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Summative Assessment Frameworks

English Language Arts

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Alaska Measures of Progress English Language Arts Summative Assessment Framework

The Alaska English Language Arts Standards is a set of specific, rigorous expectations that build students’ skills across grades in reading and analyzing a variety of complex texts, writing with clarity for different purposes, and presenting and evaluating ideas and evidence. The standards are designed to develop a logical progression of fluency, analysis, and application, moving students toward college and career readiness.

Building on the Alaska English Language Arts Standards, test development for the AMP assessment is focusing item development on broader skills and strategies rather than individual standards and discrete skills—a method more reflective of both the holistic approaches teachers use to teach and the ways students learn. This document includes information about the content emphases and the item specifications of AMP. While documents such as these are typically created for the teams of test developers and content specialists who write and review test questions, they can also provide helpful information for teachers. The Summative Assessment Framework combines test development documents and adapts the information for use by educators. The Framework provides an overview of the assessment for each grade, using tables to identify accompanying Claims and thoroughly define Targets, including statements of the evidence required.

The Summative Assessment Framework

The AMP Summative Assessment Framework shows the percentage and Relative Emphasis for Claims and Targets for the summative assessments. The AMP Summative Assessment Frameworks for both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) do three very specific things:

1. Organize the standards around big ideas (Claims). A Claim is a broad statement that outlines the outcomes that demonstrate mastery of the standards.

2. Describe the specific skills required of students in order to be successful on AMP through Targets. Targets are groups of related standards.

3. Create a content emphasis to form a bridge between standards, assessment, and instruction. This bridge can help educators analyze how a lesson or unit engages a student’s cognitive process and what level of cognitive rigor (Depth of Knowledge) it requires.

AMP

The Alaska Measures of Progress assessment is a computer-based assessment for grades 3-10 aligned to the Alaska English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards (adopted in 2012).

Claims and Targets

Claims are broad statements about student mastery of the standards.

Targets are groups of related standards that can be measured.

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development 1

Claims The Claims are the broadest categories of knowledge, skills, and abilities that can have inferences drawn about them. These broad statements outline outcomes that demonstrate mastery of the standards. In ELA, Claims contain several foci that concentrate on particular skills or areas of the larger content. The distribution of texts and items is relatively equal among the foci for each Claim.

There are three Claims in English Language Arts that will be assessed by the AMP:

Claim 1: Reading (60-65%). Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts. The reading section of the test is divided approximately equally between literary texts from different genres and informational texts that cover a broad range of academic and non-academic topics.

Claim 2: Writing (25-30%). Students can produce effective writing for a range of purposes and audiences. While AMP will not require students to compose text for the 2014-2015 school year, students will be required to revise, organize, and edit examples of writing, among other tasks. Because students during the 2014-2015 school year are not required to compose text, not all writing standards are addressed in this assessment year.

Claim 3: Listening (10-15%). Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences. Listening will not be assessed this year, but in the future will make up approximately 10-15% of the test.

For the 2014-2015 school year, approximately 65% of the test will be from Claim 1 and approximately 35% of the test will be from Claim 2.

Targets The Alaska English Language Arts Standards are organized into Content Domains and Anchor Standards, which are the same across all grades, and grade-specific standards indicated by a number. The numbered standards are the most specific level and define what students should understand and be able to do.

Targets (or Assessment Targets) break the Claims down into groups of similar standards. Each Target within a Claim is followed by evidence statements, which outline the skills students need to master. Arranging standards into Targets more accurately reflects how students learn and teachers teach. For example, as students interact with a novel, they use skills related to multiple standards. They consider the author’s use of vocabulary and figurative language in addition to analyzing the theme. The Claims are built from Targets, which are drawn from groups of the Alaska Standards. In addition, groupings of standards are given for each Target.

