Standard #: LAFS.4.RI.3.8 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , ST , MC item(s)
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Assessment Limits :

Items may require the student to identify the ways an author uses evidence or details to support key points in the text. Items may require the student to describe how or why an author uses evidence or details to support key points in the text.
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 an author uses reasons or evidence to support a particular point from the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text
• Requires the student to select an explanation of how an author supports a particular point in the text and then to select reasons and evidence from the text used to support that point. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select a particular point made in the text and then to select reasons and evidence from the text that support that particular point. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an explanation of how an author uses reasons and evidence in a text to support a particular point. 
Table Match 
• Requires the student to complete a table by matching points or claims with supporting reasons or evidence.