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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
- Clarification :
The student will identify, analyze, and determine meaning from a variety of text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, sections, captions, italicized text, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, text boxes) found within a text. - Content Limits :
Text features should be assessed within grade-level appropriate literary nonfiction texts (e.g., biographies, autobiographies, diary entries, memoirs) or literary fictional texts when appropriate.Texts should include a single, identifiable text feature or should contain a variety of text features.
Tables of contents, glossaries, indices, bold text, and key/guide words should not be assessed.
- Content Focus :
Text Features (e.g., headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, sections, captions, italicized text, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, text boxes) - Text Attributes :
Literary nonfiction texts are more suited than literary fictional texts toward item development for this benchmark; however, a literary text may occasionally be appropriate.Stimuli found in text may include headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, sections, captions, italicized text, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and text boxes.
- Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to- facts, details, or other information drawn from the text features but unrelated to the test item;
- incorrect analysis and interpretation of the text features;
- incorrect or irrelevant information drawn from text features; and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Note: Items should not ask the student for literal references, such as
- On what page would you find...?;
- In which chapter would you find...?; or
- In what kind of reference book would you find information about...?
Note: When assessing a text feature (e.g., subheadings/captions), answer choices may be developed from other areas of the text but should be parallel and balanced.
Note: When assessing a text feature in a fiction or literary nonfiction passage, Benchmark LA.7.2.2.1 should be used. When assessing a text feature in an informational/expository nonfiction article or in a functional selection (how-to documents, webpages, etc.), Benchmark LA.7.6.1.1 should be used.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The sample item below is based on “Poppa and the Spruce Tree” on page H–9.
After reading the essay, what can readers conclude from the title of the essay and the illustration? - Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice