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RICAS ELA Test Design Overview Winter 2019

Understand the Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS) English Language Arts (ELA) test design for Grades 3-8. Explore passage sets, item types, reporting categories, and technology skills required for the test.

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RICAS ELA Test Design Overview Winter 2019

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  1. RICAS: English Language Arts/Literacy Test Design Winter 2019

  2. Agenda • RICAS Test Design • Reporting Categories • Item Types

  3. RICAS Overview • RICAS: Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System • Grades 3 – 8 • RICAS is not administered in high school • Test Window • ELA/Literacy: April 1 – May 3, 2019 • Mathematics: April 2 – May 24, 2019

  4. ELA Sessions *Students may continue testing beyond the testing window so long as they are working productively.

  5. RICAS ELA Test Design A student’s RICAS ELA experience: • Read passage sets • Respond to questions measuring reading and language standards • Write in response to reading • The written responses are embedded within the passage sets

  6. RICAS Test Design • Each student test will include a mix of common and matrix passage sets (equating and/or field test). • Only the common operational passage sets serve as the basis for a student’s score. • The matrix passage set is included to test questions & text for future administrations OR to ensure statistical comparability between scores on different forms of the test.

  7. RICAS ELAReporting Categories

  8. RICAS ELA Common Items

  9. RICAS Matrix Items

  10. Passage Sets • Reading Passage Sets • Text types include: • Literary and Informational • “Sets” include: • Single passage, pairs of passages , or three passages • May include any combinations of literary/informational

  11. Item Types

  12. Multiple Choice Item

  13. Multiple Select Item

  14. Technology Enhanced Item

  15. Constructed Response: Grades 3 & 4 ONLY

  16. Narrative & Text Based Essays

  17. Narrative & Text Based Essays

  18. Standard Online Tools - TestNav • Highlighter • Notepad • Answer eliminator • Bookmark feature • Test review screen • Magnifier • Line reader

  19. Technology Skills • The Technology Skills for RICAS Assessments document details the current span of technology skills students will need at each grade level to navigate TestNav8. • Practice with the testing platform is available through theTestNav8 Student Tutorial. http://ricas.pearsonsupport.com/student/ http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Instruction-and-Assessment-World-Class-Standards/Assessment/RICAS_TechTools_2018.pdf

  20. RICAS Assessments Webpage http://www.ride.ri.gov/InstructionAssessment/Assessment/RICASAssessments.aspx#39551515-test-design-mathematics-and-english-language-arts-information

  21. QUESTIONS ? Please direct all correspondence to: ​ assessment@ride.ri.gov ​ In the subject line of the inquiry include: ​ RICAS: ELA – Test Design/Reporting Categories 

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