Grade 7 - Claim 2 - Target 9
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Target 9
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Sample Item
Grade 7Test
Claim 2
Writing
Standards
L-1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L-2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Clarifications
Target focus: Items assess knowledge of conventions—how to edit text to correct an error or errors. Therefore, items do not always require the identification of an audience and purpose. In addition, the item format, including...
Range Achievement Level Descriptors
Evidence Required
1
New-to-grade conventions (85% of all items MUST assess at least one new-to-grade skill) The student will identify, edit to correct, and/or edit for correct use of misplaced modifiers* dangling modifiers* commas separating coordinate adjectives spelling of words...
Item Guidelines
Depth of Knowledge
W-DOK1
Level 1 requires the student to write or recite simple facts. This writing or recitation does not include complex synthesis or analysis but basic ideas. The students are engaged in listing ideas or words as in a brainstorming activity prior...
W-DOK2
Level 2 requires some mental processing. At this level students are engaged in first draft writing or brief extemporaneous speaking for a limited number of purposes and audiences. Students are beginning to connect ideas using a simple organizational structure. For...
Allowable Item Types
- Multiple Choice, single correct response
- Multi-Select, multiple correct response
- Hot Text, select text
Stimuli
Passages
Requirements for stimuli are dependent on the skill being assessed. Specifically, assessing some skills requires some context and therefore a longer stimulus. For example, a stimulus of several sentences might be needed to assess parallel structure (grade 7), but a...
Text Complexity
The stimulus must be appropriately complex for the skill being assessed. The stimulus will read as would authentic good student writing for the targeted grade. That is, the content, language/ vocabulary, and sentence structure of each stimulus should be similar to...
Accessibility
Students will be required to read brief grade-level narrative, explanatory, or argumentative text. Students with physical impairments may need to use an adapted mouse or a computer with eye-scanning capabilities. Students who are visually...
Development Notes
Note: Few conventions items are DOK 2. Items requiring true analysis (DOK 2) could include agreement items, especially those for which the student must analyze the number of the subject and verb, particularly when...
Task Models
Task Model 1
Item Types
Multiple Choice, single correct responseDepth of Knowledge
W-DOK1, W-DOK2
Target Evidence Statement
New-to-grade conventions (85% of all items MUST assess at least one new-to-grade skill) The student will identify, edit to correct, and/or edit for correct use of misplaced modifiers* dangling modifiers* commas separating coordinate adjectives spelling of words that are at or up to two grades...
Task Description
Items assess editing—how to edit text to correct an error or errors. All Target 9 items must name both the category of error (grammar usage, spelling [capitalization], punctuation) and the number of errors. Task...
Stimulus
Do not include a stimulus if the answer choices repeat the exact text from the stimulus. The text may include one (or more) sentence(s) that includes no more than three grammar usage, punctuation, or spelling...
Appropriate Stems
ITEMS WITH LEAD-IN, STIMULUS, AND STEM LEAD-IN (when context is helpful): A student [is writing a (story/report, etc.) and] wants to correct errors in [name category of error: grammar usage, punctuation*]. Read the [sentence(s)/paragraph/lines, etc.] and...
Scoring Rules
Correct = 1 point, other = 0 points.