Blueprint

A test blueprint is used by test creators to ensure that multiple forms of the test cover the same content i h


Although the numbered standards are listed with the Targets and Claims, the test blueprint cannot be derived by counting up the number of times a particular standard is listed. There are cases where part of a standard is in one Target, and another part of the standard is in another Target. While not all Targets will be equally emphasized in the test, all of the content described by the standards is important. Some of the content in a Target may also be reflected in another Target, or the content in a Target in the current grade may be a critical foundation skill for success in subsequent grades. Thus, attempts to pattern instruction on the perceived or actual numbers of items in a test may not adequately serve students’ needs.

In Claim 1, Targets are divided between reading literary text and reading informational text. Although many of the skills are similar, different text types have different features which lead to different Targets and evidence requirements. In Claims 2, and 3, not all Targets for each Claim will be included in the machine-scorable portion of the test, or in the summative assessment. For example, Claim 3, Targets 1-3, address speaking, which cannot currently be reliably assessed in a machine-scorable, objective fashion. Many of the Claim 2 Targets address text composition, which is not included in the machine-scorable portion of the assessment.

Assessing at the Target level, rather than the individual standard level, makes it possible to highlight student understanding through a more meaningful and holistic grouping. Individual standards, while important, are impossible to sufficiently measure with limited testing time. By assessing at the Target level, it is possible to highlight student understanding of the connected material contained in the standards through this meaningful grouping.

Targets are drawn from one or more of the numbered standards and are accompanied by descriptions of evidence required, or evidence statements. These evidence statements are used to guide item writers in creating test questions that will give students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of that Target. For example, for Grade 3, Target 2: Central Ideas, one evidence statement is, “The student will identify and/or sequence key events in a text” (Grade 3, Claim 1, Target 2, Evidence Statement 2).

Relative Emphasis The focus, coherence, and rigor of the Alaska Standards are captured through the emphases of High, Medium, or Low on particular Targets, as shown on the Summative Assessment Framework. Relative Emphasis is related to the frequency with which items aligned to that Target would appear on an item-adaptive test. It should NOT be interpreted as a basis for making curricular decisions. Targets with a Low Relative Emphasis should be considered important for instruction because they may include skills associated with Medium or High Targets in the same grade, or they may be important building blocks and are key to success in later grades. For example, Target 6: Text Structures & Features—Relate knowledge of text structures, genre-specific features, or

Evidence Statements

Specific, observable activities that provide students an opportunity to show mastery of a Target.


formats (visual/graphic/auditory effects) to obtain, interpret, explain, or connect information within text has Low Relative Emphasis. However, the skills in Target 6 are important for students to locate and organize the information needed to build reasoning and identify evidence from a text, which are skills identified as having a High Relative Emphasis in Target 4: Reasoning and Evidence—Make an inference or provide a conclusion and use supporting evidence to justify/explain inferences.

Depth of Knowledge The Summative Assessment Framework also identifies the cognitive rigor expected of students for the Targets by providing a Depth of Knowledge (DOK) level. DOK offers a common language to understand "rigor," or cognitive demand, in assessments, as well as curricular units, lessons, and tasks. By using DOK, tasks can be categorized according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them. The categories are defined below:

DOK 1: Recall & Reproduction Tasks at this level require recall of facts or rote application of simple procedures. An ELA example is memorizing the spelling of words or direct meaning of vocabulary words.

DOK 2: Skills and Concepts Tasks at this level require more than one mental step and expect students to apply knowledge to compare, organize, summarize, or predict. An ELA example is using context to identify the meanings of words or phrases.

DOK 3: Strategic Thinking Tasks at this level require the use of planning and evidence to support more abstract thinking. An ELA example is analyzing interrelationships among concepts, issues, or problems.

DOK 4: Extended Thinking Tasks at this level involve the synthesis of information from multiple sources, often over an extended period of time, or the transfer of knowledge from one domain to solve problems in another.

The DOK in the Framework is provided as a general reference for the projected maximum DOK of items on AMP. Typically, machine-scorable items are DOK 1, 2, or 3 as supported by the content being measured and by the complexity of the text. DOK 4 is generally reserved for performance tasks such as composition.

