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Purpose of Sample Items and Performance Tasks
• Demonstrate rigor and complexity of ELA/literacy and mathematics questions
• Showcase variety of item types:• Selected response• Constructed response• Technology enhanced• Performance tasks
• Help teachers to begin planning for the shifts in instruction
Developed with Educators and Experts
• Early 2012: Assessment claims for ELA/literacy and mathematics approved by Governing States
• April 2012: Item/task specifications and review guidelines published– http://www.smarterbalanced.org/itemspecs
• June 2012: Training modules available for item writers/reviewers– http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/item-writing-and-review
• Summer 2012: Educators from Governing States begin writing items and tasks; cognitive labs / small scale trials begin
• September 2012: Sample items reviewed by Smarter Balanced staff and advisors, Student Achievement Partners
• October 2012: Sample items and tasks available
• February / March 2013: Pilot Test of first 10,000 items and performance tasks
Overall Claim for Grades 3-8
Overall Claim for Grade 11
Claim #1 - Reading
Claim #2 - Writing
Claim #3 - Speaking and Listening
Claim #4 - Research/Inquiry
Claims for the ELA/Literacy Summative Assessment
Overall Claim for Grades 3-8
Overall Claim for Grade 11
Claim #1 - Concepts & Procedures
Claim #2 - Problem Solving
Claim #3 - Communicating Reasoning
Claim #4 - Modeling and Data Analysis
Claims for the Mathematics Summative Assessment
Sample Items and Tasks Navigation
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Accessibility and Accommodations
• Sample items do not include accessibility and accommodations features
• Full range of accessibility tools and accommodations options under development guided by:– Magda Chia, Ph.D., Director of Support for Under-
Represented Students– Accessibility and Accommodations Work Group– Students with Disabilities Advisory Committee
• Chair: Martha Thurlow (NCEO)– English Language Learners Advisory Committee– Accessibility & Accommodations Framework
• Learn more online:– http://www.smarterbalanced.org/parents-students/support-for-under-represented-
students/