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Penny Plavala, School Improvement Specialist
Multnomah ESD

Provide training resources to support two one-hour sessions:
1. Creating Text-Dependent CR Questions
2. Assessing Text-Dependent CR Questions
 Resources are available on the PortaPortal: http://guest.portaportal.com/pplavala

These are ideas I have used in trainings for teachers across the curriculum (not math).
Use / modify activities. Create new strategies.
 Training of Trainers:
Time to stop along the way and process how you might use a piece with your staff.

Let’s learn together!
If you think of a way to modify an activity, please share your idea.

• Refresher: Smarter Balanced Assessment Components
• Focus on Constructed Response Questions
• Create Questions for a Classroom Formative Assessment
 Instructional design: direct instruction, work independently, with a partner, and in small groups
Please locate a partner

Tell your partner what you know – or have heard about Constructed
Response or Text Dependent questions.

This spring, students will answer Constructed Response questions on the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
This is a new item type for Oregon students.
By integrating CR questions into our classroom assessments, students will be familiar with this type of item.
We will focus today on Text-Dependent
Constructed Response questions.

English Language Arts and Mathematics, Grades 3 – 8 and High School
11 th Grade: Last 6 weeks
Last 12 weeks of year*
DIGITAL CLEARINGHOUSE of formative tools, processes and exemplars; released items and tasks; model curriculum units; educator training; professional development tools and resources; an interactive reporting system; scorer training modules; and teacher collaboration tools.
INTERIM ASSESSMENT
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
INTERIM ASSESSMENT
Computer Adaptive
Assessment and
Performance Tasks
Scope, sequence, number, and timing of interim assessments locally determined
PERFORMANCE
TASKS
• Reading
• Writing
• Math
COMPUTER
ADAPTIVE
ASSESSMENT
CR Questions on Both Parts of Test
Optional Interim assessment system — no stakes
Summative assessment for accountability
* Time windows may be adjusted based on results from the research agenda and final implementation decisions.

Claim 1
Reading
• Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.
Claim 2
Writing
writing for a range of purposes and audiences.
Claim 3
Speaking & Listening
• Students can employ effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.
Claim 4
Research
• Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

Selected Response (SR)
Variety of multiple choice
Constructed Response (CR)
Short answer using textual evidence
Technology Enhanced (TE)
Technology embedded into items
Performance Tasks (PT)
Use higher level thinking skills; integrate reading, writing, and listening

•Require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response.
•Include both short and extended responses.
•Allow students to demonstrate their use of complex thinking skills consistent with the expectations for college and career readiness.
The following items are from the SBAC Practice Test 2013.

The Shepherd’s Boy and the Wolf
A Shepherd's Boy was tending his flock near a village, and thought it would be great fun to trick the villagers by pretending that a Wolf was attacking the sheep: so he shouted out, "Wolf! Wolf!" and when the people came running up he
(Reading Passage) every time the villagers found they had been tricked, for there was no Wolf at all.
At last a Wolf really did come, and the Boy cried, "Wolf! Wolf!" as loud as he could: but the people were so used to hearing him call that they took no notice of his cries for help. And so no one came to help the boy, and the Wolf attacked the
STIMULUS
STEM the story to support your response .
SPACE FOR
ANSWER

What are some ways in which the Mexican free-tails are unique among bat species?
Use at least two details from the presentation to support your answer.
Type your answer in the space provided.
7 th Grade

Read the sentence and the directions that follow.
The hermit crabs in the ocean have learned to adapt to the changing housing situation.
Using details from the text, define the word adapt and explain how the crabs have adapted.
Type your answer in the space provided.
6 th grade

There are physical health benefits associated with meditation.
Using at least two details from the text, support this conclusion
Type your answer in the space provided.
11 th Grade

Summarize the central idea in the section “Ups and Downs”
Use key evidence from the text to support your summary.
Type your answer in the space provided.
7 th Grade

Scoring a Constructed Response Item
2-point Use Evidence Rubric
2 The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas.
1
The response gives limited evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas.
The response gets no credit if it provides no evidence of the ability to cite evidence to support arguments and/or ideas. 0
Conventions are not scored on Constructed
Response questions
Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Constructed Response Questions
Claim 1
Reading
Claim 4
Research
• Students can read closely and analytically to comprehend a range of increasingly complex literary and informational texts.
• Students can engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics, and to analyze, integrate, and present information.

• What skills do students need to answer Constructed
Response questions?
• When do students complete short answer questions in your classroom?

• Considering the prior knowledge of your staff…
• What elements of the SBAC and CR overview might you use in the training introduction?
• What may you revise?

• Answer questions during whole-class discussion
• Quick write – summarize key ideas (exit slip)
• Thumbs up, sideways, down
• Answer text-dependent constructed response questions

• Definition
• Examples
CR = Constructed
Response
• Components
• Practice creating questions for your classroom

• are open ended, short answer questions that measure application-level skills as well as content knowledge.
• can assess higher level thinking:
- comparisons, contrasts, causes, effects, changes
- identify patterns or conflicting points of view
- categorize or summarize information
- state a generalization, conclusion, explanation or prediction…… using evidence from the text.

• use a range of primary and secondary stimuli and authentic "real world" examples including short reading passages, time lines, maps, graphs, cartoons, charts.
• are graded against specific criterion using a rubric.

Example:
“Some animals would not survive if they were unable to use tools.” What two pieces of evidence from the article would you use to support this statement?

Teachers write questions that keep students in the text. Students shouldn’t have to go outside the text for answers .
“Stay within four corners of text”.

Please take a moment with your partner to look over the examples from the Smarter Balanced Assessment
Consortium.
These questions were taken from the Grade 6-12
Practice Performance Tasks: 2011- 2013.
What do you notice?
• Look closely at the verbs. Circle them!
• Locate verbs on Bloom’s list

explain support with details describe use both sources analyze list
Where do we see these landing on Bloom’s list?
Encourage a variety of verbs across the levels.

What are Text Dependent Questions (2 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzRls2cc8lc

Text-Dependent Questions: Pathways to
Close and Critical Reading, Grades 6-12
• Creating Effective Close Reading Lessons
- What does the text say?
- How does the text work?
- What does the text mean?
• Sample passages with questions
• Classroom videos

Examples
• Follow along on pink sheet
+ One side: English teachers ~ short story
+ Other side: all other teachers ~ historical speech
• Examples increase in difficulty
Note: All questions would include a second sentence asking students to support their answer with evidence from the text.

• Sequence of information
• Determine importance of ideas
• Find details that support main ideas
• Answers who, what, when, where, why, how much, or how many.

• Why is Susan B. Anthony delivering this speech?
• Why was she arrested?
• Who is the narrator? How do you know?

• Bridges literal and inferential meanings
• Denotation
• Connotation
• Shades of meaning
• Figurative language
• How organization contributes to meaning

• Examine the length of her speech. Is it sufficient for her purpose?
• What does Poe mean by the word
“mad”?
• How does the author’s use of symbolism impact the story?

• Genre: Entertain? Explain? Inform? Persuade?
• Narrator: Who tells the story?
• Point of view: First-person, third-person limited, omniscient, unreliable narrator

• What does the right to vote represent to
Susan B. Anthony? Where specifically does she emphasize the importance of voting for women?
• How does the narrator’s retelling of the events lead the reader to understand his state of mind?

• Use details and examples in the text when drawing inferences.
• Details in text + what you know = inference

• Based solely on this speech, what type of person is Susan B. Anthony?
• Why does the narrator declare his guilt at the end of the story?

• Look up at screen to view the sample questions .
• Read the question.
• Talk to partner to determine if this is an example of a text-dependent question.
• Discuss why or why not?

From poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry W. Longfellow
• How does the author express a rising call for action in the final four lines of the poem?
• How does the author portray Revere as a protector of his community? Cite examples from the text.
• Do you think it is fair for people to protest against the government?
•
Many historians argue the accuracy of this poem. Do you think students should be expected to read this poem if it contains inaccurate details?

From other texts:
• In “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, Dr. King discusses nonviolent protest. Discuss a time you wanted to fight against something that you felt was unfair.
• After reading Dr. King’s letter, what can you infer about the content of the letter he received? Use details from the text to support your answer.
• In the poem “Casey at the Bat”, how does the author make Casey’s experiences realistic in stanza four?
•
In the poem, Casey strikes out. Describe a time you failed at something.

• Look back at the last few slides reviewing:
– Levels of questions
– Sample questions
• What elements might you use in a teacher training?
• What might you revise?

The next slides and activities are for this training of trainers only.
We will get back to teacher training in a minute.

Powtoon (3 min.) Writing Text-Dependent Questions
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixDBlejFOLE
Powtoon (2:26 min.) Creating Text-Dependent Questions:
Five Easy Steps
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzzVRxwu1g8

• Engage NY Project:
- reading passages
- sample questions
- scored student work
• 8 th grade passage:
- “Brain Birds: Amazing Crows and Ravens”
- Word Count 855
- Lexile 1150

Grade
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
Grade
3
4 – 5
6 – 8
9 – 10
11-12
Word Count Range
(short text)
200 – 487
450 – 562
450 – 562
650 – 712
650 – 712
650 – 712
800 – 825
CCSS Lexile Band
420 – 820
740 – 1010
925 – 1185
1050 – 1335
1185 – 1385
Word Count Range
(long text)
488 – 650
563 – 750
563 – 750
713 – 950
713 – 950
713 – 950
826 – 1100

1. On your own, read the article “Brain Birds”.
2. As you read, think of possible CR questions you might write for students.
3. With your partner, write 2 T-D CR questions.
Resources:
- SBAC sample questions
- Pink sheet sample questions
- Prompts for TDQ’s

• Share one of the two questions you created.

• We are moving into a 10-15 min work session where teachers will create questions using the text they brought from their classroom.
• They will give this text and questions to students before Session Two.

from handout -
• Clearly tells students what they are going to do.
• Uses simple, but authentic vocabulary and good sentence structure.
• Identifies the information or materials that students should use when preparing their response.
(article, video, chart, etc.)
• Clearly indicates the process that should be demonstrated.
(explain, describe, analyze, evaluate, etc.)
• Identifies key words by using bold text as needed.
• Add: Requires students to use evidence from the text to support their answers.

• Work alone or with a partner who has the same reading passage.
• Work quietly to not disturb others.
• Leave today with an assessment to use immediately in your classroom.

1. Review the reading passage independently to get a good understanding of the content.
2. Create two text-dependent Constructed Response questions for this reading passage, and write them on notebook paper/device.
Resources
• SBAC sample questions
• Levels of questions
• Prompts

• Get together with another person or pair and share the questions you created.
• Discuss the questions according to the criteria on your handout.
Trainers:
Report Out!
Or, teachers can do the activity on the next slide... depending on remaining time and background knowledge.

Does the question have value and is it worthy of students’ time?
Is the question text dependent, requiring understanding of the text and the use of textual evidence?
Is the question aligned to and reflective of the rigor of the
CCSS?
Review questions according to the three qualities on your handout.
Make needed revisions.

• Prepare the passage and questions for student use.
• Give the reading passage and questions to students in one class by _______.
• Bring a set of student answers to our session on _______ .
• We will create rubrics and score the answers.

• Please place all materials in your folder.
• Bring this folder to our next session

• Look back at the last few slides reviewing:
– Creating questions for reading passage
– Evaluating and refining questions
• What elements might you use in a training?
• What might you revise?

• Share the passage you brought today.
• Would this passage render two TDQ’s?
Brainstorm:
What are the characteristics of a passage teachers should bring to the first session?
Report Out!

• Refresher: Text-Dependent Constructed Response
Questions
• Create CR Rubric and Expected Answer
• Score Student Work
Please locate a partner

•Require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response.
•Include both short and extended responses.
•Allow students to demonstrate their use of complex thinking skills consistent with the expectations for college and career readiness.
CR questions are are Text-Dependent when students have to support their answer with evidence from the reading passage.
Trainers: After the first session, ask teachers to provide you with sample questions you can share at this second session.

Scoring a Constructed Response Item
Analyze / Integrate Information Rubric
2 The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources.
1
0
The response gives limited evidence of the ability to analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources.
• Only uses one source as support
The response gets no credit if it provides no evidence of the ability to analyze and integrate information within and among multiple sources.
Sample Rubrics: SBAC Sample Question packet from Session One

Sample Question:
How does the author use data to show sugar consumption is a problem to overall health? Provide
two examples of evidence from the article to support your answer.
“Sweet Sacrifice”
(Article on curbing sugar intake)
Special Ed Teachers
Gladstone High School

Sample Question:
Looking at Source #1 under the heading “We Can Make
A Difference”, describe one action and explain how it can reduce the effects of climate change.
“Climate Change”
(Article from EPA)
Science Teachers
Gladstone High School

