Standard #: LA.910.1.7.4 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
At Grades 9 and 10, this benchmark will be assessed using MC items.


Clarification :
The student will identify cause-and-effect relationships within texts. Additionally, the student may need to discern a causal relationship implied in the text through the assimilation of facts and details provided.

Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts used in assessing cause-and-effect relationships should contain identifiable causal relationships embedded in the text and/or contain sufficient facts and details to assist students in discerning implied causal relationships.

Content Focus :
Cause and Effect

Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational. 

Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts. 

Texts should include an identifiable cause-and-effect relationship that may be stated and/or implied.

Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to 

• incorrect causal relationships based on the text; 
• incorrect rationales and/or interpretations of implied causal relationships; and 
• plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text. 

Note: When constructing cause-and-effect items using literary texts, it is preferred that interactions and situations between characters be attributed to Benchmark LA.910.2.1.5 and the content focus of character development and/or character point of view.

Sample Test Items (2)