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Participants can select the grade level of their choice for this learning module. If collaborating with a colleague or team, all team members should choose the same grade-level mathematics performance task.

The Smarter Balanced training guides and exemplars are used for this learning module to support the scoring of the items that require hand scoring. The table that follows lists the contents of the Smarter Balanced training guides and exemplars ( table 1).

The training guide contains directions, sources, the student assignment or prompt, and a rubric.

The exemplars are examples of student work that demonstrate a certain score level's attributes and serve as a standard against which other student performances can be judged. Exemplars contain the following:

A prep set, which includes scored samples of student responses to a constructed-response item, with scoring comments to explain the reasoning for the assigned score

A check set, which provides unscored sample student responses

An answer key, which provides assigned scores for items in the check set (These help educators to better understand the task, the rubric, and how to calibrate scoring before scoring their own students' work.)

Before you begin the learning module, download the training guide and exemplars for your chosen grade-level performance task. Take these steps to download the materials:

1. Visit the CAASPP website.

2. Select the [Test Operations Management System (TOMS)] button.

3. Log on to your TOMS account.

4. Select the [Resources] tab once signed in to TOMS.

5. Select Interim Assessment Secure Materials-Hand Scoring Training Guides from the Available Materials drop-down list to view the Interim Hand Scoring Training Guides and exemplars ( figure 1).

Figure 1. Secure Materials web page

6. Navigate to the section labeled "Math" and select the appropriate button to view the training materials for the desired grade level ( figure 2).

Figure 2. Math section on the Secure Materials web page

7. Locate the section labeled "Interim Comprehensive Assessments (ICAs)," and download the training guide and the exemplars for your chosen performance task.
Be sure to select a constructed-response item that includes a rubric. To verify you have selected an appropriate item to hand score, download the appropriate training guide to view the included rubric. Then, download the associated exemplars.

Once you have downloaded the training guide and exemplars for your chosen grade level, you are ready to begin the learning module.

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The California Department of Education (CDE) Assessment Spotlight is a regular email for K-12 educators, including testing coordinators, that reports on current and upcoming activities related to statewide testing.

To join the email list, send a blank message to subscribe-caaspp@mlist.cde.ca.gov. If you would like to unsubscribe from the CDE statewide assessments listserv, send a blank message to unsubscribe-caaspp@mlist.cde.ca.gov.

The following links direct users to a list of topics covered within each update:

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Abbreviation

Definition

CAA

California Alternate Assessment

CAASPP

California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

CAC

California Assessment Conference

CALPADS

California Longitudinal Pupil Data System

CAST

California Science Test

CERS

California Educator Reporting System

CHSPE

California High School Proficiency Examination

CSA

California Spanish Assessment

ELPAC

English Language Proficiency Assessments for California

HSE

high school equivalency

ICILS

International Computer and Information Literacy Study

LEA

local educational agency

STAIRS

Security and Test Administration Incident Reporting System

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 254 - November 9, 2023

Upcoming Educator Opportunity: CSA Development

November's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Express Yourself

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 253 - November 3, 2023

Charter School Assessment Coordinator Network Quarterly Meeting is Coming Up on November 29, 2023

Fall ELPAC New Coordinator Trainings - Register Now

Understanding the Role of Interim Assessments

Act Now: Important Update Regarding Expiring HiSET Test Vouchers

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 252 - October 27, 2023

New CAST and ELPAC Interim Assessments Ready for Administration to Students
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 251 - October 20, 2023

Fall English Language Proficiency Assessments for California New Coordinator Trainings - Register Now

Interim Assessment User Guide Now Available!

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 250 - October 13, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 249 - October 6, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 248 - September 29, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 247 - September 22, 2023

Preview Available Now for the New California Science Test and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California Interim Assessments

Introducing the New Interim Assessments Webinars

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 246 - September 15, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 245 - September 8, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 244 - August 25, 2023

Reminder-Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments are Available
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 243 - August 18, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 242 - August 11, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 241 - August 4, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 240 - July 28, 2023

2023 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting Starts Next Week

CAASPP and ELPAC Systems Downtime Reminder

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 239 - July 14, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 238 - July 7, 2023

Reminder-Summer Trainings Starting Soon

Generating Statewide Student Identifiers-Clarification

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 237 - June 30, 2023

Reminder-Downtime for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Generating Statewide Student Identifiers Takes Time

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 236 - June 23, 2023

Upcoming Downtime for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Register for the 2023 High School Equivalency and Proficiency Summer Convenings

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 235 - June 16, 2023

Interim Assessments Summer Trainings Starting Soon

2023-24 ELPAC Information Guide Just Posted

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 234 - June 9, 2023

2023 California Assessment Conference-Last Call for Session Presenters

June's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Are We Really One of a Kind?

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 233 - May 26, 2023

New Alternate Assessment Decision Making Worksheet

Summative ELPAC Testing Window Closing-Speaking Data Entry Interface Reminder

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 232 - May 19, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 231 - May 12, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 230 - May 5, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 229 - April 28, 2023

Close of the ELPAC Testing Window Quickly Approaching!

Focus on Test Security-Pause Rules and Grace Period Extensions

California High School Equivalency Program

California High School Proficiency Examination

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 228 - April 21, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 227 - April 14, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 226 - April 7, 2023

Requesting Unlisted Resources

California Spanish Assessment-Educators Urgently Needed

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 225 - March 24, 2023

Focus on Test Security: Overview of the STAIRS/Appeals Process

Updates to the 2022-23 ELPAC Information Guide

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 224 - March 10, 2023

March's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Ants are Superorganisms
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 223 - March 3, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 222 - February 17, 2023

California Assessment Accessibility Resource Matrix for 2022-23: Minor Updates

Registration Open for Spring Training-Accessing Summative Assessment Results in CERS

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 221 - February 10, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 220 - February 3, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 219 - January 27, 2023

Assistance to Storm-affected Local Educational Agencies

Now Available-Asynchronous Hand Scoring Modules for Scoring Smarter Balanced Performance Tasks

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 218 - January 20, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 217 - January 13, 2023

Tools for Teachers: Science Educator Interest Survey

January's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Inspiring Investigation: Interpreting & Analyzing Figurative Language

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 216 - January 6, 2023 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 215 - December 16, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 214 - December 9, 2022

December's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Interim Assessment Connections Playlist for Mathematics Performance Task

Upcoming Downtime for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 213 - December 2, 2022

Reminders and Resources for Administering the CAA for Science

Desmos Art Contest

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 212 - November 18, 2022

Field Test of Observation Protocol for Teachers of English Learners
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 211 - November 11, 2022

November's Featured Resource in Tools for Teachers-Explore World Climates with Climatograms
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 210 - November 4, 2022

Register Today for the November Webinar on Formative Assessment and Accessibility Strategies

High School Equivalency and CHSPE Webinar Series

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 209 - October 28, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 208 - October 21, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 207 - October 14, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 206 - October 7, 2022

Last Day to Register: California Assessment Conference

Data-Drive Decision-Making Trainings for Educational Leaders

California Assessment Accessibility Resource Matrix for 2022-23

LEAs: Complete Your 1.0 Percent Threshold Survey

Fall ELPAC New Coordinator Trainings-Register Now

California Educator Reporting System Training Opportunities

Boosting Instruction with Formative Assessment and Accessibility Strategies

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 205 - September 30, 2022

2022 California Assessment Conference-Secure Your Spot Today

Now Available: 1.0 Percent Threshold Survey

State Board of Education Approves Use of Smarter Balanced Adjusted Form Blueprints

Fall Interim Hand Scoring Sessions Begin Next Week!

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 204 - September 23, 2022

2022 California Assessment Conference: Spots Still Available

Don't Miss Out! Tools for Teachers Shared Practices Webinar Next Week

High School Equivalency: A Transition is in Progress!

Testing Transitional Kindergarten Students with the Initial ELPAC

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 203 - September 16, 2022

Census Day Reminder to Complete the Initial ELPAC and Initial Alternate ELPAC

Register for the September Tools for Teachers Shared Practices Webinar

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 202 - September 9, 2022

2022 California Assessment Conference: Register Today to Learn from Your Colleagues Across the State

CSA Item Writer Workshop: Spots Still Available

Spots Still Available for the 2022 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series Fall Sessions!

Registration Remains Open for the Introduction to CERS Fall Training Sessions

High School Equivalency: A Transition is on the Way!

California High School Proficiency Exam

September's Featured Professional Learning Resource in Tools for Teachers-Effective School-Home Partnerships!

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 201 - September 2, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 200 - August 26, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 199 - August 19, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 198 - August 12, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 197 - August 5, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 196 - July 29, 2022

2022 Assessment and Accountability Information Meeting Starts Next Week!
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 195 - July 22, 2022

Space Available! Math Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training Next Week

Reminder-Upcoming Downtime for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 194 - July 8, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 193 - July 1, 2022

New Alternate ELPAC Notification Letters Now Available!

Downtime This Weekend for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 192 - June 24, 2022

ELPAC Checklists for 2022-23 Now Available!

Initial ELPAC Reminder

Available Soon: 2022-23 Initial ELPAC and Alternate Initial ELPAC!

Upcoming Downtime for CAASPP and ELPAC Systems

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 191 - June 17, 2022

Deadline Extended: 2022 CAC Call for Shared Practice Proposals
Assessment Spotlight, Issue 190 - June 10, 2022 Assessment Spotlight, Issue 189 - June 3, 2022

2022 High School Equivalency Summer Covenings in August!

Alternate ELPAC-Question of the Week

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 188 - May 27, 2022

2022 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series-Register Now for Summer Sessions!

Alternate ELPAC Alignment Workshop-August 1 and 2

Assessment Spotlight, Issue 187 - May 20, 2022

Updated, Easily Accessible: Quick Reference Guides

Updated CAA Eligibility Determination Guidance for Parents and Guardians

Questions: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765

Last Reviewed: Monday, November 20, 2023

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Email updates sent out through the California Department of Education statewide assessments electronic mailing lists.

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California Educator Reporting System Resources

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The California Educator Reporting System (CERS) allows teachers and administrators to access their students’ individual and aggregate test results from state summative and interim assessments.

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Interim assessments are designed to support teaching and learning throughout the year. The CAASPP Interim Assessments include the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics as well as the California Science Test (CAST) Interim Assessments.

To access resources regarding the English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Interim Assessments, please visit the ELPAC Interim Assessment Administration Resources web page.

General Resources

User Guides

Interim Assessment Video Series

The CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessment Video Series consists of six modules covering the content and purpose of the interim assessments and how to use related systems and resources.

Interim Assessment Lists

2023-24 Interim Assessments At-a-Glance (July 2023)
This document lists, by grade level or grade span, all available CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessments.

2023-24 Interim Assessments by Grade (August 2023)
This document lists all available CAASPP and ELPAC Interim Assessments by grade or grade span, and provides information such as associated standards, total number of items and number of items requiring hand scoring.

Instructions

Other General Resources

Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Resources

Blueprints

Blueprints for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and mathematics, as well as various other resources, can be found on the CDE Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments web page

Quick Instructions and Flyers

Videos

Asynchronous Hand Scoring Learning Modules

These asynchronous learning modules guide educators on how to hand score the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment performance tasks for English Language Arts/Literacy (ELA) and mathematics. The asynchronous learning modules can be accessed on the following web pages:

CAST Interim Assessment Resources

The CAST Interim Assessments in grades three, four, and five will each assess all three science domains. Middle school and high school will each have three interim assessments that assess a single science domain. Each CAST interim assessment will consist of two segments: one discrete segment and one performance task (PT) segment. The PT consists of four to six items, including one constructed response item worth 2 points that must be hand-scored.

CAST Interim Assessment Organization Flyer

Blueprints

Item Specifications

Item specifications describe how items for the CAST are developed to assess the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS).

CAST Item Specifications web page

CAST Constructed Response Annotated Examples

These annotated examples were created for selected constructed response items on the CAST practice tests. Practice test scoring guides and more can be found on the Online Practice Test Scoring Guides, PFAs, and DFAs web page.

Last Reviewed: September 19, 2023

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Test Administrator Resources for the administration of California tests.

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The Formative Assessment in Action video series features California members of the State Network of Educators (SNE) demonstrating formative assessment strategies in their classrooms. The lessons and activities used in these videos can be found in the instructional resources on the Tools for Teachers website (Tools for Teachers account required for full access).

Using Rubrics to Improve Student Writing

This 12-minute video features Christina Lambie-a district administrator in the Woodland Joint Unified School District-demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade six class uses a Smarter Balanced sample item and corresponding rubric to target and improve writing skills.

Knotty Rope: 3 Act Math Task

This 12-minute video features Cassandra Gartung-an instructional coordinator in the Victor Elementary School District-demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade three math class uses inquiry to identify and solve a math performance task problem involving the number of knots tied in a given length of rope.

Constructing Scientific Explanations Using Defining Sentences

This 12-minute video features Toni David─an elementary school teacher in the Stanislaus Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade five class works in collaborative groups to create defining sentences in an effort to enhance a written explanation of why it rains.

Digital Hybrid Socratic Seminar

This 13-minute video features Matthew Cowan─an instructional coach at Redlands Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as his grade nine ELA students debate the effects of texting and video games on student learning.

Using Ratios to Solve Real-World Problems

This 9-minute video features Travis Burke─a math professional development coach in the Santa Maria-Bonita School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as his grade six students discuss different ratio combinations for the perfect glass of chocolate milk. Students teach each other different strategies for solving this problem, and then attempt to convince classmates that their strategy is best.

Rhetorical Reading Review-A Close Look at Author, Text, and Audience

This 10-minute video features Leisa Machado─a middle school English language arts and history teacher from the Turlock Unified School District─demonstrating the formative assessment process as her grade seven students annotate a newspaper article, and then work in groups to complete posters based on collaborative discussion and use text-on-text graffiti to provide feedback to their peers.

Questions: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Office | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765

Last Reviewed: Thursday, June 15, 2023

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The interim assessment video series consists of five narrated presentation modules and five system demonstration videos. Each video is three to ten minutes in length. This video series complements the Interim Assessment User Guide , which contains more detail for educators using the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments.

The videos for modules one through four in this series were updated in September 2020. Module five was updated in January 2020.

Module 1: Introducing the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

This seven-minute module provides information on the value and usefulness of the interim assessments, the differences between and features of both types of interim assessments, student accessibility supports, available online resources, and security considerations.

Module 2: Interim Assessment Viewing System

This three-minute module provides information on how to log into and navigate the Interim Assessment Viewing System and describes how the viewing system can be used by educators to prepare for the administration of interim assessments.

A three-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module two. This demonstration shows how to access and navigate the Interim Assessment Viewing System.

Module 3: Administering the Interim Assessments

This eight-minute module provides information on how to use the Test Administrator Interface to initiate a test session, approve students for testing, and monitor student status during testing. In addition, the use of the Test Operations Management System (TOMS) to manage student enrollment and accessibility supports and the important role of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) are discussed.

A six-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module three. This demonstration shows how to access and navigate the Test Administrator Interface for interim assessments.

Module 4: Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System

This four-minute module provides information on how to use the Interim Assessment Hand Scoring System and the contents of the hand scoring training guides and exemplars. In addition, considerations for planning the hand scoring of interim assessment items and suggested uses for hand scoring training materials are discussed.

A four-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module four. This demonstration shows how to access the hand scoring system, how to view the response list, how to assign scores, and how to reassign responses to other test administrators.

A seven-minute demonstration video is included to accompany module four. This demonstration shows how to access and view the interim assessment training guides and exemplars.

Module 5: California Educator Reporting System

Module five consists of two demonstration videos for the California Educator Reporting System (CERS). The first demonstration video is designed for educator use and the second video is designed for administrator use.

This ten-minute video demonstrates how educators can use CERS to view item-, student-, and group-level assessment results data.

This nine-minute video demonstrates how administrators can use CERS to view student, district, and school assessment data.

Questions: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress | caaspp@cde.ca.gov | 916-445-8765

Last Reviewed: Monday, November 13, 2023

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This series consists of five video modules intended to help educators effectively use the interim assessment systems and tools.

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2. What do you wonder?

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2023 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series Evaluation Form

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2023 Interim and Formative Assessment Training Series Evaluation Form.

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I had initially registered for the Aug 9th session, but have a conflict. Can my registration be changed to occur on Wednesday, July 26th?

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Structure of task we need to make students familiar with
Work with them on how to divide into managable chunks

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Requires a lot of concentration (executive functioning skills)

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Students may need to learn how to use graphic organizers to capture notes to help answer the prompts

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students need to have stamina, be able to now the vocabulary to understand

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Students need to be able to skim and read efficiently to refer to sources and respond

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Students need to be able to skim and read efficiently to refer to sources and respond

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Vocab would be concerning for our newcomers
Content-area knowledge, prior knowledge needs
Schema: notetaking, outline building has to be internalized

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Is it new or existing?
Exhaustion factor-- how does it impact our students?
How does the timing work out for the summative?

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It is inevitable in these trainings, that I always notice how much more there is to Performance Tasks- it's not "just writing"- students have to read multiple sources, understand how those sources connect to each other, evaluate the sources for pertinent information, evaluate ideas that could connect to the sources, then write a multi-paragraph piece of writing (in this case an article) where they have to develop a thesis/controlling idea around a specific prompt related to the sources- it is A LOT to do!

So I always wonder, how much does our instruction within the classroom sync up or parallel to this type of task?

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I wonder why the state doesn't apply cognitive load theory.

It is hard to score writing if the students can't access the text.

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learning opportunities: Exploring language features of explanatory texts like sequential language, past tense, proper nouns/parts of speech. Looking at Tier 3 content area academic vocab and modeling for students and having them use that vocabulary before reading them in a text.

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learning opportunities: Exploring language features of explanatory texts like sequential language, past tense, proper nouns/parts of speech. Looking at Tier 3 content area academic vocab and modeling for students and having them use that vocabulary before reading them in a text.

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I wonder how PTs are weighted in the overall score

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I wonder how PTs are weighted in the overall score

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5. Students need to understand how to highlight key ideas & details. They will need a lot of guidance & practice on these tasks to become proficient.

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5. Students need to understand how to highlight key ideas & details. They will need a lot of guidance & practice on these tasks to become proficient.

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Students need to practice writing skills, using the rubrics to gauge.

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Thanks for going over the key attributes

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Thanks for going over the key attributes

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What does stimuli or stimulus as an accommodation mean?  Can someone define this for me?

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What does stimuli or stimulus as an accommodation mean?  Can someone define this for me?

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County office worker here. Just want to clarify. We are allowed to share these exemplars with admin and teachers with the districts we work with, correct? Just want to make sure.

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County office worker here. Just want to clarify. We are allowed to share these exemplars with admin and teachers with the districts we work with, correct? Just want to make sure.

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May the writing prompts and exemplars be used with students as well?