Overview ofEnglish language arts (ELA)assessment

Vaughn G. Rhudy, Ed.D., NBCTAssessment Coordinator(vrhudy@k12.wv.us)

Stacey Murrell, Ed.D.Interim Assessments Coordinator(slmurrell@k12.wv.us)

Office of Assessment and Research

ELA Claims

ELA Claims and Targets

• Claim 1 has Targets 1-14.• Claim 2 has Targets 1-9.• Claim 3 has Targets 1-4.• Claim 4 has Targets 1-4.

Targets were created by Smarter Balanced. When you read them, you can see that content standards are embedded in them. So a test question can assess multiple content standards within one target.

Claim 1 and Its Targets

• Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.

1. Targets 1–7 correspond with literary texts

2. Targets 8–14 correspond with informational texts

3. The assessment targets incorporate the content clusters from the Common Core State Standards

Claim 2 and Its Targets

• Students can produce effective and well grounded writing for a range of purpose and audiences.– Targets 1a, 3a, & 6a: Write Brief Texts– Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revise Brief Texts– Targets 2, 4, & 7: Compose Full Texts – Target 5: Use Text Features– Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use– Target 9: Edit

Claim 3 and Its Targets

• Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.

1. Language & Vocabulary Use

2. Clarify Message

3. Plan/Speak/Present

4. Listen/Interpret

Claim 4 and Its Targets

• Students can engage in research / inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

1. Plan/Research

2. Interpret & Integrate Information

3. Analyze Information/Sources

4. Use Evidence

ELA Response Types

• Multiple choice, single correct response• Multiple choice, multiple correct response• Two-part multiple choice• Matching Tables• Select Text• Order Text• Short text – constructed response• Long essay – performance tasks

Ways to Score

• Automatic with a single key

• Automatic with multiple keys

• Automatic with machine rubric

• Hand score with rubric

• Multiple-choice, single correct response

• Multiple-choice, multiple correct response

• Two-part multiple choice• Matching Tables• Select Text• Order Text• Short text – constructed

response• Long essay – performance

tasks

Sample

Multiple-choice, single correct

response

Sample

Multiple-choice, multiple correct

response

Sample

Two-part multiple choice

Sample

Matching tables

Sample

Select text

Sample

Order text

Sample

Short text – constructed response

At your table, review the Sample Response Types Handout. Read each item and identify the response type and applicable ELA claim.

Now for a mini assessment

Answer KeyItem Number Response Type Claim

1 (2566) Select Text 1

2 (2497) Matching Tables 4

3 (2467) Multiple Choice, Single Correct Response 3

4 (2551) Short Text – Constructed Response 1

5 (2604) Multiple Choice, Multiple Correct Response 2

6 (2685) Select Text 1

7 (2554) Short Text – Constructed Response 2

8 (2577) Order Text 2

9 (2493) Two-part Multiple Choice 1

10 (2463) Multiple Choice, Single Correct Response 4

ELA Performance

Task

Classroom Activity

ELA Performance Task Part 1

Task and sources appear here.

Students respond to constructed-response items here.

ELA Performance Task Part 2

Task and sources appear here.

Students read task description and write full essay here.

What resources are available for teachers to help prepare students?

• Practice and training tests• Formative assessment resources in the Digital

Library• Printable WVDE interim resources available

online• Upcoming interim assessments (expected to be

available in January)

Practice and Training

Tests

Practice and Training

Tests

What is available in the Digital Library?

Peer-reviewed Instructional Resources

Peer-reviewed Professional

Learning Resources

Commissioned Assessment

Literacy Modules

Commissioned Exemplar

Instructional Modules

Practice questions aligned to the currently used WV standards in all 4 content

areas (ELA, Math, Science , and Social Studies)

Assessments that could be used by teachers as bell

ringers, cluster assessments, interim

practice, or group activities

Writing performance tasks modeled from SBAC

writing performance tasks (grades 3-11)

Optional interim choices for schools during the

transition to SBAC interims

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What is available in the NxG Interims?