Standard #: LAFS.8.SL.1.2 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MS , MC , SHT item(s)
Assessed with: LAFS.8.RL.3.7 and LAFS.8.SL.1.3


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask students to analyze the purpose of information presented in more than one medium and evaluate the motives behind the presentation of the content in a particular media format.
Text Types :
Items assessing these standards may be used with two or more grade-appropriate literary 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 these standards (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 the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select a comparison or analysis of the two sources and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected.
• Requires the student to select words or phrases that are similar in both sources and then to select a comparison or analysis of this similarity. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select a comparison or analysis of the two sources and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected.
Task Demand
Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live production of a story or drama stays faithful to or departs from the text or script, evaluating the choices made by the director or actors.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis or comparison of the sources.
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the director’s/actor’s choice. 
• Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of the sources. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of the sources. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by comparing and contrasting a text and its multimedia equivalent to analyze how each medium’s portrayal of a subject impacts meaning.
Task Demand
Analyze the purpose of presenting the information in diverse media and format (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text

• Requires the student to select a comparison or analysis of the two sources and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected.
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the purpose of presenting the information in a particular media format and then to select reasons behind its presentation.
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the motives behind the decision to present information in a particular format and then to select details that support the evaluation. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select a comparison or analysis of the two sources and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected.
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the purpose of presenting the information in a particular media format and then to select details to support the analysis.
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the motives behind the decision to present information in a particular format and then to select details that support the evaluation.
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis or comparison of the sources.
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the purpose for presenting information in a particular media or format.
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the motives behind the presentation decision. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select multiple analyses of the purpose for presenting information in a particular media or format.
• Requires the student to select multiple evaluations of the motives behind the presentation decision. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by analyzing the purpose and motive for presenting information in different media formats.