Welcome to the
ELA Smarter Balanced Research
and Speaking and Listening Claims
November 20, 2014
West Virginia Department of Education
Office of Assessment and Research
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ELA Smarter Balanced Research and
Speaking and Listening Claims
Welcome
Stacey Murrell, Ed. D.
Interim Assessments Coordinator
Office of Assessment and Research
Smarter Balanced ELA Claims
ELA: Targets by Grade Level for each Claim
Agenda
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Claim 4 Research
Claim 4 Targets/Content Standards
Claim 4 Sample Items
Claim 3 Speaking and Listening
Claim 3 Targets/Content Standards
Claim 3 Sample Items
Question and Answer Session
Claim 4
• Students can engage in research/inquiry to
investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate,
and present information.
Shift in Assessment Relative to Claim 4
• Increased emphasis on writing
informative/explanatory texts and arguments
• Emphasis on using multiple texts when
researching
• Emphasis on source-based writing
• Using sources to research and write about topics
• Evaluation and analysis of sources
• Inclusion of multiple types of sources
Claim 4 Stimuli
• Most Claim 4 stimuli should appear to be
excerpts from research sources of various
academic disciplines
• Examples such as:
– Journal articles
– Informational books/websites
– Scientific sources
– Paired excerpts on the same topic
– Primary and secondary sources
Claim 4 Assessment Targets
• Students can engage in research/inquiry to
investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and
present information.
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Target 1:
Target 2:
Target 3:
Target 4:
Plan/Research [Not assessed on summative]
Interpret/Integrate/Analyze Information
Analyze/Evaluate Information/Sources
Use Evidence
Target 2: Interpret/Integrate/Analyze
Information
• Focus on analyzing information within and among
research sources
• At the elementary level, the student chooses
information that can be categorized into central
ideas, key details, or subtopics of a report. OR,
the student chooses information for a given
purpose
• At the middle and high school levels, students are
analyzing information for research purposes,
paraphrasing, and identifying instances of
plagiarism.
Grade 3 Standards
Grade 5 Standards
Claim 4 Target 2 Elementary
Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate
Middle Grades
Grade 6 Standards
Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate
Middle Grades
Grade 7 Standards
Claim 4 Target 2 Analyze/Integrate
Middle Grades
Grade 8 Standards
Grade 9-11 Standards
Claim 4
Target 2
Analyze/
Integrate
High
Grades
Target 3: Analyze (Grades 3-5)
Information/Sources
Evaluate (Grades 6-11)
Information/Sources
• Focus on finding relevant sources of
information
• For 3-5, focus is on analyzing sources in order
to locate additional information
• For 6-11, focus is evaluation of sources for
accuracy and credibility
Grade 3 Standards
Grade 5 Standards
Claim 4 Target 3 Elementary
Analyze (Grades 3-5)
Information/Sources
Claim 4 Target 3 Middle Grades
Evaluate (Grades 6-8)
Information/Sources
Grade 6 Standards
Grade 7 Standards
Grade 8 Standards
Claim 4 Target 3 High Grades Evaluate
(Grades 9-11) Information/Sources
Grade 9-11 Standards
Target 4: Use Evidence
• Focus on using information to support
opinions/conjectures/arguments/critiques/
analyses, depending on the grade
• Requires the use of evidence- all items focus
on selecting evidence to support research
Claim 4 Target 4 Use Evidence
Grade 3 Standards
Grade 5 Standards
Grade 6 Standards
Claim 4 Target 3 Middle Grades
Use Evidence
Claim 4 Target 3 Middle Grades
Use Evidence
Grade 7 Standards
Claim 4 Target 3 Middle Grades
Use Evidence
Grade 8 Standards
Claim 4 Target 3 High Grades Use
Evidence
Grade 9-11 Standards
Claim 3
• Students can employ effective speaking and
listening skills for a range of purposes and
audiences.
Shift in Assessment Relative to Claim 3
• Increased emphasis on speaking and listening
skills
• Emphasis on determining main ideas and details
from an audio stimuli
• Emphasis on use of ability to use evidence from
an audio stimuli
• Using audio to interpret and use information
• Evaluation and analysis of audio sources
• Inclusion of informational audio sources
Claim 3 Stimuli
• Claim 3 stimuli are 1 minute audio
presentations used to measure listening
• Types
– GR3-5: biographies, autobiographies, history,
social studies, science, the arts, technical texts
– GR6-11: exposition, argument, personal essays,
speeches, opinion pieces, the arts, literature,
memoirs, journalism, historical texts, scientific,
technical, economic
• Students can pause, rewind, and replay
Claim 3 Assessment Targets
• Students can employ effective speaking and listening
skills for a range of purposes and audiences
– Target 1: Language and Vocabulary Use [Not assessed on
summative]
– Target 2: Clarify Message [Not assessed on summative]
– Target 3: Plan/Speak/ Present [Not assessed on
summative]
– Target 4: Listen/ Interpret
Target 4: Listen/Interpret
• Focus on analyzing and interpreting information within
an audio presentation
• At the elementary level, the student identifies purpose,
central idea, or key points. OR, the student identifies
use of supporting evidence.
• At the middle and high school levels,
– students are identifying, interpreting, or analyzing the
point of view, purpose, central idea, or key points.
– OR, the students are analyzing how information is
presented and/or the effects of the delivery.
– OR, the students are analyzing the sufficiency of evidence
within the audio
– OR, the students are drawing and supporting a conclusion
based on the content
Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret
Elementary
Grade 3 Standards
Grade 4 Standards
Grade 5 Standards
Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret
Middle Grades
Grade 6 Standards
Grade 7 Standards
Grade 8 Standards
Claim 3 Target 4 Listen/Interpret
High Grades
Grade 9-11 Standards
Practicing Claim 3 and 4 Items
WVDE Interim Resources on
http://tinyurl.com/wvnxg-interims
• Grade 3: 20 Claim 4 questions
• Grade 4: 20 Claim 4 questions
• Grade 5-11: 10 Claim 4 questions (should be
available end of November. I am reviewing
them before posting.)
• Grade 3-11: 10 Claim 3 questions (should be
available mid-December. I am working on
audio stimuli for questions.)
Smarter Balanced
Practice Test (Includes Claim 3 and 4)
and Answer Keys
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Grade 3 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 4 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 5 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 6 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 7 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 8 ELA/Braille [PDF]
Grade 11 ELA/Braille [PDF]
http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/#manuals
Write your own using Smarter
Balanced Item Specifications
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balancedassessments/
• English Language Arts/Literacy Item Specification
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 9-11 (ZIP) (Updated 2/4/14)
Questions and Answers
When should we begin practicing with
students?
• Your teachers and principals would want to
decide the plan for practicing.
• Two considerations: Practice as a classroom
activity (using SmartBoard, etc.) and Practice
in a computer lab
• Smarter Balanced Practice and Training Tests
• WVDE Interim Resources on
http://tinyurl.com/wvnxg-interims
Will performance tasks be computer
adaptive?
• Performance tasks have to be hand scored, so
they are not computer adaptive. Computer
adaptive items are ones that can be
automatically scored.
Where can we locate question stems?
• http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/
• English Language Arts/Literacy Item Specification
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (Update 2/4/14)
• ELA CAT Item Specs Grades 9-11 (ZIP) (Updated 2/4/14)
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Performance Tasks
ELA PT Item Specs Opinion Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)
ELA PT Item Specs Narrative Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)
ELA PT Item Specs Informative Grades 3-5 (ZIP) (5/20/14)
ELA PT Item Specs Narrative Grades 6-8 (ZIP) (10/27/14)
ELA PT Item Specs Explanatory Grades 6-8,11 (ZIP) (5/20/14)
ELA PT Item Specs Argumentative Grades 6-8,11 (ZIP) (5/20/14)
Will we be involved with grading
writing?
• Teachers will grade their students
performance tasks in the Interim Assessments
website; however, the testing vendor will hire
hand scorers for the summative test.
What are two or three websites to use
for basic information or classroom
resources?
• http://sbac.portal.airast.org/practicetest/resources/
• Digital Library: email Dr. Vaughn Rhudy,
vlrhudy@k12.wv.us
Agenda
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Claim 4 Research
Claim 4 Targets/Content Standards
Claim 4 Sample Items
Claim 3 Speaking and Listening
Claim 3 Targets/Content Standards
Claim 3 Sample Items
Question and Answer Session
Questions?
• Survey on this training session
• Go here:
• https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QXVB3W3