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E L A Passage Selec tio n fo r Grades 3-12 What to c onside r whe n se le c ting passage s for instr uc tion and asse ssme nt We ndy Dur y-Samson and Dr . R ose mar ie He ine gg Offic e o f State Assessment Mar c h 28, 2018

Ide ally, se le c te d te xts for stude nts in Gr ade s 3-12 should be …  de ve lopme ntally/ gr ade appr opr iate in both c omple xity and c onte nt  fair and unbiase d for stude nts  r e pr e se ntative of var ious ge nr e s, lite r ar y style s and c ultur e s  able to addr e ss a wide var ie ty of le ar ning standar ds  wor thy of r e ading  r ic h in lite r ar y e le me nts and str ate gie s for analysis

Whe n se le c ting for c lassr oom use , te ac he r s c an use passage s that…  may r e quir e some sc affolding or bac kgr ound knowle dge  addr e ss stude nt inte r e sts and me e t le ar ning obje c tive s  will suppor t c r oss-c ur r ic ular or inte r -disc iplinar y le ar ning  may only be of loc al inte r e st

Whe n se le c ting passage s for NYS E L A asse ssme nts, the r e ar e othe r c onside r ations. Passage s must…  me e t e stablishe d c r ite r ia for le ngth (wor d c ount)  var y in c omple xity within e stablishe d gr ade bands  be appr opr iate and like ly of inte r e st to stude nts ac r oss the e ntir e state

Passage s must…(c ontinue d)  be suitable for ite m de ve lopme nt  be infor mation r ic h and de monstr ate e xe mplar y wr iting skill  r e pr e se nt a var ie ty of e r as, ge nr e s, topic s, style s, and c ultur e s

What doe s passage se le c tion look like in pr ac tic e ? On your table , you will find c opie s of passage s fr om Gr ade s 4, 6, and 8 and high sc hool that we r e use d on NYS E L A asse ssme nts. Choose one gr ade you would like to r e vie w. T ake 5 minute s to r e ad the te xts for your gr ade , c onside r ing the infor mation that was just shar e d with you.  Do the passage s r e pr e se nt diffe r e nt ge nr e s and style s?  Ar e the passage s inte r e sting and ac c e ssible to a wide var ie ty of stude nts?  Can the passage s be use d to asse ss se ve r al le ar ning standar ds? T ake a minute to disc uss with your c olle ague s how your c lassr oom pr ac tic e may c hange as a r e sult of today’s pr e se ntation.

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