The maximum DOK of items is typically determined by the depth of cognitive complexity suggested by the content standards. While this is the maximum DOK for summative test items, it

DOK

Depth of Knowledge is a way to categorize the cognitive complexity of a content standard, a Target, or a test question.


should not be interpreted as a limit to the Depth of Knowledge for instructional activities. When assessments are used in a high-stakes environment, it would be unfair to include items that tap into higher levels of DOK than indicated by the state’s content standards. Similarly, in order to accurately measure achievement for all students, some items will be included at lower DOK levels than indicated by the state’s content standards.

For example, if a standard said, “Students will be able to jump over a three-foot-high obstacle,” mastery could be measured by determining if students were successful in jumping over something three feet high. Students who were unsuccessful at three feet could have their performance measured by including obstacles of lower heights, to provide information for possible remediation. However, when receiving instruction for this activity, the students should practice jumping over obstacles at different heights, starting off with lower heights and building up to heights greater than three feet. Furthermore, it would be unfair to have the actual test be to jump over something five feet high, since the expectation of the standard is three feet.


Grade 3 English Language Arts

Claim 1: Reading Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational text.

Focus Target Standards

Goal DOK

Relative Emphasis/ Comments

%

Literary Text

1. Key Details Given an inference or conclusion, use explicit details and implicit information from the text to support the inference or conclusion provided. Evidence Required 1. The student will identify text evidence (explicit details and/or implicit information) to support a GIVEN inference or conclusion based on the text.

RL-1 2 Medium 60-65%

Grade: the grade level the Framework describes.

Claim: a short description of the Claim that summarizes its main topic

Focus: information on the types of texts the students will engage with and for what purpose

Target: Targets in ELA describe an overall theme of a group of related standards.

Standards: a list of the standards which are addressed by the Target.

Goal DOK: the maximum Depth of Knowledge for assessment suggested by the Target and its associated standards

%: the proportion of the machine-scorable part of the assessment that will be drawn from each Claim

How to Read This Document: This document is organized by grade. An excerpt from Grade 3 is provided as an example.


Grade: the grade level the Framework describes

Claim: a short description of the Claim that summarizes its main topic • Explanatory text describes in detail what students will have mastered to make this Claim about student learning.

Focus: provides additional information on the type of texts the students will engage with (e.g. literary or informational) and for what purpose (e.g. revising or editing).

Target: Targets in ELA describe an overall theme of a group of related standards. ● Targets are followed by statements of Evidence Required, describing the types of things a student could do to demonstrate

mastery of the skills that contribute to the indicated Target. Items may address more than one Evidence requirement.

Standards: a list of the standards which are addressed by the Target. The references to the standards show how the Target is connected to the Alaska Standards.

Goal DOK: the maximum Depth of Knowledge for assessment suggested by the Target and its associated standards

Relative Emphasis: categorizes Targets as High, Medium, or Low emphasis for item development. However, this should not be interpreted as a reflection of or suggestion for a pattern of emphasis for instruction.

● The Relative Emphasis column may also include comments about the tested content specific to the machine-scorable part of the assessment.

%: the proportion of the machine-scorable part of the assessment that will be drawn from each Claim. Again, this should not be interpreted as a reflection of or suggestion for a pattern of emphasis for instruction.




Focus Target Standards Goal DOK

Relative Emphasis/Comments

%

Literary Text


RL -1 2 Low

60-65%

2. Central Ideas Identify or summarize central ideas, key events, the sequence of events, or the author’s message or purpose presented in a text. Evidence Required 1. The student will determine or summarize a theme, central idea, or author's message presented in a text. 2. The student will determine or summarize key ideas and events in a text. 3. The student will identify the author's purpose in a text.

RL-2; RL-6 2 High

3. Word Meanings Determine intended or precise meanings of words, including words with multiple meanings (academic/tier 2 words), based on context, word relationships (e.g., antonyms, homographs), word structure (e.g., common Greek or Latin roots, affixes), or use of resources (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus), with primary focus on determining meaning based on context and the academic (tier 2) vocabulary common to complex texts in all disciplines.

Evidence Required 1. The student will determine the meaning of a word or phrase based on its context in a literary text. 2. The student will determine the intended meaning of academic/tier 2 words and domain-specific/tier 3 words in a literary text. 3. The student will use resources to determine the correct meaning of an unknown word or phrase in a literary text. 4. The student will use Greek or Latin word parts to determine the correct meaning of an unknown word or phrase in a literary text.

RL-4; L-4; L-5b; L-5c;

L-6 2 Low






%

Literary Text cont.

4. Reasoning and Evidence Make an inference or provide a conclusion and use supporting evidence to justify/explain inferences (e.g., character development/actions/traits; first- or third-person point of view; theme/author’s message or purpose). Evidence Required 1. The student will form a conclusion about a literary text or texts and identify details within the text or texts that support that conclusion. 2. The student will make an inference about a literary text or texts and identify details within the text or texts that support that inference.

RL-3; RL-6; RL-9 3 High

Claim 1 cont.

60-65%

5. Analysis Within or Across Text Analyze relationships among literary elements (dialogue, advancing action, character actions/interactions, point of view) within or across texts. Evidence Required 1. The student will analyze or compare the use of, or the relationship between literary elements (dialogue, setting, conflict, character actions/interactions, point(s) of view) across two different texts. 2. The student will analyze or compare the use of, or the relationship between literary elements (dialogue, setting, conflict, character actions/interactions, point(s) of view) within one text.

RL-3; RL-6 3 Low

6. Text Structures & Features Analyze text structures, genre-specific features, or formats (visual/graphic/auditory effects) of texts and the impact of those choices on meaning or presentation. Evidence Required 1. The student will determine how the overall structure of a text impacts its meaning. 2. The student will analyze or interpret why the author structured elements within the text in a certain manner and the impact of that structure on meaning.

RL-5; 3 Low






%

Literary Text cont.

7. Language Use Interpret figurative language use (e.g., imagery), literary devices (e.g., flashback, foreshadowing, alliteration, onomatopoeia), or connotative meanings of words and phrases used in context and the impact of those word choices on meaning or tone.

Evidence Required 1. The student will interpret the meaning of figurative words and phrases used in context and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 2. The student will interpret the intent and use of a literary device and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 3. The student will interpret the connotative meaning of words and phrases used in context and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 4. The student will analyze the impact of word choice on reader interpretation of meaning or tone.

RL-1; RL-4;

L-5

RL-1; RL-4; L-5

3

3

Low

Low

Claim 1 cont.

60-65%

Informational Text


RI-1; RH-1; RST-1; RH-3

2 Medium

9. Central Ideas Summarize central ideas, key events, procedures, or topics and subtopics. Evidence Required 1. The student will determine or summarize a central idea in a text. 2. The student will determine or summarize key events or a procedure in a text.

R1-2; RH-2; RST-2 2 High

10. Word Meanings Determine intended meanings of words, including academic/tier 2 words, domain-specific/tier 3 words with multiple meanings, based on context, word relationships (e.g., synonyms), word structure (e.g., common Greek or Latin roots, affixes), or use of resources (e.g., dictionary, glossary), with primary focus on the academic vocabulary common to complex texts in all disciplines.

R1-4; RH-4; RST-4; L-4; L-5b; L-5c;

L-6

2

Medium






%

Informational Text cont.

10. cont. Evidence Required 1. The student will determine the meaning of a word or phrase based on its context in an informational text. 2. The student will determine the intended meaning of academic/tier 2 words and domain-specific/tier 3 words in an informational text. 3. The student will use resources to determine the correct meaning of an unknown word or phrase in an informational text. 4. The student will use Greek or Latin word parts to determine the correct meaning of an unknown word or phrase in an informational text.

R1-4; RH-4; RST-4; L-4; L-5b; L-5c;

L-6

2

Medium

Claim 1 cont.

