Standard #: LA.7.1.7.5 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
N/A


Clarification :
The student will identify and analyze text structures/organizational patterns and determine how they impact meaning in texts.

Content Limits :
Text structures found within grade-level appropriate texts should be identifiable and may include, but are not limited to, comparison/contrast, cause/effect, chronological order, and argument/support. 

Text features should not be assessed in this benchmark but will be assessed in LA.7.2.2.1 for literary text and in LA.7.6.1.1 for informational text.

Content Focus :
Text Structures/Organizational Patterns (e.g., comparison/contrast, cause/effect, chronological order, argument/support, definition/explanation, question/answer, listing/description)

Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational. 

Informational texts are more suited than literary texts toward item development for this benchmark; however, a literary text may occasionally be appropriate (e.g., one that utilizes chronological order, comparison/contrast, or cause/effect). 

Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts. 

Text structures must be clearly evident as indicated by signal words and phrases. 

Texts must contain an identifiable organizational pattern. 

Texts may include identifiable viewpoints, positions, or persuasive arguments. Support should be objective and substantial. Paired texts or different sections within a text should include similar or opposing viewpoints, positions, or arguments.

Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to 

• incorrect interpretations of text structures/organizational patterns; 
• incorrect relationships (e.g., cause/effect, comparison/contrast) within the organizational pattern; 
• incorrect chronological order; 
• incorrect details drawn from the text; 
• incorrect rationale as support for or against an argument; and 
• plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text. 

Note: Distractors should include a brief elaboration on how the organizational pattern impacts meaning in the text and should not be a list of general categories (e.g., chronological order, comparison/contrast, cause/effect).

Sample Test Items (1)