Sample Question 1:
In the scene on pages 49-54, at the end of Act 1,
analyze how the authors develop either the conflict between Bert Cates and Rachel or the conflict between
Cates and the society of Hillsboro. Use examples of the text to support your answer.
Kris Schuberg, English Teacher
Gladstone High School

Sample Question 2:
In the same scene, explain how the authors develop
Drummond’s character as a pariah in the town of
Hillsboro. Cite a line by Drummond or Rachel as evidence to support your answer.
Kris Schuberg, English Teacher
Gladstone High School

• Choose one of the questions you wrote.
• On the template, create a rubric for the skill being assessed. (analyze, explain, compare, etc.)
Look back at Sample
Questions

Sample Question 1:
In the scene on pages 49-54, at the end of Act 1,
analyze how the authors develop either the conflict between Bert Cates and Rachel or the conflict between
Cates and the society of Hillsboro. Use examples of the text to support your answer.
Kris Schuberg, English Teacher
Gladstone High School

Sample Question 2:
In the same scene, explain how the authors develop
Drummond’s character as a pariah in the town of
Hillsboro. Cite a line by Drummond or Rachel as evidence to support your answer.

Rubric for Inherit the Wind Question
Analyze / Integrate Information Rubric
2 The response gives sufficient evidence of the ability to explain how the authors develop Drummond’s character as a pariah.
1
0
The response gives limited evidence of the ability to explain how the authors develop Drummond’s character as a pariah.
• Gives general not specific information
The response gets no credit if it provides no evidence of the ability to explain how the authors develop Drummond’s character as a pariah

• Choose one of the questions you wrote.
• On the template, create a rubric for the skill being assessed. (analyze, explain, compare, etc.)
• Make notes on what would separate score points.

Sample Question 2:
The answer should have information that shows the qualities that make Drummond a pariah or make him understand what it means to be a pariah.
The answer should also include directly quoted text to support the analysis.
Kris Schuberg, English Teacher
Gladstone High School

• What is the expected answer for a score of 2?
• Write down on template:
- the elements of the 2 score answer – or –
- a sample answer your student might write

The next slides and activities are for this training of trainers only.
We will get back to teacher training in a minute.

Sample Question:
Explain how crows and ravens use their intelligence to help them find, capture, and eat food. Use two details from the article to support your answer.
Measures CCSS RI.8.1
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

1. On the template, create a rubric for the skill being assessed. (analyze, explain, compare, etc.)
2. Create the expected answer for the score of 2.
Explain how crows and ravens use their intelligence to help them find, capture, and eat food. Use two details from the article to support your answer.

I would only have the teachers create a rubric once during the session – not repeat for a second question – or during another training.
The idea is to have them see what the differences are between the score point. They would not necessarily have to create a rubric for every question they wrote – but recording the expected score of 2 might make sense.
How could the “rubric writing” activity be improved?

• Take out the student work you brought today.
• Use the rubric and expected answer as resources when you score the CR question.
• Write the score of 2, 1, or 0 on the student’s paper or on post-it notes.

• After you score 5-8 papers, start jotting down the trends you are seeing in the student work: (notebook paper)
* What are students doing well?
* What skills need strengthening?
• Continue scoring and tracking trends.

• Get together with another person or pair and share the trends you noticed.
• What instruction is needed to boost the skills needed to answer CR questions?
Report Out!

• Look at the ivory handout: Brain Birds • Student Work
• Imagine these are ½ sheets with student answers to the question we reviewed.
• On your own, starting with Student E.
, score the students work according to the rubric and expected answer you created.
When you see your partner is finished scoring, quietly start discussing scores.

Look at scores from Engage NY project.
During your training session, teachers with the same reading passage could exchange a few papers and crossscore, then discuss student work.
Teachers could reflect on Trends notes – and discuss how they might teach the key skills students need for success.

• Keep the scores of your student work as a baseline.
• Use results to determine the skills you need to teach students.
• Create mini lessons with your team using text from your curriculum.
• Create the next round of CR questions.
• Score student work and look for growth from the baseline assessment.

• Look back at the last few slides reviewing:
– Creating rubrics and expected answer
– Scoring student work
• What elements might you use in a training?
• What might you revise?

Session 3 Ideas:
• Create mini lessons to teach key skills (modeling):
- putting part of question in answer
- supporting answer with evidence from the text
- analyzing, synthesizing, describing, explaining, etc.
What do these skills look like across the content areas?
• Create Mini Performance Task using two pieces of text (see purple handout)