Criterion Evidence: Does the resource provide reading, writing, and speaking activities grounded in evidence from text? Partially Does Not Meet Meets Meets (Insufficient Evidence) Dimension 2.1 Growth of Comprehension and Guiding Questions: Using Evidence From Texts: An Do the questions focus students on the text? Do they • of overwhelming majority (80%) require readers to produce evidence from the text? all questions reviewed are Do questions ask about central ideas of the text? • text-dependent, and Do they gradually build understanding of the text? • specific. Do they address level-specific standard(s)? (Support document: • Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality) Partially Does Not Meet Meets (Insufficient Evidence) Dimension 2.2 Emphasis on Argumentative and Guiding Questions: Informative Writing and Are regular invitations for students to speak about • Speaking: An the reading? overwhelming of all writing and Do most writing and speaking assignments require majority (80%) • speaking assignments reviewed students to provide text-based evidence? Do they make up require argumentative and 80% of the writing and speaking assignments? informative writing and speaking. Are there regular opportunities to write arguments and • They require students to draw on informative pieces? evidence from texts to present careful analyses and well-defended claims. (Support document: Checklist for Evaluating Question Summary of strengths and weaknesses: Quality) High-value actions needed to fill the gaps (check all actions that apply): Replace non-text-dependent questions with valuable text-dependent questions that target level- ❏❏ specific standards. Add a variety of text-based writing assignments, including short and longer writing ❏❏ assignments developed from the central ideas of the text. Add a culminating writing assignment developed from the central understanding of the text. ❏❏ Other: ❏❏
Criterion Evidence: Does the resource provide reading, writing, and speaking activities grounded in evidence from text? Dimension 2.1 Meets Partially Meets Does Not Meet (Insufficient Evidence) Growth of Comprehension and Using Evidence From Texts: An overwhelming majority (80%) of all questions reviewed are text-dependent, and (Support document: Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality) Guiding Questions: • Do the questions focus students on the text? Do they require readers to produce evidence from the text? • Do questions ask about central ideas of the text? • Do they gradually build understanding of the text? • Do they address level-specific standard(s)? Dimension 2.2 Partially Meets Does Not Meet (Insufficient Evidence) Emphasis on Argumentative and Informative Writing and Speaking: An overwhelming majority (80%) of all writing and speaking assignments reviewed require argumentative and informative writing and speaking. They require students to draw on evidence from texts to present careful analyses and well-defended claims. (Support document: Checklist for Evaluating Question Quality) Guiding Questions: • Are regular invitations for students to speak about the reading? • Do most writing and speaking assignments require students to provide text-based evidence? Do they make up 80% of the writing and speaking assignments? • Are there regular opportunities to write arguments and informative pieces? Summary of strengths and weaknesses: High-value actions needed to fill the gaps (check all actions that apply): ❏❏ Replace non-text-dependent questions with valuable text-dependent questions that target level- specific standards. ❏❏ Add a variety of text-based writing assignments, including short and longer writing assignments developed from the central ideas of the text. ❏❏ Add a culminating writing assignment developed from the central understanding of the text. ❏❏ Other: specific.