EE.W.7.2.a Introduce a topic and write to convey ideas and information about it including visual, tactual, or multimedia information as appropriate. EE.W.7.2.b Provide facts, details, or other information related to the topic. EE.W.7.2.d Select domain-specific vocabulary to use in writing about the topic. HINT: Writing is always one of the five testlets during spring assessment. The writing testlet covers multiple EEs and is required for all students. Imagine three students who enter the spring assessment with different experiences with the DLM alternate assessment. The table below describes how each student might receive the first four testlets. Student 1 Student 2 Student 3 Completed all Completed some Completed none of the blueprint blueprint blueprint requirements Conceptual requirements during requirements during during instructionally Area instructionally instructionally embedded assessment embedded assessment embedded assessment (criteria for 1.1 and 1.2) EE.RI.7.2 EE.RI.7.2 EE.RI.7.2 Linkage level Linkage assigned Linkage level assigned Testlet 1 assigned according to according to according to First (1.1) performance during performance during Contact survey instructionally instructionally information embedded assessment embedded assessment Random choice from Random choice from Random choice from the student’s the student’s all EEs available for previously tested EEs previously tested EEs 1.2. Testlet 2 Linkage level Linkage level Linkage level assigned (1.2) assigned according to assigned according to according to performance on testlet performance on testlet performance on testlet 1 1 1
EE.W.7.2.a Introduce a topic and write to convey ideas and information about it including visual, tactual, or multimedia information as appropriate. EE.W.7.2.b Provide facts, details, or other information related to the topic. EE.W.7.2.d Select domain-specific vocabulary to use in writing about the topic. HINT: Writing is always one of the five testlets during spring assessment. The writing testlet covers multiple EEs and is required for all students. Imagine three students who enter the spring assessment with different experiences with the DLM alternate assessment. The table below describes how each student might receive the first four testlets. Conceptual Area Student 1 Completed all blueprint requirements during instructionally embedded assessment Student 2 Completed some blueprint requirements during instructionally embedded assessment (criteria for 1.1 and 1.2) Student 3 Completed none of the blueprint requirements during instructionally embedded assessment Testlet 1 (1.1) EE.RI.7.2 Linkage level assigned according to performance during instructionally embedded assessment EE.RI.7.2 Linkage assigned according to performance during instructionally embedded assessment EE.RI.7.2 Linkage level assigned according to First Contact survey information Testlet 2 (1.2) Random choice from the student’s previously tested EEs Linkage level assigned according to performance on testlet 1 Random choice from the student’s previously tested EEs Linkage level assigned according to performance on testlet 1 Random choice from all EEs available for 1.2. Linkage level assigned according to performance on testlet 1
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