ISAT 2006

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ISAT - 2006

• Reading Format

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Distribution

• 70 Reading
• 14 Vocabulary
• 56 Comprehension
• 30 Literature
• 22 Elements
• 8 Genre

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Changes 05 to 06
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Testing Sessions
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Third Grade Example

• Vocabulary Development
• He gazed at the lighted window. What would one
  do if he gazed?
• A. Look at the building
• B. Think about a friend
• C. Build a home
• Talk about school

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Fourth Grade Example

• Variety of Literary Works
• The passage Damon and Pythias is an example of
  which genre?
• Poem
• Myth
• Drama
• Essay

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The Paired, Functional Passage

• Addresses the following IAF-R assessment
  objectives
• Determine whether a set of complex directions is
  complete and, therefore, clear
• Use information in charts, graphs, tables,
  diagrams, maps, and headings
• Draw conclusions from information in charts, maps
  and graphs, etc.
• Identify or summarize the order of events in a
  story of non-fiction account.

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage How to Cook Noodles
• (Grade 3)
• When is the heat turned down on the stove?
• A. After the water begins to boil
• B. After the noodles become soft
• C. After the water boils away
• D. After the noodles become hard

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage Making Oatmeal Cookies
• (Grade 4)
• Which step tells about adding the wet
  ingredients?
• A. Step 2
• B. Step 3
• C. Step 4
• D. Step 5

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage Making Oatmeal Cookies
• (Grade 4)
• In what order are the numbered steps arranged?
• A. In the order in which the author remembered
  them
• B. From the simplest to the most difficult
• C. From the least to the most time-consuming
• D. In the order in which the steps should be
  followed

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage Health Tips
• (Grade 5)
• Some of the information in picture 3 is about
  Vitamin K. Which paragraph in the article gives
  the reader more information about this vitamin?
• A. Paragraph 2
• B. Paragraph 3
• C. Paragraph 4
• D. Paragraph 5

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage The Skeletal System
• (Grade 6)
• In order to learn how bones are connected to each
  other, the reader needs the information in both
• A. Picture 1 and paragraph 1
• B. Picture 1 and paragraph 2
• C. Picture 2 and paragraph 1
• D. Picture 2 and paragraph 2

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage The Shopper (Newspaper)
  
• (Grade 7)
• What must one do to place a 1 ad in this
  newspaper?
• A. Phone in the ad pay by credit card
• B. Phone in the ad pay by debit card
• C. Mail the ad pay by money order
• D. Mail the ad pay by check

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Functional Passage Question Types

• Passage Cleaning the Attic
• (Grade 8)
• How is the information in Paragraphs 6-8
  organized?
• A. By comparison/contrast
• B. From least to most important
• C. By cause and effect
• D. In chronological order

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Samples of Paired, Functional Items from NAEP

• Go to http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
• On the top of the page, select NAEP QUESTIONS
• Click on to begin using the
  NAEP Questions Tool.
• Scroll down to Advanced Search and select
  Reading from the drop-down menu
• Click

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Extended Response

• Draw inferences, conclusions, or generalizations
  about the text and support them with textual
  evidence
• Make comparisons across reading passages
• Distinguish between relevant and irrelevant
  information

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Extended Response Rubric

• To Score a 4
• Answer the prompt by discussing Key Ideas
• Include relevant Text References
• Make Connections or Draw Conclusions
• Does not have to be, but may be a personal
  experience
• Extend rather than simply state ideas
• Balance text references and connections

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ER Example Making Connections

• Flood A short story about a family and the
  hard decisions they face while evacuating their
  home because of an impending flood.
• Grandmother didnt want to leave the house
  because her husband died there (key idea and text
  reference)
• . . .and she thought the levee wouldnt break
  (conclusion drawn by the student implied in
  text)
• . . .so she stood up to the family (extension)

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The Brain Creating Pathways
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Creating Myelination
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For more information contact

• Judie Steinhauser
• jsteinh_at_isbe.net
• 217.782.4823