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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
- Clarification :
The student will identify, analyze, and determine meaning from a variety of text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, captions, bold or italicized text, charts and graphs, illustrations, text boxes, maps, diagrams, stanzas) found within a text. - Content Limits :
Text features should be assessed within grade-level appropriate literary nonfiction texts (e.g., biographies, autobiographies, diary entries, memoirs) or literary fictional texts when appropriate.Texts should include a single, identifiable text feature or should contain a variety of text features.
Tables of contents, glossaries, indices, bold text, and key/guide words should not be assessed.
- Content Focus :
Text Features (e.g., headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, sections, captions, italicized text, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, text boxes) - Text Attributes :
Literary nonfiction texts are more suited than literary fictional texts toward item development for this benchmark; however, a literary text may occasionally be appropriate.Stimuli found in text may include headings, subheadings, titles, subtitles, sections, captions, italicized text, charts, tables, graphs, illustrations, maps, diagrams, and text boxes.
- Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to
- facts, details, or other information drawn from the text features but unrelated to the test item;
- incorrect analysis and interpretation of the text features;
- incorrect or irrelevant information drawn from text features; and
- plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.
Note: Items should not ask the student for literal references, such as
- On what page would you find...?;
- In which chapter would you find...?; or
- In what kind of reference book would you find information about...?
Note: When assessing a text feature in a fiction or literary nonfiction passage, Benchmark LA.6.2.2.1 should be used. When assessing a text feature in an informational/expository nonfiction article or in a functional selection (how-to documents, webpages, etc.), Benchmark LA.6.6.1.1 should be used.
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The sample item below is based on “New Kid” on page H–4 and references the illustration on page H–6.
Based on the passage, which sentence would best serve as a caption for the illustration on page __ ? - Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice