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Assessment and Instruction—September 2016  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nINFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS  \nIntroduction  ................................................................. 1  \nGeneral Introduction  ....................................................... 1  \nPennsylvania Core Standards (PCS)  ........................................... 1  \nWhat Is Included  .......................................................... 1  \nPurpose and Uses  ......................................................... 1  \nItem Format and Scoring Guidelines  .......................................... 2  \nEnglish Language Arts Grade 5  .............................................. 3  \nEnglish Language Arts Test Directions for Reading Passages and Questions  .............. 4  \nPSSA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS GRADE 5  \nPassage 1  ................................................................... 6  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  .................................................. 9  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Question  ................................. 15  \nPassage 2  .................................................................. 16  \nMultiple-Choice Questions  ................................................. 19  \nEvidence-Based Selected-Response Questions  ................................ 24  \nPassage 3  .................................................................. 26  \nText-Dependent Analysis Question  ........................................... 29  \nText-Dependent Analysis Scoring Guideline  .................................... 33  \nEnglish Language Arts Test Directions for Language Questions and Writing Prompt  ........ 45  \nStandalone Multiple-Choice Questions  ........................................... 46  \nWriter’s Checklist and Opinion Writing Prompt  ..................................... 50  \nOpinion Scoring Guideline  ................................................. 54  \nEnglish Language Arts—Sample Item Summary Data  ................................ 61  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  .......................................................... 63  \nPSSA Grade 5 English Language Arts Item and Scoring Sampler—September 2016 ii  \nINFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS  \nINTRODUCTION  \nGeneral Introduction  \nThe Pennsylvania Department of Education provides districts and schools with tools to assist in delivering focused instructional programs aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards (PCS)  . These tools include Academic Standards, Assessment Anchor documents, assessment handbooks, and content-based item and scoring samplers  . This Item and Scoring Sampler is a useful tool for Pennsylvania educators in preparing local instructional programs  . It can also be useful in preparing students for the statewide assessment  .  \nPennsylvania Core Standards (PCS)  \nThis sampler contains examples of test questions that are aligned to the new Pennsylvania Core Standardsbased 2016 PSSA Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content  . The Mathematics, Reading, and Writing PSSA transitioned to PCS-based operational Mathematics and English Language Arts assessments starting with the spring 2015 PSSA administration  .  \nThe 2016 PCS-aligned Assessment Anchor and Eligible Content documents are posted on this portal:  \n¾ [www.education.pa.gov](www.education.pa.gov) [Hover over “K–12,” select “Assessment and Accountability,” and select“Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)  .” Then select “Assessment Anchors” from the “Other Materials” list on the right side of the screen  .]  \nWhat Is Included  \nThis sampler contains stimulus reading passages with test questions, standalone questions, and modespecific prompts that have been written to align to the Assessment Anchors that are based on the Pennsylvania Core Standards (PCS)  . 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