General Information
Subject Area: X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 8
Strand: Reading Process
Standard: Vocabulary Development - The student uses multiple strategies to develop grade appropriate vocabulary.
Date Adopted or Revised: 01/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
- excerpted text should contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the phrase being assessed; and
- if an item stem directs a student back to the text to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar phrase, the text should contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the assessed phrase.
- the terms synonym and antonym should not be used in stem construction. Wording should be most similar in meaning or most opposite in meaning;
- excerpted text should not be used when students are required to analyze word relationships within answer choices;
- only grade-level appropriate words found within the text should be assessed; and
- the text should contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the assessed words.
- incorrect meanings of assessed words or phrases found within excerpted text;
- word relationships constructed similarly to the correct response;
- meanings of the assessed words or phrases that are correct but are not appropriate for the context;
- details drawn from the text but unrelated to the assessed phrases or test item; and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
N/A
Clarification :
The student will analyze the meanings of words, phrases, and word relationships by using strategies, including, but not limited to, context clues and word structure.
The student will analyze the meanings of words, phrases, and word relationships by using strategies, including, but not limited to, context clues and word structure.
Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts should be used to assess the analysis of words and phrases and the identification of word relationships (e.g., synonyms, antonyms).
Grade-level appropriate texts should be used to assess the analysis of words and phrases and the identification of word relationships (e.g., synonyms, antonyms).
Analogies should not be assessed.
When assessing Analyze Words/Phrases
When assessing Word Relationships
Content Focus :
Word Relationships
Analyze Words/Phrases
Word Relationships
Analyze Words/Phrases
Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational.
Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.
Texts must contain appropriate words, phrases, and word relationships to assess knowledge of vocabulary at grade level.
Texts should be literary or informational.
Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.
Texts must contain appropriate words, phrases, and word relationships to assess knowledge of vocabulary at grade level.
Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
Note: When constructing answer choices using word pairs, the words within the pair should be the same part of speech.
Sample Test Items (2)
Test Item # | Question | Difficulty | Type |
Sample Item 1 | The sample item below is based on “Shackleton’s Epic Voyage” on page H–15. Which pair of words from the passage is most similar in meaning? |
N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Sample Item 2 | The sample item below is based on “Copper Kettle Sweetheart” on page H–18. Read these lines from the poem.
Which is the best restatement of these lines? |
N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |