LA.5.1.7.7Archived Standard

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The student will compare and contrast elements in multiple texts; and
General Information
Subject Area: X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 5
Strand: Reading Process
Standard: Reading Comprehension - The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend grade level text.
Date Adopted or Revised: 01/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)

  • Clarification :
    The student will identify similarities between elements within or across texts, or will identify differences between elements within or across texts.
  • Content Limits :
    Grade-level appropriate texts should include elements that can be compared or contrasted and may include, but are not limited to, character, setting, subject, author’s purpose, author’s perspective, and main idea.

    When constructing compare-and-contrast items using literary text, situations involving one or more characters changing over time should be assessed under LA.5.2.1.2 and the content focus of character development.


    When constructing a test question, similarities or differences is the preferred wording for this benchmark.

    Similarities and differences should not be assessed together in the same item.
  • Content Focus :
    Compare (similarities: Grades 4–5 within/across texts)
    Contrast (differences: Grades 4–5 within/across texts)
  • Text Attributes :
    Texts should be literary or informational.

    Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.

    Texts must include elements that compare and/or contrast.

    To assess this benchmark across texts, items should be based upon two related texts that contain elements that can be compared or contrasted.

    To assess this benchmark within texts, items should be based upon elements that can be compared or contrasted.
  • Distractor Attributes :
    Distractors may include, but are not limited to
    • incorrect comparison;
    • incorrect contrast;
    • similarities or differences that are drawn from the text but unrelated to the test item;
    • facts and details drawn from the text but unrelated to the test item; and
    • plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.

    Note: When constructing a comparison item, distractors should not contrast elements. When constructing a contrast item, distractors should not compare elements.

Sample Test Items (2)
  • Test Item #: Sample Item 1
  • Question: The sample item below is based on “The Great Garden Experiment” on page H–20.

    How is Dad’s plan for the garden different from what actually happens?
  • Difficulty: N/A
  • Type: MC: Multiple Choice
  • Test Item #: Sample Item 2
  • Question: The sample item below is based on “What Is an Ecosystem?” on page H–17.

    Before the hunters arrived in the late 1800s, Amchitka Island and Shemya Island both
  • Difficulty: N/A
  • Type: MC: Multiple Choice

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