MSA: Reading Grade 10

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MSA Reading Grade 10

• Maryland Assessment Group Conference, Ocean
  City, MD
• November 21, 2002

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• www.magonline.org

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MSA Schedule Year 1

• September, contract awarded
• October 4, construction of forms
• December, forms to printer
• March, tests administered
• May, scoring completed
• July, standard setting
• August, reports delivered to schools

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TerraNova Reading

• Engaging and familiar presentation
• Themes that provide context and purpose
• Pre-reading introduction

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TerraNova Reading Passages

• Challenging selections and adaptations of
• classic and contemporary literature
• articles from magazines and newspapers
• Original illustrations and photographs
• Longer passages

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TerraNova Standards Based

• Standards for the English Language Arts
• developed by the IRA and NCTE
• NAEPreading stances and purposes for reading
• Reading for literary experience
• Reading to gain knowledge
• Reading to perform a task

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TerraNova Test Development

• Authentic passages
• Well known authors and publications
• Cultural and topical diversity
• Wide range of subjects, authors, perspectives,
  and geographical locations
• Reviewed for ethnic, regional, and gender bias
• Statistical data used to eliminate items that
  appeared biased

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TerraNova Session Format

• Two parts
• Theme page read by teacher
• Multiple passages related to theme
• Support student understanding of the theme
• Have graphical stimuli
• No answer cues
• Support less able student

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TerraNova Directions Items

• Directions to students
• Logical arrangement of items
• Item stems are clear
• Distractors (item choices)
• Expert Reviewers
• Dr. Marilyn Jager Adams
• Dr. Jerry Treadway

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Reading Grade 10 Test Format

• Looks much like Grade 9 English
• Selected Response
• Constructed and Brief Constructed Responses, both
  single and paired

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MD HSA English I Sample Item

• Read the story The Tree of Love. Then answer
• the following
• The author includes the story about Uncle LoveJoy
  in paragraph 15 to emphasize
• F    the injustice of slavery
• G   Old Willa's unusual size
• H   the values of storytelling
• J    Old Willa's special powers
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MD HSA English I Sample Item

• Read the poem Absence. Then answer
• Numbers 5 through 8.
• 5. What is the meaning of the word ample as
• it is used in line 8?
• A bottomless
• B fat
• C free
• D spacious

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MD HSA English I Sample Item

• Read the story the An Unlikely Star. Then
  answer Numbers 27 through 30.
• Based on the first paragraph, a reader could
  most likely predict that the passage would be
  about?
• A the foolishness of playing the lottery
• B a character who undergoes a change for the
  better
• C meetings that are scheduled at a teachers
  conference
• D how kindergarten children rarely agree on their
  favorite fairy tale

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TerraNova Sample Reading Item

• 2 Nelson is sent alone into the area that is on
  fire because
• F there arent enough human firefighters
• G the situation is physically dangerous for
  humans
• H Keisha thinks its too late to save the
  trapped workers
• J Keisha wants to show off Nelsons abilities

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TerraNova Objective 03 Analyze Text

• This item measures the students ability to
  interpret the text by drawing a conclusions about
  Nelsons purpose. Other items in the objective
  focus on determining an implied main idea,
  gathering supporting evidence, inferring
  relationships such a cause and effect,
  identifying story elements such as plot and
  setting, analyzing characters and/or their
  actions, and recognizing the use of literary and
  persuasive techniques.

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TerraNova Reading Item

• 42 Thornton refers to stowing sleeping bags.
  The word stowing probably means
• F rolling them up and putting them away
• G repairing damage done to the bags
• H taking the bags to the laundry and having them
  cleaned
• J hanging them up to dry somewhere else

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TerraNova Objective 02 Basic Understanding

• In this item, the student is asked to identify
  the meaning of a grade-level vocabulary word.
  Other items in this objective focus on measuring
  the students ability to recall passage details,
  sequence events, understand a stated main idea
  and gather stated information from the graphics

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Support Materials

• Classroom Connections to TerraNova, The Second
  EditionMD Supplement in 2003
• Exemplar Items
• Thinking Skills Exemplars
• Teaching Activities
• Practice Activities and Scoring Guide
• Teachers Guide to TerraNova, The Second Edition

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TerraNova An Exemplar

• Theme Page
• Reading Passage
• Items

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Support Materials

• Writing Roadmap on-line writing assessment
• Maryland End-Of Course Item Banks
• Standards Based Item Banks
• Secondary Item Banks

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Reports and Other Supports

• Electronic and paper reports to supplement the
  states information
• Supplement to the CC to TN to fill out MD
  objectives
• Additional item banks.

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Contact Information

• For sample materials questions about ordering
• sherry_drummond_at_ctb.com
• 770.622.4300-phone
• For questions about these materials or TerraNova,
  The Second Edition
• michaeline_powell_at_ctb.com

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Questions