60-65%

11. Reasoning and Evidence Make an inference or provide a conclusion and use supporting evidence to justify/explain inferences (e.g., author’s line of reasoning, point of view/purpose, and relevance of evidence or elaboration to support claims, concepts, and ideas). Evidence Required

1. The student will form a conclusion about an informational text or texts and identify evidence within the text or texts that support that conclusion. 2. The student will make an inference about an informational text or texts and identify evidence within the text or texts that support that inference.

RI-3; RI-6; RH-6;

RST-6; RI-7; RI-8; RH-8; RST-8; RI-9

3 High

12. Analysis Within or Across Text Analyze or compare how information is presented within or across texts (events, people, ideas, topic) or how conflicting information across texts reveals author's point of view. Evidence Required 1. The student will analyze the interaction between elements of a text (e.g., events, people, ideas, and topics) within a text or across two different texts. 2. The student will analyze how conflicting information reveals the author’s point of view within a text or across two different texts.

RI-3; RI-6 3 Low






%

Informational Text cont.

13. Text Structures & Features Relate knowledge of text structures and genre-specific features to compare or analyze the impact of those choices on meaning or presentation. Evidence Required 1. The student will determine how the overall structure of a text impacts its meaning. 2. The student will analyze or interpret why the author structured elements within the text in a certain manner and the impact of that structure on meaning.

RI-5; RH-5; RST-5; RI-7

3 Low

Claim 1 cont.

60-65%

14. Language Use Interpret figurative language (e.g., clichés, puns, hyperbole), use of literary devices, or connotative meanings of words and phrases used in context and the impact of those word choices on meaning or tone. Evidence Required 1. The student will interpret the meaning of figurative words and phrases used in context and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 2. The student will interpret the intent and use of a literary device and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 3. The student will interpret the connotative meaning of words and phrases used in context and analyze its impact on meaning or tone. 4. The student will analyze the impact of word choice on reader interpretation of meaning or tone.

L-5; L-5a



Claim 2: Writing Students can produce effective writing for a range of purpose and audiences.



%

Write/Revise

1a. Narrative (Write) Demonstrate ability to use specific narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, description) and appropriate text structures and transitional strategies for coherence in narrative text (e.g., closure, introduce narrator, or use dialogue when describing an event). Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will use information provided in a narrative stimulus to organize narratives that engage and orient the reader by

a. establishing a context and/or setting and/or point of view b. introducing a narrator and character(s) c. organizing narrative with a logical sequence of events/experiences d. using transition strategies to convey sequence, establish pacing, signal time or setting

shifts e. providing closure that follows logically from the narrative

2. (Elaboration) The student will use information provided in a narrative stimulus to apply narrative techniques such as

a. including dialogue to convey events/experiences b. including descriptive details and sensory language to convey events/experiences

precisely

W-3a; W-3b; W-3c; W-3d; W-3e; W-9a

2

High

25-30%

1b. Narrative (Revise) Apply narrative techniques (e.g., dialogue, description) and appropriate text structures and transitional strategies for coherence when revising one or more paragraphs of narrative text (e.g., closure, introduce narrator, or use dialogue when describing an event). Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise organized narratives that engage and orient the reader by

a. establishing a context and/or setting b. introducing a narrator and character(s) c. organizing narrative with a logical sequence of events/ experiences* d. using transition strategies to convey sequence, establish pacing, signal time or setting

shifts e. providing closure that follows logically from the narrative

2. (Elaboration) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to revise well-developed narratives that apply narrative techniques such as






%

Write/Revise cont.

1b. cont. a. including dialogue to convey events/experiences b. including descriptive details and sensory language to convey events/experiences c. using precise language to narrate events d. identifying details that should be deleted because they are inconsistent with the rest

of a narrative* *Note: Items aligned to organization present reasons and evidence that are out of order NOT details that do not belong. Elaboration items address details that do not belong.

