Standard #: LAFS.8.RI.3.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

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


Assessment Limits :
Items should ask about both texts but may focus on one more than the other. Items should focus on key information, evidence, and facts. Items should focus on the differences between the two texts rather than the similarities.
Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with two or more gradeappropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Contrast the ways in which the authors provide information, use facts, or interpret details.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text to support an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree.
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text that provide conflicting information. 
• Requires the student to select an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected.
• Requires the student to select an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree and then to select another analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree. 
EBSR
• Requires the student to select an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the analysis selected. 
Multiple Choice
• Requires the student to select an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree.
• Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree. 
Multiselect
• Requires the student to select explicit or implicit details that support an analysis of how the texts conflict or disagree. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by contrasting texts that disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.