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High School English Language Arts Grade Level Considerations. High School Common Core Standards Grade Bands. Grades 9–10 Grades 11–12. Considerations for High School . Reading Level Vocabulary Contexts Item Difficulty Assessment Targets. Style Guide. Reading Level. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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High School English Language Arts Grade Level Considerations
High School Common Core StandardsGrade Bands
• Grades 9–10
• Grades 11–12
Considerations for High School
• Reading Level
• Vocabulary
• Contexts
• Item Difficulty
• Assessment Targets
Style Guide
Reading Level
• Increasingly complex text, independence and proficiency
• Claim 1 (Reading) and 3 (Speaking and Listening) passages range from being above, at, or below grade level
• For claim 2 (Writing) and 4 (Research) the passages one grade below the assessed grade
Vocabulary
• Use language that is clear and vocabulary that is at or below the assessed grade level
• Appropriate to high school students
• Vocabulary measured in context must be at least two levels above grade
High School Context
• Appropriate– teenagers– historical figures and
events – inventions – school – health– community
• Inappropriate– drugs and alcohol– prison– marriage or divorce– children’s games– toys and dolls
Item Difficulty
• Items should include a range of difficulty
• Anticipated difficulty for sample items
Smarter Balanced English Language Arts Claims and Assessment Targets
• Claim 1: Reading
• Claim 2: Writing
• Claim 3: Speaking & Listening
• Claim 4: Research
Claim 1: Reading
• 30% Literary texts: stories, poems, plays, myths, or legends
• 70% Informational texts: science, social studies, and technical texts/topics
• Selected Response, Constructed Response, and Technology-Enhanced Items.
Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly
complex literary and informational texts.
Claim 2: Writing
• Selected Response, Constructed Response, Technology-Enhanced Items, and Performance Tasks
• Write, revise or edit text
• Argumentative and Informational
• Performance Tasks incorporate research and reading skills to produce narrative, informational and argumentative essays
Students can produce effective and well-grounded writing for a range of purposes and audiences.
Claim 3: Speaking and Listening
• Selected Response, Constructed Response, or Technology-Enhanced Items
• Performance Tasks
– Plan and deliver presentations
Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of
purposes and audiences.
Claim 4: Research
• Selected Response, Constructed Response, and Technology-Enhanced Items
• Performance Tasks
• Real world sources and complex topics and issues
• Multiple sources and evidence
Students can engage in research / inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.
High School English Language ArtsGrade Level Considerations
• Vocabulary, style, context, and item difficulty
• Claims and assessment targets from the Smarter Balanced English Language ArtsContent Specifications