Open Response
Questions
Information on this PowerPoint was compiled from: http://kytech.ky.gov/pappopenresponse.ppt#4
Open Response Questions
are:
• A way to assess student progress
• A “criterion-based” assessment
• A question with a right answer but more than one
way to arrive at that answer
• An application of knowledge to a real-world
situation
• A way to see higher order thinking skills in action
• An example of “writing to demonstrate learning”
Five Types of Open Response
Questions
• Scaffolded Questions – multiple related parts
(Do A before can do B)
• Single Dimension/Component Questions – only
one part to complete
• Two or more relatively independent
components – multiple, nonrelated parts (Can
do B before A, no relationship)
• Student Choice from topics – usually ondemand
• Response to provided information
Scoring Guide
• Score 4: effective, thorough, complete,
successful, insightful, in-depth, efficient.
• Score 3: adequate, satisfactory,
understanding of major concepts, mostly
complete, etc.
• Score 2: having gaps or leaps, incomplete,
some important points, basic understanding
• Score 1: minimal, only small part, little
understanding, not logical, unclear, major
errors
• Score 0: Completely wrong
RCAP Pre-write
Organizer
R
CA
P
(Restate)
(Correct Answer)
(Proof)
Restate what the
question is
asking you to
do.
Ex:
What is 2+2?
Restate:
Two plus two
is…
State the answer to the
question.
Correct Answer:
4
Prove your
answer.
How do you
know?
Proof:
+
2+2=4
Millcreek Intermediate Checklist
for Open Response Completion
1. Create a vocabulary box
2. Box power verbs (in the question)
3. Underline what the question wants you
to do
4. Triangle numbers or number words
5. Use the RCAP organizer (new this year)
Millcreek Intermediate Checklist
for Open Response Completion
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9.
Restate the question in my answer
Use the key vocabulary from my box
Show my math work/computations
Use a diagram or picture to support my
answer (Math/Science)
10. Underline the text that supports my
answer (Reading)
Millcreek Intermediate Checklist
for Open Response Completion
11. Use direct quotes from the text to
support my answer (Reading)
12. Support my answer with 3
examples/details (unless the question
asks for a different number)
RSVP
• RSVP is a feedback key that the
Intermediate teachers created to give
quick feedback on student open responses
and quick assessments.
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Restate the question
Symbols – Box, Triangle, and Underline
Vocabulary needs to be used
Prove it – Prove your answer with your
words, quotes/examples from the text,
math work/computations, or pictures
Seem like too much?
• Although it seems like we are asking a lot
of our students when completing open
response questions, we have the high
expectation that all students can write
Score 4 answers for each open response
question.
• We are explicitly teaching our Open
Response process and expectations to the
students. Many of these expectations are
a repeat from last year.
You Can Help By:
• Encouraging the students to always do their
best work and check back over their work
• Use the checklist and RSVP in completing their
open responses
• Write in complete sentences
• Review students’ Open Responses with them at
home
• Ask students to explain to you how they come
up with answers on homework (in complete
sentences)