NCEXTEND12007-2008

Grade 4 Writing

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/policies/tswd/ncextend1

What Does it Look Like?

Something like this . . .

NCEXTEND1

2007-2008

Student Test

BOOKLET

Picture/Symbol Text Cards

Manipulatives

How Does it Work? Assessor reads test item script to student Assessor presents materials/manipulatives Student responds to item or question Assessor 1 and Assessor 2 record student

score

Student Items

All items are based on the NC Standard Course of Study Extended Content Standards by grade level.

All items are one-step questions that are scored as either correct or incorrect.

Item sets will include Easy Items Medium Items Hard Items

Most materials will be supplied by NCDPI

Grade 4 Writing There are a total of 7 mathematics items per grade. Each student is

administered all 7 items.

Sample Writing Item Read the writing prompt to the student.

Present student with the following pictures as the writing prompt is being read.

NCDPI-provided Manipulatives for the prompt: Picture of boy (labeled Sam) Picture of girl (labeled Mary) Picture of monkeys Picture of elephants

Sample Writing ItemSample Grade 4 Prompt:

The prompt may be read as many times as necessary. The writing prompt may be read before administering each item.

Sam and Mary are in 4th grade. Their class went on a field trip. They went to see animals at the zoo. Sam’s favorite animals were the monkeys. Mary’s favorite animals were the elephants. Sam and Mary had fun at the zoo.

Sample Writing Item

Object/picture/word presentation Assessor 1 will position picture/word cards or

object symbols in the following order:a. went to b. the zoo. c. The class

Directions to student SAY: “Put the cards in the correct order

to make a complete sentence. Use every card.”

Sample Writing ItemDirections to student SAY: “Sam and Mary went to the zoo to see

their favorite animals. Write a sentence about your favorite animal.”

Student will produce a response (as appropriate to grade-level)

The items for NCEXTEND1 were created to be as accessible as possible for all students. Accommodations may be made for individual students for presentation (attaching responses to student’s information board, etc.) or for responding if the accommodations are routinely used in the student’s classroom instruction.

NCEXTEND1 Eligibility CriteriaTo determine student participation in the NCEXTEND1, the following

eligibility criteria must be met:

The NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment is designed for students with disabilities who:

Have a current IEP; Are enrolled in grades 3–8 or 10 according to the Student

Information Management System (e.g., SIMS/NCWISE); Are instructed in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study

Extended Content Standards in ALL assessed content areas; and Have a SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITY (i.e., exhibit severe

and pervasive delays in ALL areas of conceptual, linguistic and academic development and also in adaptive behavior areas, such as communication, daily living skills and self-care).

NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria (continued)The vast majority of students with disabilities do not have a significant

cognitive disability. The NCEXTEND1 is NOT appropriate for students who:

are being instructed in ANY OR ALL of the general grade-level content standards of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study;

demonstrate delays only in academic achievement; demonstrate delays due primarily to behavioral issues; demonstrate delays only in selected areas of academic

achievement; or if in high school, are pursuing a North Carolina high school diploma

(including students enrolled in the Occupational Course of Study).

The NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment is designed for students who have a severe intellectual disability; it is NOT designed for students who have a specific learning disability.

NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria (Continued) The eligibility criteria for NCEXTEND1 are

available for download at the following address:

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/policyoperations/ncextend1/ncextend1eligibilitycriteria20071212.pdf