student privacy, and example, achievement, verification, forensic, and security analyses. all data is owned Provide a description for how data will be managed securely, including, for exclusively by the example, as data is transferred between vendors and the State. State. Part B: Align to Standards English Language Arts/Literacy – Question # Criteria Evidence 2.13 B.1 Assessing student Provide test blueprints and other specifications as well as exemplar literary and reading and writing informational passages for each grade level, demonstrating the expectations achievement in both below are met. ELA and literacy: are balanced across literary and informational text types and across The assessments are genres, with more informational than literary texts used as the English language arts assessments move up in the grade bands, as the State’s standards require. and literacy tests that Texts and other stimuli (e.g., audio, visual, graphic) are previously are based on an published or of publishable quality. They are content-rich, exhibit aligned balance of exceptional craft and thought, and/or provide useful information. high-quality literary History/social studies and science/technical specifically, reflect the and informational quality of writing that is produced by authorities in the particular texts. academic discipline. 2.14 B.2 Focusing on Provide text complexity measurements, exemplar literary and informational complexity of texts: passages for each grade level, and other evidence (e.g., data, tools, procedures) to The assessments demonstrate the expectations below are met. require appropriate At each grade, reading texts have sufficient complexity, and the average levels of text complexity of texts increases grade-by-grade, meeting college- and complexity; they career-ready levels by the end of high school.
student privacy, and all data is owned exclusively by the State. example, achievement, verification, forensic, and security analyses. Provide a description for how data will be managed securely, including, for example, as data is transferred between vendors and the State. Part B: Align to Standards – English Language Arts/Literacy Question # Criteria Evidence 2.13 B.1 Assessing student reading and writing achievement in both ELA and literacy: The assessments are English language arts and literacy tests that are based on an aligned balance of high-quality literary and informational texts. Provide test blueprints and other specifications as well as exemplar literary and informational passages for each grade level, demonstrating the expectations below are met. are balanced across literary and informational text types and across genres, with more informational than literary texts used as the assessments move up in the grade bands, as the State’s standards require. Texts and other stimuli (e.g., audio, visual, graphic) are previously published or of publishable quality. They are content-rich, exhibit exceptional craft and thought, and/or provide useful information. History/social studies and science/technical specifically, reflect the quality of writing that is produced by authorities in the particular academic discipline. 2.14 B.2 Focusing on complexity of texts: The assessments require appropriate levels of text complexity; they Provide text complexity measurements, exemplar literary and informational passages for each grade level, and other evidence (e.g., data, tools, procedures) to demonstrate the expectations below are met. At each grade, reading texts have sufficient complexity, and the average complexity of texts increases grade-by-grade, meeting college- and career-ready levels by the end of high school.
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