W-3a; W-3b; W-3c; W-3d; W-3e; W-9a

2

High

Claim 2 cont.

25-30%

3a. Informative (Write) Demonstrate ability to apply a variety of strategies in informational/explanatory text: organizing ideas by stating and maintaining a focus (thesis)/tone, providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, developing a topic including relevant supporting evidence/vocabulary and elaboration, or providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows from the information or explanation presented. Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will use information provided in a stimulus to organize informational/explanatory text by

a. introducing and clearly stating a focus (thesis) b. maintaining a clear focus c. organizing ideas/concepts strategically (e.g., using definition, classification,

comparison/contrast d. cause/effect) e. providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence f. providing a conclusion that follows from the information or explanation presented

2. (Elaboration) The student will use information provided in an informational/explanatory stimulus to apply elaboration techniques such as

a. referencing and /or integrating relevant supporting evidence (e.g., facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, examples from notes provided) appropriate for the required form (essay, report, etc.)

b. using precise language and domain specific vocabulary c. establishing and maintaining a formal style (including appropriate sentence variety and

complexity) for audience/purpose

W-2a; W-2b; W-2c; W-2d; W-2e; W-2f; W-9b






%

Write/Revise cont.

3b. Informative (Revise) Apply a variety of strategies when revising one or more paragraphs of informational/explanatory text: organizing ideas by stating and maintaining a focus (thesis)/tone, providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, developing a topic including relevant supporting evidence/vocabulary and elaboration, or providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows from the information or explanation presented. Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will revise informational/explanatory text by identifying improved organizational elements such as

a. introducing and clearly stating a focus (thesis) b. previewing what is to follow c. maintaining a clear focus* d. organizing ideas/concepts strategically (e.g., using definition, classification,

comparison/contrast, cause/effect to structure writing) e. providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence and to clarify

relationships f. providing a conclusion that is related to and supports the information or

explanation presented 2. (Elaboration) The student will revise complex informational/ explanatory text by identifying best use of elaboration techniques such as

a. referencing and/or integrating relevant supporting evidence (e.g., facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and examples) appropriate for the required form (essay, report, etc.)

b. using precise and domain specific language c. establishing and maintaining a formal style (including appropriate sentence variety

and complexity) for audience/purpose deleting the details that do not support the thesis/controlling idea*

*Note: Items aligned to organization present reasons and evidence that are out of order, NOT details that do not belong. Elaboration items address details that do not belong.

W-2a; W-2b; W-2c; W-2d; W-2e; W-2f; W-9b

2

High

Claim 2 cont.

25-30%






%

Write/Revise cont.

6a. (Opinion) Write Demonstrate ability to apply a variety of strategies in texts that express arguments about topics or sources: establishing and supporting a claim, organizing and citing supporting evidence using credible sources, providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, appropriate vocabulary, or providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows from the argument(s) presented. Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will use information provided in an argumentative stimulus to organize arguments by

a. establishing a clear claim b. organizing reasons and evidence to support claims, building a logical argument c. providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, clarifying relationships

between and among claims and reasons d. using appropriate vocabulary for argument e. providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows

from and supports the argument(s) 2. (Elaboration) The student will use information provided in an argumentative stimulus to apply elaboration techniques such as

a. referencing and/or integrating relevant reasons (from notes provided) to support claims

b. referencing and/or integrating relevant and credible evidence (from notes provided) to support claims

c. acknowledging alternate or opposing viewpoints d. establishing and maintaining a formal style and tone (including appropriate sentence variety and complexity) for audience/purpose)

W-1a; W-1b; W-1c; W-1d; W-1e; W-9b

2 High

Claim 2 cont.

25-30%






%

Write/Revise cont.

