NCEXTEND1
2007-2008
Grade 10 Writing
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/policies/tswd/ncextend1
What Does it Look Like?
Something like this . . .
Manipulatives
Picture/Symbol Text Cards
How Does it Work?
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Assessor reads test item script to student
Assessor presents materials/manipulatives
Student responds to item or question
Assessor 1 and Assessor 2 record student
score
Student Items
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All items are based on the NC Standard Course of
Study Extended Content Standards by grade level.
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All items are one-step questions that are scored as
either correct or incorrect.
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Item sets will include
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Easy Items
Medium Items
Hard Items
Most materials will be supplied by NCDPI
Grade 10 Writing
There are a total of 7 mathematics items per grade.
Each student is administered all 7 items.
Sample Writing Item
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Read the writing prompt to the student.
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Present student with the following pictures as
the writing prompt is being read.
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NCDPI-provided Manipulatives for the prompt:
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Picture of girl 1(labeled Stacey)
Picture of girl 2 (labeled Kelly)
Picture of dollars and cents (labeled money)
Picture of pencils, paper, and scissors (labeled
school supplies)
Sample Writing Item
Sample Grade 10 Prompt:
The prompt may be read as many times as necessary.
The writing prompt may be read before administering
each item.
Stacey and Kelly are in 10th grade. They are in
the same class. Their class is having a
fundraiser. They want to raise money for new
school supplies. The class is selling candy.
Stacey sells a lot of candy. Stacey earns money
for the class fundraiser. Kelly does not sell any
candy. Kelly does not earn any money for the
class fundraiser.
Sample Writing Item
Object/picture/word presentation
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Assessor 1 will position picture/word cards
or object symbols in the following order:
a. is having
b. a fundraiser c. The class
d. for new supplies.
Directions to student
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SAY: “Put the cards in the correct order
to make a complete sentence. Use every
card.”
Sample Writing Item
Directions to student
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SAY: “Write at least four facts about
Stacey and Kelly’s class fundraiser.”
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Student will produce a response (as appropriate to gradelevel).
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The items for NCEXTEND1 were created to be as
accessible as possible for all students. Accommodations
may be made for individual students for presentation
(attaching responses to student’s information board, etc.) or
for responding if the accommodations are routinely used in
the student’s classroom instruction.
NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria
To determine student participation in the NCEXTEND1, the following
eligibility criteria must be met:
The NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment is designed for students
with disabilities who:
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Have a current IEP;
Are enrolled in grades 3–8 or 10 according to the Student
Information Management System (e.g., SIMS/NCWISE);
Are instructed in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Extended Content Standards in ALL assessed content areas; and
Have a SIGNIFICANT COGNITIVE DISABILITY (i.e., exhibit severe
and pervasive delays in ALL areas of conceptual, linguistic and
academic development and also in adaptive behavior areas, such
as communication, daily living skills and self-care).
NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria
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The vast majority of students with disabilities do not have a significant
cognitive disability. The NCEXTEND1 is NOT appropriate for
students who:
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are being instructed in ANY OR ALL of the general grade-level
content standards of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study;
demonstrate delays only in academic achievement;
demonstrate delays due primarily to behavioral issues;
demonstrate delays only in selected areas of academic
achievement; or
if in high school, are pursuing a North Carolina high school diploma
(including students enrolled in the Occupational Course of Study).
The NCEXTEND1 Alternate Assessment is designed for students
who have a severe intellectual disability; it is NOT designed for
students who have a specific learning disability.
NCEXTEND1 Eligibility Criteria
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The eligibility criteria for NCEXTEND1 are
available for download at the following
address:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability
/policyoperations/ncextend1/ncextend1eligibilityc
riteria20071212.pdf