EOC American Literature Milestone
Test Overview:
- The test is administered in 3 parts and over 2 days: April 30th and May 1st. You must report to your home school at 8am and have pen/pencil with you.
- Students will have 70 minutes to complete each section, totaling 210 minutes for the entire exam.
- The test consists of 60 items; these items can be broken down as follows:
- Selected Response or Multiple Choice questions.
- Constructed Response Items:
A constructed response item asks a question and solicits the student to provide a response he or she constructs on his or her own, as opposed to selecting from options provided. The constructed-response items on the EOC assessments will be worth two points. Partial credit may be awarded.
- Extended Response Items:
An extended constructed response item is a specific type of constructed response item that elicits a longer, more detailed response from the student than a two-point constructed-response itemdoes. The extended constructed-response items on the EOC assessmentswill be worth four points. For American Literature and Composition, the student will respond to a narrative promptbased ona passage the student has read,and the response will be scored according to the Writing/Language domain.Partial credit may be awarded.
- Extended Writing Response:
The extended writing response items require the student to produce an argument or develop an informative or explanatory response. The extended writing response items, or writing tasks, include two passages, three selected - response items, and one constructed - response item that scaffold the student’s understanding of the passage(s). Two of the selected response items will address each of the passages separately. One selectedresponse item and the constructedresponse item will address both of the passagestogether.All four items contribute to the Reading/Vocabulary domain.These items will be followed by an extendedwriting-prompt, which requires the student to draw from reading experiences when writing an essay response and to cite evidence from the passage(s)to support claims and conclusions in the essay. The writing task is worth seven points.
- Click on the above link and go to page 11
- Review of Depth of Knowledge Questions, scoring and rubrics for written response.
- Sample test items: page 14
- Practice Test Items: page 22
- Using T.R.E.E.S. to respond to Constructed and Extended Response Items:
- T – Topic Sentence: Introduce the topic and your position.
- R – Reasons/Rational: What reasons do you have that support your position?
- E – Examples: Provide at least two examples from the text that support your position/argument.
- E – Explanation of Examples: Provide an in-depth explanation as to how the examples your have provided supports your argument.
- S – Summary Sentence: