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Go into the CAASPP hand scoring portal and score two full writes for the following:

Typically low performing student

Typically mid-level performing student

Typically high performing student

Student with an IEP

Multi-language learner

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ELA Performance Task - Norming & Scoring

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ELA Performance Task Norming/Scoring Participant Packet

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How did your group’s scores compare to the SBAC true scores?

What take-away’s came out of reading through the rationale for each anchor?

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ELA Performance Task Norming/Scoring Participant Packet

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Where do you see connections between the standards and the expectations for student writing?

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What evidence do you see of rubric level 4 writing?

How does this student sample support your understanding of writing expectations for your grade level?

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What repeated or common language did you notice for each rubric score?

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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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Making the standards in student friendly language so they can build self-efficacy (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kt46ai7umtuf7n6qwzxH8yYqRCA3OssJBo2RwYAWxuo/edit)

make sense of rubric, grade different sample pieces, and then use that to improve their writing

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Standards and expectations are aligned.

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I see that the student has a clear claim with three major points they will address. They have their writing organized into separate paragraphs. They restate their claim at the end. They have strong convention skills.

However, I did not think that this would be a level 4 example, solely because the student doesn't directly quote from the source. This is a big skill I have been trying to get across to my students, as they often paraphrase what the text is saying, rather than include direct quotes, then explain in their reasoning. I see that in the standards for their writing, W.6.8 says, "and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources." I did not see the student cite which sources they pulled evidence from, and nothing is in quotation marks. I also don't know how different the student's wording is compared to the source that they are paraphrasing.

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strong organizational skills, variety of transition for logical flow of thinking

comprehensive evidence, predictable structure makes it easy to follow

situated their ideas in the context

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- Organized to differentiate between importance of ideas
- Effective use of transitions to clarify relationships between ideas
- Effective use of Academic English, which allows ideas to be clearly followed
- Varied use of evidence, cited in MLA

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PwM0gLVwPxepp5if7bSSJD36Gu190lE71qa87eaE5PY/edit

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Copy of Grade 8 Performance Task Norming Score Sheet