Entering Scores for ELA Performance Tasks

This section explains how to review and modify scores and condition codes for ELA full write responses. Most of these responses have an automated score suggested by the machine-scoring system. Any student response with a machine-generated score has not been read by a human reader. Users can adjust any machine-generated score and apply their own score after reading the student response. Note that new ELA full write responses may not have suggested scores provided.

To review responses:

1. On the Dashboard page, click the name of the ELA Performance Task you wish to score.

2.The Test Scoring page appears, displaying a list of students and items awaiting scoring for the selected test.

3.To review scores for a student’s full write response, click the Score link or score number link for the full write question in the student’s row. The full write is the question that is marked as “6 pt.” (A suggested score is represented by a number with an exclamation mark icon beside it .) The scoring window opens to the Item & Score tab.

Click on the Rubric & Resources tab to access the exemplar and training guide documents to score the student’s response. Additional details about the interim question as well as an abbreviated rubric are also provided on this tab. Educators should use the exemplar and training guide documents provided on this tab to score student responses. (These are the same documents found in TIDE under General Resources.) The abbreviated rubric on this tab does not represent all the nuances of scoring interim questions and should not be used by itself to score student responses.

4.On the Item & Score tab, the scores or condition codes suggested by the machine scoring system appear in the Points Earned and Condition Code columns.

5.Review the student’s entered response. This may require scrolling down the page to see the entire student response. If you agree with the score or condition code suggested, then no further action is needed and you can leave the suggested score as is.

If you would like to modify the score, apply or modify a condition code, or change a condition code to a score, then do one of the following:

• To enter or modify the score for the response, click the edit button in the table and select the appropriate score from the drop-down in the Points Earned column.

• To modify or assign a condition code to the response, click the edit button in the table and select the appropriate option from the drop-down in the Condition Code column.

Note: If the response is not scorable because it is Off Purpose, assign the condition code of Off Purpose to the Evidence/Elaboration row and the Organization/Purpose row. You should then assign a numeric score of 0, 1, or 2 for the Conventions row. If the response is not scorable for any other condition code, apply the same condition code to all three rows.

Note: For more information on condition codes, refer to the PDF version of this user guide on the WCAP portal (https://wa.portal.cambiumast.com).

• If the machine score is a condition code and you want to assign Points Earned, click the edit button in the table and select the appropriate score from the drop-down in the Points Earned column.

6.Repeat step 5 for each scoring criterion.

7.Click the Save button.

8.Optional: If you wish to provide an explanation for why you chose the given score or condition code, click Add Note in the Scoring Note section, then enter your comment and click Save. All notes will be deleted when scores are submitted, as described in Submitting Scored Test Opportunities for Processing.

9.To continue scoring items, do one of the following:

• To view another unscored item for the same student, use one of the buttons labeled with the previous and next item numbers at the upper corners of the Item View window.
• To view the same unscored item for another student, use the up or down arrows on the right side of the Student field at the top of the Item View window.
• To return to the Test Scoring page and select another item manually, close the Item View window.

Note that full write items are scored using three dimensions, Conventions, Evidence/Elaboration, and Organization and Purpose, for a total of ten points. For test scoring purposes, Evidence/Elaboration and Organization/Purpose are averaged and added to Conventions to create single six-point score. The maximum six points are shown on the Test Scoring page.

Once you have either entered or reviewed the scores for all the items in a test opportunity, you may submit that opportunity for processing.