Standard #: LAFS.7.RI.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

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


Assessment Limits :
Items should ask about both texts but may focus on one more than the other. Items should focus on key information, evidence, and facts. Items should focus on the differences between the two texts rather than the similarities.
Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with two or more grade-appropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text to support an analysis of how the authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts.
• Requires the student to select a comparison of the two texts and then to select how the differing presentations of information impact each text.
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text to show a difference between the two texts and then to select an analysis of the comparison. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis of how the authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts.
• Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of how the authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select multiple explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of how the authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts.
• Requires the student to select multiple analyses of how the authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by comparing how two or more authors present key information, emphasize evidence, or interpret facts.