Dec 31, 2015
Selected Response Constructed Response Extended Response Performance Tasks Technology-Enabled Technology-Enhanced
Six Item Types
Selected Response
Contain a series of options from which to choose correct responses. Multiple choice True/False Matching
For multiple choice, there will be one correct choice and three distractors.
CC assessments Math: 80% of the
test was multiple choice.
ELA: 100% of the test was multiple choice.
SB assessments: Can a student receive partial credit? It depends… If fluency is being
assessed, a student must get all questions right to receive credit.
Selected Response ELA
Many experts will tell you that television is bad for you. Yet this is an exaggeration. Many television programs today are specifically geared towards improving physical fitness, making people smarter, or teaching them important things about the world. The days of limited programming with little interaction are gone. Public television and other stations have shows about science, history, and technical topics.
Which sentence should be added to the paragraph to state the author’s main claim? A. Watching television makes a person healthy. B. Watching television can be a sign of intelligence.
C. Television can be a positive influence on people.
D. Television has more varied programs than ever before.
Many experts will tell you that television is bad for you. Yet this is an exaggeration. Many television programs today are specifically geared towards improving physical fitness, making people smarter, or teaching them important things about the world. The days of limited programming with little interaction are gone. Public television and other stations have shows about science, history, and technical topics.
Which sentence should be added to the paragraph to state the author’s main claim? A. Watching television makes a person healthy. B. Watching television can be a sign of intelligence.
C. Television can be a positive influence on people.
D. Television has more varied programs than ever before.
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Selected Response Math
Multiple Correct Choices
Which of the following statements is a property of a rectangle? Select all that apply.
☐ Contains three sides
☐ Contains four sides
☐ Contains eight sides
☐ Contains two sets of parallel lines
☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is acute
☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is obtuse
☐ All interior angles are right angles
☐ All sides have the same length
☐ All sides are of different length
Which of the following statements is a property of a rectangle? Select all that apply.
☐ Contains three sides
☐ Contains four sides
☐ Contains eight sides
☐ Contains two sets of parallel lines
☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is acute
☐ Contains at least one interior angle that is obtuse
☐ All interior angles are right angles
☐ All sides have the same length
☐ All sides are of different length
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
SCS: Selected Response
Grade 6 Mathematics-
Released FormFall 2009
Grade 6 Mathematics-
Released FormFall 2009
Fractions on a number line
Fractions on a number line
CC: Selected Response
Grade 6 Mathematics READY Released Form
Spring 2013
Grade 6 Mathematics READY Released Form
Spring 2013
Fractions, decimals and percents on a number line
Fractions, decimals and percents on a number line
SB: Selected Response
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Equivalent fractions
represented in multiple ways on a
number line
Equivalent fractions
represented in multiple ways on a
number line
Constructed Response
Students will be asked to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response Single word Phrase Sentence Set of numbers
CR items focus on a particular skill or concept
Good to Know… Math: Comparable to
the gridded response on the CC assessment.
Comparable to the constructed response items on Common Exams.
Will generally be scored by the computer, with human backup scoring for validation
1-5 minutes to complete
Constructed Response Math
The table below shows the number of students in each third-grade class at Lincoln School.
There are 105 fourth-grade students at Lincoln School. How many more fourth-grade students than third-grade students are at Lincoln School? Show or explain how you found your answer.
The table below shows the number of students in each third-grade class at Lincoln School.
There are 105 fourth-grade students at Lincoln School. How many more fourth-grade students than third-grade students are at Lincoln School? Show or explain how you found your answer.
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
CC: Constructed Response
6th Grade Mathematics-READY Released Form 6th Grade Mathematics-READY Released Form
SCS: Content Comparison to “Constructed Response” ELA
7th Grade ELA-Released Form 7th Grade ELA-
Released Form
CC: Content Comparison to “Constructed Response” ELA
7th Grade ELA-READY Released Form
7th Grade ELA-READY Released Form
Extended Response
Requires more elaborate answers and explanations of reasoning Multi-page Essay
Designed to cover content at a greater depth
Good to Know… 5-20 minutes to
complete Rubrics will be
provided for constructed response, and extended response items.
SB: Extended Response Math
Ms. McCrary wants to make a rabbit pen in a section of her lawn. Her plan for the rabbit pen includes the following:•It will be in the shape of a rectangle.•It will take 24 feet of fence material to make.•Each side will be longer than 1 foot.•The length and width will measure whole feet.
Part ADraw 3 different rectangles that can each represent Ms. McCrary’s rabbit pen. Be sure to use all 24 feet of fence material for each pen.
Use the grid below. Click the places where you want the corners of your rectangle to be. Draw one rectangle at a time. If you make a mistake, click on your rectangle to delete it. Continue as many times as necessary.
Use your keyboard to type the length and width of each rabbit pen you draw. Then type the area of each rabbit pen. Be sure to select the correct unit for each answer.
[Students will input length, width, and area for each rabbit pen. Students will choose unit from drop down menu.]
Use your keyboard to type the length and width of each rabbit pen you draw. Then type the area of each rabbit pen. Be sure to select the correct unit for each answer.
Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet)
Part BMs. McCrary wants her rabbit to have more than 60 square feet of ground area inside the pen. She finds that if she uses the side of her house as one of the sides of the rabbit pen, she can make the rabbit pen larger.•Draw another rectangular rabbit pen. •Use all 24 feet of fencing for 3 sides of the pen.•Use one side of the house for the other side of the pen. •Make sure the ground area inside the pen is greater than 60 square feet.Use the grid below. Click the places where you want the corners of your rectangle to be. If you make a mistake, click on your rectangle to delete it.
Pen 3: Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet)
Pen 1: Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet)
Pen 2: Length: (feet, square feet) Width: (feet, square feet) Area: (feet, square feet)
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
CC Content Comparison to “Extended Response”
8th Grade Mathematics-
READY Released Test
8th Grade Mathematics-
READY Released Test
SB Extended Response
Smarter Balanced 8th Grade Mathematics
(Claim 2)
Smarter Balanced 8th Grade Mathematics
(Claim 2)
Performance Task
Used to measure depth of understanding, research skills and complex analysis Allow for multiple
approaches Require student-initiated
planning, management of information and ideas, and/or interaction with other materials Allow teacher-student
interactions Call for multi-part, multi-
session activities where students produce scorable responses, products or presentations
Good to Know… They have a series of
stimuli that will be given: readings, video clips, audio clips, equation editor, graphing tools, spreadsheet, graphs, charts and other visuals, research topic/issue, problem, etc…
For grades 3-8 it will be about 125 minutes for the performance task. (Classroom activity 20 minutes, Part I: 35 minutes and Part II: 70 minutes)
All grade levels in both Math and ELA will have Performance Tasks
Technology Enhanced
Require a response from the student Math: Selecting one
or more points on a graphic, dragging and dropping a graphic from one location to another, manipulating a graph
ELA: Select a piece of text, type in a replacement for that text or select options from a drop-down menu
Good to Know… The ultimate goal of
technology-enhanced items is to provide a better measurement of student knowledge and skills through technology. could not be
assessed through selected response and constructed response items.
Technology Enabled
Nontraditional layout of items
Audio, computer read aloud, video, etc… are used to present a question.
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Smarter Balanced Sample Items
Sue Gendron with International Center for Leadership in
Education
http://www.leadered.com/keynoterpp.htmlSmarter Balanced Assessment Consortium
www.SmarterBalanced.orgNorth Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Assessmentswww.dpi.state.nc.us
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