6b. (Opinion) Revise Apply a variety of strategies when revising one or more paragraphs of text that express arguments about topics or sources: establishing and supporting a claim, organizing and citing supporting evidence using credible sources, providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, appropriate vocabulary, or providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows from and supports the argument(s) presented. Evidence Required 1. (Organization) The student will revise arguments by identifying improved organizational elements such as

a. establishing a clear claim b. organizing reasons and evidence to support the claim, building a logical argument* c. providing appropriate transitional strategies for coherence, clarifying relationships

between and among claim, reasons, and evidence d. providing a conclusion that is appropriate to purpose and audience and follows

from and supports the argument(s) 2. (Elaboration) The student will revise arguments by identifying the best use of elaboration techniques such as

a. including relevant reasons to support claim b. including relevant and credible evidence to support reasons c. acknowledging alternate or opposing viewpoints d. establishing and maintaining a formal style (including appropriate sentence

variety) for audience/purpose e. deleting details that do not support the claim*

*Note: Items aligned to organization present reasons and evidence that are out of order, NOT details that do not belong. Elaboration items address details that do not belong.

W-1a; W-1b; W-1c; W-1d; W-1e; W-9b

2 High Claim 2

cont. 25-30%






%

Language/ Vocabulary

8. Language & Vocabulary Use Strategically use precise language and vocabulary (including academic words, domain-specific vocabulary, and figurative language) and style appropriate to the purpose and audience when revising or composing texts. Evidence Required 1. The student will identify and use the best academic or grade-level or below domain-specific (but not scientific or social studies) construct-relevant word(s)/phrase to convey the precise or intended meaning of a text especially with informational/explanatory writing. 2. The student will identify and use the best concrete or sensory word(s)/phrase to convey experiences or events in narrative writing. 3. The student will identify and use the best word(s)/phrase to convey ideas in a text precisely. 4. The student will identify and use the best general academic or domain-specific word(s)/phrase to use in a text to convey precisely actions, emotions, or states of being that are basic to a particular topic and specific to a writing purpose.

W-2d; W-3d;

L-3b; L-6

1

Conventions

9. Edit Apply or edit grade-appropriate grammar usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling to clarify a message and edit narrative, explanatory/informational, and argumentative texts. Evidence Required* Indicates a skill that is from the Language Progression Chart and will be repeated in subsequent grades.

L-1; L-2 1 High New-to-grade conventions

Language progression chart conventions assessed across

relevant grade spans. Stimulus and item stem MUST be appropriately

complex for the grade level.

Skills from previous two grades

The student will identify, edit to correct, and/or edit for correct use of








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Conventions cont.

1. misplaced modifiers.* 2. dangling modifiers.* 3. commas separating coordinate adjectives. 4. spelling of words that are at or up to two grades below grade level, including frequently misspelled words.

1. subject-verb agreement. 2. pronoun-antecedent agreement. 3. inappropriate sentence fragments, run-on sentences. 4. frequently confused words (to/too/two; there/ their).vague or ambiguous or unclear pronoun references. 5. inappropriate shifts in verb tense. 6. punctuation to separate items in a series. 7. inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. 8. vague or ambiguous or unclear pronoun references. 9. punctuation to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.

Grade 6: 1. subjective pronouns 2. objective pronouns 3. possessive pronouns. 4. intensive pronouns. 5. commas to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements. 6. parentheses to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements. Grade 5: 7. dashes to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements. 8. perfect verb tenses. 9. a verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions. 10. correlative conjunctions. 11. a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence. 12. a comma to set off the words yes and no, to set off a tag question, and to indicate direct address. 13. the underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.

L-1; L-2 2 High Claim 2

cont. 25-30%



Claim 3: Listening Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range purposes and audiences.



%

Listen

4. Listen/Interpret: Interpret and use information delivered orally. Evidence Required 1. The student will identify, interpret, or analyze the point of view, purpose, motive, central idea, or key points of a presentation. 2. The student will analyze how information is presented and/or the effects of the delivery. 3. The student will analyze a quality (e.g., soundness of reasoning, relevance, sufficiency of evidence) of a presentation. 4. The student will draw and/or support a conclusion based on content in a presentation.

SL-2; SL-3 3 High 10-15%


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