Language Arts

Below are three claims that one could make based on the article “Earhart’s Final Resting Place Believed Found.”

Part A•Highlight the claim that is supported by the most relevant and sufficient facts within “Earhart’s Final Resting Place Believed Found.”

Part B•Click on two facts within the article that best provide evidence to support the claim selected in Part A.

Grade 7 Technology-Enhanced Constructed-Response Item

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Part AChoose one word that describes Miyax based on evidence from the text. There is more than one correct choice listed below.A. recklessB. livelyC. imaginative*D. observant*E. impatientF. confidentPart BFind a sentence in the passage with details that support your response to Part A. Click on that sentence and drag and drop it into the box below.

Part CFind a second sentence in the passage with details that support your response to Part A. Click on that sentence and drag and drop it into the box below.

Grade 6 Technology-Enhanced Selected-Response Item

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Drag the words from the word box into the correct locations on

the graphic to show the life cycle of a butterfly as described in

“How Animals Live.”

Words:

Grade 3 Technology-Enhanced Constructed-Response Item

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Pupa Adult

Egg Larva

Math

Using Technology to Advance Assessment and the Shifts

• Technology enhancements supporting accessibility (e.g., the ability to hover over a word to see and/or hear its definition, etc.)

• Transformative formats making possible what can not be done with traditional paper-pencil assessments (e.g., simulations to improve a model, game-like environments, drawing/constructing diagrams or visual models, etc.)

• Getting beyond the bubble and avoiding drawbacks of traditional selected response such as guessing or choice elimination.

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Using Technology to Advance Assessment and the Shifts

• Capturing complex student responses through a device interface (e.g., using drawing tools, symbol palettes, etc.)

• Machine scorable multi-step tasks are more efficient to administer and score.

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Grade 7 Illustrative Sample Item

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High School Illustrative Sample Item

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Seeing Structure in a Quadratic Equation

3rd Grade Culture Grams

The column on the left includes the name of the country and a picture of its flag. The right-hand column contains the phrase, “Good morning,” translated in different languages.

Click on a word from each column to match the language with its country of origin.

Wall Shadow Look at the picture on the left. The light has been moved up in the picture on the right. What should happen to the wall’s shadow? Use the dial commands to adjust the shadow’s angle and length.

Model of air in flask.

What do you think happens when half of the air is let out?

-- Drag and drop the correct image onto Flask B.