Standard #: LAFS.8.SL.1.3 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , EBSR , MC , GR , SHT , DDHT item(s)
Assessed with: LAFS.8.RI.3.7 and LAFS.8.SL.1.2


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask students to delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning, relevance, and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.Written transcripts, excerpts, and/or direct quotations from an audio clip should not be provided in item stems or answer options.
Text Types :
Items assessing these standards 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 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
Evaluate one or more advantage and/or disadvantage of using different media to present a topic or idea.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the advantages or disadvantages of using the different media and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the evaluation selected.
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the advantages of using the different media and then to select an evaluation of the disadvantages.
Task Demand
Evaluate one or more advantage and/or disadvantage of using different media to present a topic or idea.
Sample Response Mechanisms
EBSR
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the advantages or disadvantages of using the different media and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the evaluation selected. 
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
• Requires the student to distinguish between advantages and disadvantages of using different media in table or chart. 
GRID
• Requires the student to distinguish between advantages and disadvantages of using different media in a Venn diagram. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of using different media to present a specific topic or idea.
Task Demand
Analyze the purpose of presenting the information in diverse media and formats (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 correct 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 a correct evaluation of the motives behind the decision to present the information in a particular format and then to select details that support the evaluation.
• Requires the student to select a correct analysis of the purpose of presenting information in a particular format and then to select the motivation for its presentation. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select a correct 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 a correct evaluation of the motives behind the decision to present the information in a particular format and then to select details that support the evaluation.
Task Demand
Analyze the purpose of presenting the information in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis of the purpose of presenting the information in a particular medium or format.
• Requires the student to select an evaluation of the motives behind the presentation decision.
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by evaluating the purposes and motives behind using different media to present a specific topic or idea.
Task Demand
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning, relevance, and sufficiency of the evidence and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to identify where irrelevant evidence is introduced.
• Requires the student to identify a speaker’s argument and then select specific claims that support the argument. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to identify a speaker’s argument and then select specific claims that support the argument. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to identify a speaker’s argument.
• Requires the student to select a claim that supports the speaker’s argument.
• Requires the student to evaluate the soundness of the reasoning, relevance, or sufficiency of the evidence.
• Requires the student to identify when irrelevant evidence is introduced. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by matching specific claims within a speaker’s argument to relevant evidence.