Standard #: LAFS.6.RI.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MS , ST , MC item(s)
N/A


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to analyze similarities and differences in how authors present ideas or events. Items may require the student to use key details to explain how authors are similar or different in their approach. Items should not simply ask the student to identify common events. Items should be developed with text sets focusing on the same events orideas.
Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with two ormore grade-appropriate informational texts and other media. 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
Determine similarities and differences in two authors’ presentation of the same events, using explicit details in the text.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text
• Requires the student to select sentences or phrases from each text that show similarities or differences in how two authors present or treat the same events. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select an explanation of how two authors present or treat the same events and to select sentences or phrases from each text that show similarities or differences.
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select a correct explanation of how two authors treat or present the same events.
• Requires the student to select sentences or phrases that show similarities or differences in how two authors present or treat the same events.
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select multiple sentences or phrases that show similarities or differences in how two authors present or treat the same events. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by comparing and contrasting two authors’ presentations of the same events.