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This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
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- Clarification :
The student will use a variety of techniques and strategies to analyze and evaluate information located within or across texts.The student will identify the validity (i.e., correctness or soundness) and reliability (i.e., dependability) of information in texts by identifying supporting facts within or across texts. In addition, the student may be asked to apply information from texts in a valid and/or reliable way.
The student will identify the relationships between two or more ideas or among other textual elements found within or across texts (i.e., synthesize information).
- Content Limits :
Texts should be grade-level appropriate and present information in order to
- aid the student’s determination of validity and reliability of information;
- express a relationship between two or more ideas;
- express a relationship among ideas and certain text features; and
- reflect ideas that can be analyzed and evaluated.
This type of information may come from both primary and/or secondary sources.
Synthesis should be assessed by identifying the relationships between two or more ideas. - Content Focus :
Determine the Validity and Reliability of Information (Grade 5 within/across texts) - Text Attributes :
Texts should be informational, and may include either primary or secondary sources.
Primary sources may include, but are not limited to, eyewitness accounts of events, such as letters, journals, diaries, and historical documents.
Secondary sources may include, but are not limited to, encyclopedias, various books, newspapers, and magazine articles.
Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.Evidence presented in texts should be logical, internally consistent, and clearly developed by the author in order to assess the validity and reliability of information.
- Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
- incorrect analysis of validity and/or reliability;
- facts and details drawn from the text but unrelated to the test item;
- incorrect interpretations of the accuracy of information found in the text;
- incorrect synthesis of information; and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Note: Whenever possible, validity and reliability items should use direct quotations from the text in the answer choices.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The sample item below is based on “Your Bicycle Helmet” on page H–23.
For what could the information in the article best be used? - 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.
What does the author use to support the information in the article? - Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
- Test Item #: Sample Item 3
- Question: The sample item below is based on “What Is an Ecosystem?” on page H–17.
What information from the article supports the scientists’ conclusion that ecosystems are difficult to understand? - Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
