Linking Classroom Assessment to the MAP Communication Arts Test

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Linking Classroom Assessment to the MAP
Communication Arts Test

• Brian Hubbard, Curriculum and Instruction Acct.
  Asst.

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The Importance of Cold Literature

• When students take the MAP, they are answering
  questions about literature that they must read,
  comprehend and interpret on their own.
• Students must be given opportunities to do this
  in the classroom.
• This is the only way you can truly assess a
  students performance.
• Lets look at an example.

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I teach The Gift of the Magi

• During class discussion we go over the different
  types of irony and discuss the examples of irony
  in the story.
• On the assessment, I have this question
  Explain what irony is, using an example from The
  Gift of the Magi.

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The Objective

• My objective is
• Students will identify and analyze the use of
  irony in literature.
• My objective is not
• Students will know the examples of irony that can
  be found in The Gift of the Magi.

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• Today, you will write at least one assessment
  item to a cold reading passage.
• Your item will be aligned to R3C.
• Before we begin, discuss R3C at your table.
• Next, take a few minutes to read your passage.

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Write an assessment item!

• Remember, your item should be aligned to R3C.
• Use the Content Standard Interpretations to help
  you with ideas.
• To do this, you will have to determine which
  parts of R3C you want to assess and which
  process standards align.
• Use the released items for models of items and
  scoring guides YES! Your items will also need a
  scoring guide!

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Tips from Scoring the MAPGeneral issues related
to correctly and completely answering constructed
response questions.
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Reasons responses get 1s rather than 2s.

• The response includes vague generalities rather
  than details and/or examples.
• The response includes fewer correct
  details/examples/reasons than the item requires.

Lets look at some examples.
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The response includes vague generalities rather
than details and/or examples.

• Released Item (H.S. 2003)
• How can the reader judge whether or not Carmen
  Mariano is a reliable source of information on
  the subject of success at Quincy College?
  Support your answer with details/examples from
  the speech.
• I believe that Carmen Mariano is a reliable
  source because he gives information and examples
  to back up what he is saying in his speech.

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2 Point Response

• He sounds confident when sayingPower believed is
  power achieved, and he gives examples of other
  great people and their words (Winston Churchill).
  He gave the example of the 1 mile in 4 minutes
  story. He sounds more than reliable and like a
  smart man himself and educated.
• ________________________________________

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The response includes fewer correct
details/examples/reasons than the item requires.

• Released Item (H.S. 1998)
• What is the setting of this excerpt? Give three
  clues that helped you determine the setting.
• One summer afternoon gives the idea that
• it takes place in the summertime. It must
• have taken place a long time ago because
• they still have wooden ice cream freezers.
• __________________________________________

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2 Point Response

• Probably in the country. There__
• was a little path beside the rocky
• road. They passed a triangular__
• farm on their left. Marguerite___
• crossed a road that didnt have
• many cars._____________________________

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Reasons responses get 0s.

• Response only includes information from the stem
  and/or provides no evidence that the student has
  read the passage.
• Response is confused student doesnt understand
  the question or may not know the content.

Lets look at some examples.
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Response only includes information from the stem
and/or provides no evidence that the student has
read the passage.

• Released Item (H.S. 2002)
• Predict whether or not the narrator will complete
  his journey. Use details and/or examples from
  the passage to support your prediction.
• I really believe that he will finish the
• journey.__________________________________
• ____________________________________________
• ____________________________________________

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Response only includes information from the stem
and/or provides no evidence that the student has
read the passage.

• Released Item (H.S. 2002)
• What effect does the author create by ending the
  passage with two questions rather than with a
  concluding statement? Use details and/or
  examples from the passage to support your answer.
• The effect the author creates when he does
• that is to make you think and you decide
• how it ends.______________________________
• __________________________________________

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Response is confused student doesnt understand
the question or may not know the content.

• Released Item (H.S. 2003)
• How can the reader judge whether or not Carmen
  Mariano is a reliable source of information on
  the subject of success at Quincy College?
  Support your answer with details/examples from
  the speech.
• In the beginning of the speech it explains about
  Quincy. Plus Carmon seems to feel strongly on
  the subject so I think he is reliable.

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Dont forget about instruction!

• If we are going to assess differently, our
  instructions must change as well. We need to
  provide instructional opportunities for students
  to perform at higher levels.

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Questions?Problems?Issues?
Feel free to call 523-5509 or email
bhubbard_at_spsmail.org