CRT – Criterion Referenced Testing
• Purpose of the test:
– Ensure you have learned both the breadth and
depth of the Core.
• Online test
• Multiple choice
– Averaging between 48-64 questions
• Not a race.
• You should try your best; always.
What’s being tested?
• Testing 3 Standards:
– Standard 1: Students will use vocabulary development
and an understanding of text elements and structures
to comprehend literary and informational grade level
text.
– Standard 2: Students will write informational and
literary text to reflect on and recreate experiences,
report observations, and persuade others.
– Standard 3: Students will understand the process of
seeking and giving information in conversations, group
discussions, written reports, and oral presentations.
Standard 1
• Students will use
vocabulary
development and an
understanding of
text elements and
structures to
comprehend literary
and informational
grade level text.
• 3 separate objectives
will be tested
• Objective 1: Determine word
meaning through word parts,
definitions, and context
clues.
– (Average 5 questions)
• Can you figure out what a
word means, how it is used,
and why it is used based on:
– Roots, prefixes, and suffixes
– Dictionary definitions
– The sentence/paragraph it is
located in
Example: S1 O1
(1)To them this government has no just
powers derived from the consent of the
governed. (2)To them this government is
not a democracy. (3)It is not a republic.
(4)It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful
oligarchy of sex; the most hateful
aristocracy ever established on the face
of the globe; an oligarchy of wealth,
where the rich govern the poor. (5)An
oligarchy of learning, where the
educated govern the ignorant, or even an
oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules
the African, might be endured; but this
oligarchy of sex, which makes father,
brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs
over the mother and sisters, the wife and
daughters, of every household - which
ordains all men sovereigns, all women
subjects, carries dissension, discord, and
rebellion into every home of the nation.
• What is the best
definition for the word
oligarchy as used in
sentence (4)?
A.
B.
C.
D.
An unequal form of
government
A crazed group of
individuals who have
control
A form of government in
which the people
participate equally
A sense of exaggerated selfopinion
Standard 1
• Students will use
vocabulary
development and an
understanding of
text elements and
structures to
comprehend literary
and informational
grade level text.
• 3 separate objectives
will be tested
• Objective 2: Comprehend
and evaluate informational
text (i.e. web pages,
newspapers, magazines,
encyclopedias, maps,
schedules, atlases, etc.)
– Average 10 questions
• Can you figure out what
kind of information a text is
giving you and why you
would use the text?
Example: S1 O2
When and How to Display the U.S. Flag: Long may Old Glory wave
by David Johnson
The United States Flag Code stipulates that as the symbol of a living
country, the flag is considered in itself a living thing and should be
properly displayed and cared for. The code outlines the proper ways to
display the American flag.
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Raise the flag briskly. Lower it ceremoniously.
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Never allow the flag to touch the ground or floor.
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Do not fly the flag in bad weather, unless it is an all-weather flag.
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The flag can only be flown at night if properly illuminated.
Otherwise, it should only be flown from sunrise to sunset.
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The flag should always be allowed to fall free.
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The flag should never be used to carry, store, or deliver anything.
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Never fly the flag upside down except to signal an emergency.
Ceremonial
When hung over a sidewalk on a rope extending from a building, the stars
are always away from the building.
When the flag is hung over a street running east to west, the stars are
always toward the north. When the flag is hung over a street running
north to south, the stars are always toward the east.
When a group of flags is being displayed, the U.S. flag should be at the
center and at the highest point. The only exception is when the flag of
another nation is being flown—national flags should be of the same size
and fly at the same height.
When covering a casket, the stars should be at the head and over the left
shoulder. The flag should never touch the ground or be lowered into the
grave.
Inside
When on a speaker's podium, the flag should be either above and behind
the speaker, or to the speaker's right as he faces the audience.
When displayed either horizontally or vertically against a wall, the union
(blue field) should be uppermost and to the flag's right, that is, the
observer's left.
In a window, or suspended above a corridor, the flag should hang with the
union on the viewer's left.
Read more: When and How to Display the U.S. Flag |
Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/flagetiquette1.html#ixzz2QA5kq
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• What information does
this article provide about
flags?
A. The rules for displaying a
flag during a parade.
B. The rules for flag
disposal.
C. The rules for displaying
an American flag.
D. The rules for folding a
flag during a funeral.
Standard 1
• Students will use
vocabulary
development and an
understanding of
text elements and
structures to
comprehend literary
and informational
grade level text.
• 3 separate objectives
will be tested
• Objective 3: Comprehend
literature by evaluating the
contribution to meaning of
several literary elements
within a work of literature.
– Average 12 questions
• Can you figure out what a
literary text is doing or saying
by using the elements of
literature?
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Setting
Character
Plot
Theme
Conflict