Transcript SBAC ELA Test Overview

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Student Overview
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Key Elements for ELA
Reading: 15-16 CAT qstns
Writing: 10 CAT qstns, 1 PT essay
Listening: 8-9 CAT qstns
Research: 6 CAT qstns, 2-3 short
constructed response
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Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)
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Item Types:
Selected Response (Multiple Choice)
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Technology-Enhanced/Enabled Items
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Short Constructed Response
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Performance Task (PT)
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Two-day event in ELA; recommended singleday in Mathematics
ELA will access multiple resources
Short answer questions build understanding
of the longer essay task
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COMPUTER ADAPTIVE TEST (CAT)
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1 Literary Text (4 questions total)
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3-5 Informational Texts (11-12 questions total)
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3-4 Audio Visual Texts (8-9 questions total)
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Word meanings
Central Idea / Main Idea
Key Details / Evidence
Text Structure and Features
Language Usage
Analysis within and across texts
Reasoning and Evaluation
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Central Idea – Main Idea
Read the excerpt from the text. What central idea
is expressed in the excerpt?
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Click on the sentence that best reveals the central
idea of the text. (choose a sentence from a paragraph)
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Which sentence best supports the central idea?
(choose from a list of 4 sentences)
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Central Ideas – Main Idea
(Source #1) Which statement best summarizes the
central idea of the text?
choose
from 4 MC options
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CAT: SPEAKING & LISTENING
Listen/Interpret audio visual presentations.
Central Idea - Example
Based
on the information in the presentation,
what does the term “mass produced” mean in pop
culture? (MC)
HINT:
Review the presentation to understand the
main idea or key point made about mass
production in pop culture.
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CAT: SPEAKING & LISTENING
Listen/Interpret audio visual presentations.
Key Point
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Which point does the author emphasize by
including details about performances? (MC)
Hint: A point is an argument or claim. In other
words, what does the detail (example) prove?
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CAT: SPEAKING & LISTENING
Listen/Interpret audio visual presentations.
Analysis:
Which
of the following terms best describes the
Carter Center’s overall agenda? (MC)
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HINT: Agenda = Purpose, Goal, or Motivation
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presentation describes the conditions of the
countries where the Carter Center helps with
elections. How does this information best influence
the listener’s understanding of the presentation?
(MC)
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Key Details – Evidence
Read
the conclusion given:
The fashion industry has started to become
more sustainable.
Click on the sentence that best supports this
conclusion. Choose 1 sentence from several
paragraphs.
HINT: Be careful to select a specific
supporting detail. Avoid looking for key
words (e.g., sustainable).
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Part 1: Reasoning – Infer Meaning
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Select the statement that best describes what is
revealed about ____ in paragraph one. (select from 4
MC claims)
Part 2: Details – Use Evidence for Support
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Read this statement…Click the detail that best
supports this inference. (click on one of the
sentences)
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Which set of lines from the text best supports your
answer above? (select from 4 MC details)
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Part 1: Reasoning – Infer Meaning
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Based on the text, what conclusion can be drawn
about __________? (choose from 4 MC options)
Part 2: Details – Use Evidence for Support
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Which sentence from the text best supports your
answer above? (choose 1 sentence from 4 options)
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Part A: Reasoning Example
Click on the statement that best describes what
the use of the cotton t-shirt example shows about
the fashion industry’s attempt at becoming a
sustainable industry.
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from 4 MC options.
Part B: Details
Click on the sentences that best support your
answer in part A.
Note
that it’s asking for more than one sentence.
In this case, always choose TWO.
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CAT: SPEAKING & LISTENING
Listen/Interpret audio visual presentations and
analyze the central idea, key points, purpose, or
point of view.
Part A: Key Point
What
does the fact that The Carter Center does
not represent the U.S. government demonstrate?
(MC)
Part B: Details – Evidence
Which
detail from the presentation best supports
your answer in part A? (MC)
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Reasoning & Evaluation
What do the stories of survival in the last
paragraph suggest to the reader about the
narrator?
Your short constructed response should include:
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CLAIM: Infer meaning about the narrator’s traits,
motivation, conflicts, development, attitude / tone.
EVIDENCE: Support your inferences with specific
examples.
REASONING: Explain your reasoning – What do the
examples prove?
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Word Meanings
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Read the sentence from the text.
The sea moved in a lethargic way, as if already
exhausted by the oncoming heat.
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Select the word that best defines lethargic as it
is used in the sentence. (select from 4 MC words)
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blistering
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chaotic
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rhythmic
4.
sluggish
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Word Meanings
Read the sentence from the text.
Shoppers everywhere are now bombarded with
advertising and packaging that touts the “organic,”
“fair trade,” or “green” qualities of a product.
What does the word touts most likely mean?
1.appreciates
2.criticizes
3.discerns
4.glorifies
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Literary Devices - Read the sentence from the text.
I tasted the water. I tasted it again. It was salt-free. “My sweet sea cow!” I
exclaimed to the solar still. “You’ve produced, and how! What a delicious
milk. Mind you, a little rubbery, but I’m not complaining. Why, look at me
drink!”
Which statement best describes what the metaphor in the
sentences adds to the meaning of the text?
1.The metaphor proves that the narrator could not survive
without the solar stills.
2.The metaphor implies that the narrator thinks the water is
as nutritious as milk.
3.The metaphor demonstrates that the narrator is becoming
confused adrift at sea.
4.The metaphor shows that the narrator is incredibly grateful
for a safe source of water.
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CAT: SPEAKING & LISTENING
Listen/Interpret audio visual presentations and
analyze the central idea, key points, purpose, point
of view, or rhetorical techniques.
Rhetorical Devices:
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Why does the author use the rhetorical technique
of comparison to show how popular culture is
mass produced? (MC)
HINT: What is the purpose and/or effect of a
specific rhetorical technique? For example,
comparison is used to emphasize similarities.
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Text Structure
Why did the author structure elements within the
text in a certain manner?
How does the order (of paragraphs or sentences)
affect meaning?
HINT 1: Identify this type of question
Look for mention of a paragraph number.
Look for wording such as “adds to” or “develops.”
Look for “how” questions.
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Text Structure
HINT 2: How to approach this question:
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Re-read the suggested passage or paragraph.
Analyze the purpose of placing the information in
that specific order.
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Example: How does this order affect plot or character
development?
Look for the statement that sums up the main
idea of the passage. Or, in a short constructed
response, explain the main idea and purpose of
the passage or paragraph.
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CAT: READING 1 LITERARY TEXT
Text Structure – Example
How does the second paragraph about the solar
stills add to the characterization of the narrator?
Select all that apply. (Often this means TWO).
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solar stills demonstrate the narrator’s ingenuity.
The solar stills prove that the narrator’s concern for his
material belongings.
The solar show how important fresh water is to the
character’s survival.
The solar stills show how hard the narrator works to be free
from responsibility.
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Text Structure Example
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How does the third paragraph affect the
structure of the text as a whole? (Choose from 4
MC options.)
HINT:
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Look for the statement that sums up the main
idea of the paragraph.
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Pause Rules
 Tests
can be paused at any time; students
get a warning message to verify they want
to pause.
 If
a CAT test is paused less than 20
minutes, students may review questions
already answered.
 If
a CAT test is paused more than 20
minutes, students may not review or
change questions already answered.
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Pause Rules
 When
resuming after a pause, the student
sees the first page that has unanswered
questions.
 If
a test is idle for over 20 minutes, the
system will automatically pause the test
and log the student out.
 There
are no pause limits for the
performance task portion of Smarter
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Smarter Balanced Assessments
Neither portions of the test are timed; students will be
allowed to continue working as long as they are making
progress.