Standard #: LAFS.3.RL.2.5 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

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


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask the student to interpret the interaction between different parts of text. Items may ask the student to describe how events in a text cause other events to occur or how subsequent events are shaped by earlier ones. The items may ask the student to reference specific parts of text to support the explanations.
Text Types :
The items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate literary texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Enhanced Item Descriptions section on page 3 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice item type). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Determine how each successive part of text builds on earlier sections. Students must refer to the parts of stories, dramas, and poems when answering items aligned to this standard.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Text 
• Requires the student to select text that demonstrates how events build on each other.
 Multiple Choice
•  Requires the student to select how parts of a text interact with each other.
• Requires the student to identify a specific part of the text and analyze its impact on the text as a whole. 
Table Match 
• Requires the student to complete a table by matching specific parts of the text with descriptions of how they build upon earlier sections of the text.