Review the following actual (retired) CWRA performance task given to 9th graders, 12th graders, and

college students.

Consider and discuss the following:

What you be evidence of a high quality student response. What would you look for?

o For focus, consider student responses to Dr. Eager’s claims.

What would be evidence of a low quality student response?

What skills are required of students to compose a high quality response?

How could you use this type of assessment in your schools do develop and assess these skills?

In “Crime Reduction” students act as a consultant to Mayor Pat Stone who is running for reelection,

preparing a memo for the senior staff.

As Mayor Stone’s consultant, students are asked to weigh evidence to analyze the strengths and

weaknesses of two policy initiatives: Mayor Stone’s initiative to reduce crime by increasing the number of

police officers, and Dr. Eager’s, his opponent, plan to implement the Strive drug treatment program.

Explain your reasoning referring explicitly to the documents, and not your personal values, and

evaluating in your analysis these particular claims:

1. Dr. Eager claims that more police will only lead to more crime. (document E).

2. Dr. Eager argues that money for police should go instead to the Strive drug treatment program.

3. Dr. Eager claims that reducing addicts will lower crime rates (C and F).