Standard #: LAFS.5.RI.3.8 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MS , ST , MC item(s)
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Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to explain the reasons and evidence the author uses to support particular points in a text. Items should not exclusively ask the student to identify the points made by the author.
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Explain how the author uses reasons and evidence to support a point in the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text that are used to support a particular point. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select multiple details that support an author’s point in the text. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select a correct explanation of how the author uses evidence to support a particular point in the text and then to select words or phrases from the text that are used to support that point. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select a correct explanation of how the author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table to match particular points from a text with reasons and evidence that support each point.