MSLs in SS and History

March 18, 2013

Are not for student data, but teacher growth

data

Are not formative assessment

Are a common measure

MSLs

Only one sample question per grade level will

be released this year.

80 minute test/ 10 min for directions

Scored locally

Require students to analyze primary documents and summarize texts.

MSL info from DPI

SS HS tests will have 24 MC questions and 6

CR questions. (except US history)

MS has slightly different numbers.

New specifications will be posted at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/effectiveness-model/measures/

MSL details

Make sure your content matches the Essential

Standard.

Cognitive level of lesson matches the cognitive requirement of the objective

If yes to both, then you have a well aligned test question.

Alignment of RBT and MSL items

Incorporate more of these on unit or chapter

tests by replacing some of the MC questions with CR questions.

Do not have to write a 4-5 paragraph essay.

Constructed Response Questions

Model, Model, Model

Help students find key parts of the question

Use sentence frames to get students started

http://writingfix.com/RICA/constructed_response.htm

Teaching CR questions

1.  Does the response begin with a statement of the

student’s position or answer?

2.  Does the response include at least one example from the text to support the position or answer?

3.  Does the response include an explanation of how the quoted part of the text relates to the position or answer?

4.  Does the response make sense?  Does it ramble or does it move easily from one point being made to the next?

CR quality check questions

Fast food has changed the way

Americans live. Identify one of the following fast food restaurants above. Give two

examples of menu items that they serve. Explain one way fast food has impacted our society.

Fast food has changed the way

Americans live. Identify 1 one of the following fast food restaurants above. Give two 2 and 3 examples of menu items that they serve. Explain 4 one way fast food has impacted our society.

What is the object

shown here? Give two examples of how it can be used to make life easier?

Try this one….

You have to go back to the Essential Standards

and Blooms Revised Taxonomy to write valid sample questions.

8C&G.1.1 Summarize democratic ideals expressed in local, state and national government (e.g. limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism, and individual rights

What’s important to pay attention to here?

Building Multiple Choice Questions

Read the following excerpt: In “The Spirit of the Laws,“ Charles de

Montesquieu (French political thinker, 1689-1785) argued, that the executive, legislative, and judicial functions of government should be assigned to different bodies, so that attempts by one branch of government to infringe on political liberty might be restrained by the other branches.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_the_Laws

Based on the excerpt, which democratic ideal is expressed?A. Limited GovernmentB. Popular sovereigntyC. Separation of PowersD. republicanism

 

Sample Question

Compare the role and evolution of laws and

legal systems in various civilizations, societies, and regions.

6.C&G.1.4

6th grade example: Code of Hammurabi  ”If any one is caught committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be

put to death.”

N.C. General Statue § 14-87. Robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons.

(a) Any person or persons who unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another or from any place of business, residence or banking institution or any other place, shall be guilty of felony (more than 1 year in jail if convicted). (modified)

Why do Civilizations need laws? Identify one similarity and one difference.

A little tougher here….

Analyze the effects of social, economic,

military and political conflict among nations, regions, and groups

Analyze the economic, political and social impacts of disease in modern societies.

7.H.2.1 & 7.H.2.4

European exploration connected many cultures together. Identify one country that sent out explorers. Explain one motivating factor for that country to send out explorers and describe one effect of European exploration.

7.H.2.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of

cooperative efforts and consensus building among nations, regions, and groups (e.q. Humanitarian efforts, United Nations, world Health Organization…)

This time you try to write a question based on this standard.

Your turn…..

Following the 9/11 attacks in the US, Washington put North Korea on the "axis of evil" list and has since contended that North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons poses a serious threat to the world. Several times, the US administration proposed bringing North Korea before the UN Security Council to impose economic sanctions. However China, North Korea's main ally and trading partner, indicated that it would likely veto any sanctions on Pyongyang.

Following North Korea's nuclear test in October 2006, Security Council members imposed sanctions on Pyongyang. The "targeted" sanctions include an embargo on military and technological materials and luxury goods, as well as a set of financial sanctions. A month after the Council adopted the US-backed sanctions, North Korea agreed to return to the Six-Party Talks. (Global Policy Forum, 2006)

After Reading the passage give one example of unity among nations and one example of unilateral action. Evaluate the international community's response to the North Korean threat.

7.H.2.2

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

pages/listdocumentpa.html Links to primary documents and other good stuff

http://highschool.gardencity.k12.ny.us/userfiles/servers/server_881339/file/socialstudies/mcauley/Constructed%20Response/constructed_response_samples.htm Sample CR questions for high school

http://www.peterpappas.com/2011/01/dbqs-crqs-document-based-questions-constructed-response-elementary-students.html Sample CR questions for 6th

Resources to help write sample

questions