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PARCC and SBAC Sample Items and Task Prototypes (Grades 3-6)
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Basic Characteristics
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Basic Characteristics |
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Major Claims:
- Solve problems: content and practice
- Reasoning mathematically
- Model real-world problems
- Have fluency with mathematics
Item examples include:
- Type I Tasks (machine-scorable) - assess concepts, skills and procedures
(include a balance of conceptual understanding, fluency and application; involve any or all MPs)
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Type II Tasks (hand-scored using rubrics) - assess expressing mathematical reasoning (call for written arguments / justifications, critique of reasoning, or precision in math statements [MP 3, 6 and others])
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Type III Tasks (??) - assess modeling/applications (call for modeling/application in a real-world context or scenario (MP 4) and can also involve other MPs)
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Claims:
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Claim #1: Concepts & Procedures
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Claim #2: Problem Solving
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Claim #3: Communicating Reasoning
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Claim #2: Modeling & Data Analysis
Item examples include:
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Grade Level
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PARCC Item and Task Prototypes
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SBAC Mathematics Sample Items
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3
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Type I Tasks
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Type II Tasks
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Type III Tasks
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4
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Type I Tasks
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Type II Tasks
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Type III Tasks
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Claim #2: Problem Solving
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Claim #3: Communicating Reasoning
- The contest (3.OA.2, 4.OA.3, 4.OA.4; technology enhanced)
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Performance Task: Planting Tulips (Claims #1-3; 4.OA, 4.NF, 4.MD)
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5
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- Type I Tasks
- Type II Tasks
- Type III Tasks
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6
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Type I Tasks
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Type II Tasks
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Type III Tasks
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Claim #1: Concepts and Procedures
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Claim #2: Problem Solving
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Performance Task: Taking a Field Trip (Claims #2-4; 6.RP)
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