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2016–17 California Alternate Assessment Practice Test Scoring Guide 1

Guide Content The California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) Practice Test Scoring Guide for Grade Five is a companion document to the online grade five CAA for ELA practice test. It provides details about the items and the correct responses on the practice test. The items on the practice tests are designed to contain the following information:

Broad coverage of content that closely mirrors the summative blueprint

A variety of student response types

Breadth of difficulty levels ranging from easier to more difficult items

What are the differences between practice tests and training tests?

Practice tests are designed to allow educators and students to experience grade-level test content.

Training tests are designed to allow educators and students to gain experience with different item response types that a student may encounter on the CAAs. There are no scoring guides for the training tests.

This scoring guide provides the following item-by-item information for the grade five practice test items:

Item—the item sequence number within the practice test

Grade—the grade level for the item

Domain—the broad content area being assessed by the item (e.g., Geometry)

Connector (Core Content Connector)—the specific alternative achievement standard being assessed by the item (Each Connector is linked to a Common Core State Standard.)

Tier—the level of item complexity, with Tier 1 being least complex and Tier 3 being most complex

Test question—the prompt that asks students to show what they know and can do.

Key—the correct student response to the item.

Rubric—the score points related to each item and sample correct responses.

Grade Five Practice Test Items

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Read the passage and answer questions 1-3.



Item Grade Category Connector Tier

1 5 Informational 5.RI.c4 Determine the main idea, and identify key details to support the main idea.

1

Key: B

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct response.




2 5 Informational 5.RI.e2 Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.

1

Key: See exemplar to the right.

Rubric:

(2 points) The student chooses the two correct responses.

(1 point) The student chooses one of the correct responses, but not both.




3 5 Text Types and Purposes (Informative/Explanatory)

5.WI.d1 Support a topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.

1

Key: B





4 5 Literature 5.RL.d1 Compare characters, settings, events within a story; provide or identify specific details in the text to support the comparison.

1

Key: Tim; Kal

(2 points) The student chooses the two correct responses.

(1 point) The student chooses one of the correct responses, but not both.



Read the passage and answer questions 5-7.




5 5 Literature 5.RL.b1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly.

2

Key: B





6 5 Language 5.RWL.a2 Use context to determine the meaning of unknown or multiple meaning words or phrases.

2

Key: paint brush

Rubric:

(2 point) The student selects the correct answer on the first attempt.

(1 point) The student selects the correct answer on the second attempt.




7 5 Literature 5.RL.c2 Summarize a text from beginning to end in a few sentences.

2

Key: A





8 5 Production and Distribution of Writing (Narrative)

5.WL.h1 Produce a clear coherent permanent product that is appropriate to the specific task, purpose (e.g. to entertain), or audience.

2

Key: The student completes the sentence to describe Lily.

Exemplar: white and fluffy, or quick and friendly, etc.

Rubric:

(2 points) The student provides two words that describe Lily.

(1 point) The student provides one word that describes Lily.




9 5 Text Types and Purposes (Informative/Explanatory)

5.WI.b3 Organize ideas, concepts, and information (using definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect).

3

Key: See exemplar below.

Rubric:

(1 point) The student chooses the correct response for both targets.

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