Each content-area and grade-level assessment is designed to assess a specific set of EEs. Blueprint documents available on your state’s page on the DLM website include the EEs for each grade. The DLM Consortium state education leaders selected a subset of EEs for use in each grade level and subject area. These subsets are called the testing blueprints. The ELA and mathematics blueprints also contain a minimum number of EEs for testing from specific ELA and mathematics claims and conceptual areas to use during the instructionally embedded assessment window. During that window, test administrators are guided by these assessment requirements in making their EE choices. The guidelines help them address the full breadth of blueprint coverage for students. The spring assessment is also guided by the blueprints. ELA EEs are specific statements of knowledge and skills linked to the grade-level expectations identified in college and career readiness standards. The DLM maps for ELA and mathematics clarify how students can reach the academic targets specified in the EEs. For each EE, small collections of nodes are identified earlier in the map, representing critical stages on the path toward the standard. These small collections of nodes are called linkage levels. For more information, see The Relationship Between English Language Arts and Mathematics Essential Elements, Nodes, and Mini-Maps on page 19 of this manual. For all ELA and mathematics EEs available for assessment, the on the DLM website provides documents describing their linkage levels and nodes. An Excel workbook Professional Development Modules Supporting Essential Elements is also available on the . This workbook cross-references each EE to the relevant professional development modules. The workbook includes one tab for ELA and one for mathematics. Below is a screenshot of a portion of the workbook. Understanding the DLM alternate assessment involves understanding the relationships among the components of the system. These components include the DLM maps, claims, conceptual areas, EEs, nodes, and mini-maps. Each DLM map is a large and complex representation of how students develop academic knowledge and skills. These maps highlight multiple potential pathways that students may follow to develop knowledge and skills in ELA and mathematics.
Each content-area and grade-level assessment is designed to assess a specific set of EEs. Blueprint documents available on your state’s page on the DLM website include the EEs for each grade. The DLM Consortium state education leaders selected a subset of EEs for use in each grade level and subject area. These subsets are called the testing blueprints. The ELA and mathematics blueprints also contain a minimum number of EEs for testing from specific ELA and mathematics claims and conceptual areas to use during the instructionally embedded assessment window. During that window, test administrators are guided by these assessment requirements in making their EE choices. The guidelines help them address the full breadth of blueprint coverage for students. The spring assessment is also guided by the blueprints. ELA EEs are specific statements of knowledge and skills linked to the grade-level expectations identified in college and career readiness standards. The DLM maps for ELA and mathematics clarify how students can reach the academic targets specified in the EEs. For each EE, small collections of nodes are identified earlier in the map, representing critical stages on the path toward the standard. These small collections of nodes are called linkage levels. For more information, see The Relationship Between English Language Arts and Mathematics Essential Elements, Nodes, and Mini-Maps on page 19 of this manual. For all ELA and mathematics EEs available for assessment, the on the DLM website provides documents describing their linkage levels and nodes. An Excel workbook Professional Development Modules Supporting Essential Elements is also available on the . This workbook cross-references each EE to the relevant professional development modules. The workbook includes one tab for ELA and one for mathematics. Below is a screenshot of a portion of the workbook. Understanding the DLM alternate assessment involves understanding the relationships among the components of the system. These components include the DLM maps, claims, conceptual areas, EEs, nodes, and mini-maps. Each DLM map is a large and complex representation of how students develop academic knowledge and skills. These maps highlight multiple potential pathways that students may follow to develop knowledge and skills in ELA and mathematics.
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