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English Language Arts

Target 9

Central Ideas

Determine a central idea and the key details that support it, or provide an objective summary of the text.

Sample Item

Grade 7

Test

Claim 1

Reading

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

Grade

Grade 7

Standards

RH-2RI-1RI-2RST-2

Standards

  • RH-2

    Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

  • RI-1

    Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

  • RI-2

    Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

  • RST-2

    Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

Clarifications

Items may assess a central idea and the details that support it in the text. Items will not ask students to summarize the entire text. All items should require students to cite specific textual evidence to...

Range Achievement Level Descriptors

Evidence Required

  • 1

    The student will determine a central idea in a text using supporting evidence.

  • 2

    The student will summarize key events or details in a text using supporting evidence.

Item Guidelines

Depth of Knowledge

  • R-DOK2

    Level 2 includes the engagement of some mental processing beyond recalling or reproducing a response; it requires both comprehension and subsequent processing of text or portions of text. Intersentence analysis of inference is required. Some important concepts are covered but...

  • R-DOK3

    Deep knowledge becomes more of a focus at Level 3. Students are encouraged to go beyond the text; however, they are still required to show understanding of the ideas in the text. Students may be encouraged to explain, generalize, or...

Allowable Item Types

  • Multiple Choice, single correct response
  • Multi-Select, multiple correct response
  • Evidence-based Select Response, two-part multiple choice response (EBSR);
  • Hot Text, select text
  • Short Text, constructed response (WR)

Stimuli

  • Passages

    Texts will develop one or more central idea(s), key event(s), and/or procedure(s).
    Refer to Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: English Language Arts & Literacy Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) and Performance Task (PT) Stimulus Specifications for more information on informational text types.

  • Dual-Text Stimuli

    When a dual-text set contains one literary and one informational text, the informational text (text #1) is the primary focus, and the set of items must include items from the informational stimulus as well as items written across both texts....

Accessibility

Refer to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium: Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Guidelines for information on accessibility.

Development Notes

Short Text (Constructed Response) will always be DOK 3.

Task Models

Task Model 1

  • Item Types

    Multiple Choice, single correct response

  • Depth of Knowledge

    R-DOK2

Target Evidence Statement

  • The student will determine a central idea in a text using supporting evidence.

  • The student will summarize key events or details in a text using supporting evidence.

Task Description

The item stem will pose a question that requires the student to 1) determine a central idea, 2) identify a detail that supports a central idea, 3) identify a statement summarizing the key event(s)...

Appropriate Stems

Which [sentence/statement] best [identifies/expresses/reveals] the central idea of the text? Which [sentence/statement] best [identifies/expresses/reveals] the author’s [message/point/central idea] in [the text/section of the text]? Read the [sentences/paragraph(s)]. [excerpt from text] What is the central idea of the [sentences/paragraph(s)]? Which...

Appropriate Stems for Dual-Stimuli

What central idea can be found in both [title text #1] and [title text#2]? NOTE: This stem can only be used with two informational passages. What central idea from [title text #1] is made clear by...

Scoring Rules

Correct response: 1 point; Incorrect response: 0 points