s (“First, in about 1943
Capitol Records signed him on. Then a year later ‘Straighten Up and Fly
Right’ became a hit. Two years after his band got their own National
Radio Show”). This answer also tells us why they were significant
(“During this decade he became famous”) and results in the high score
point 3 response.
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Sample Paper 18
Score Point 3
The response demonstrates a thorough understanding of the information
provided by the graph and recognizes that (“The 1940s were the most
significant events of Nat King Cole’s great life”). It includes complete
details (“It all started when he was signed by Capitol Records in 1943.”;
“The next year, he recorded his first hit single, ‘Straighten Up and Fly
Right.’”; “The last big event of the 40s was when he received his national
radio show”) for support. This answer explains the significance of these events and results in a high score point 3 type response.