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Sample Item
Brief Constructed Response Item for Grade 5
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Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text |
Topic A. Comprehension of Informational Text
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Indicator 4. Determine and analyze important ideas and messages in informational texts |
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Objective g. Draw conclusions and inferences and make generalizations and predictions from text
Assessment limit: From one text or a portion of the text or across multiple texts
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Read the article 'Fly High, Bessie Coleman' and answer the following question.
Explain what the information in the article shows about the job of performing in air shows. In your response, use information from the article to support your explanation.
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| Sample Student Response #1 |

Annotation: The student has synthesized information from the article to conclude that performing in air shows can be dangerous. This statement is supported with evidence from the text, "she brake several bones after crashing." The student relates the idea of danger by stating that "she died from performing at age 34" and extends the explanation beyond the article by stating "people don't just die at age 34."
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| Sample Student Response #2 |

Annotation: The student determines that "performing in air shows can be exiting but also very dangerous." The student attempts to support this idea by stating, "There is the same chance of crashing as any other but there are many people under you." The student then unnecessarily restates this same idea at the end of the response. The student could have added an explanation of the excitement of air shows. The article includes information about the rolls, spins, and loops that are performed which could have been used as support for both ideas, dangerous and exciting.
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