Summary:
In need of a considerable formative assessment item bank, Client tasked Victory with creating hundreds of ELA items. Teachers have the opportunity to hand-pick passage sets from the formative item bank that best serve their assessment needs; every item has been aligned to the Common Core Reading Standards. Although not developed for high-stakes assessment, Victory carefully crafted each item to maintain equally high standards of quality, fairness, and rigor.
Facts:
- Researched permissioned passages for formative assessment item bank
- Wrote 700 ELA formative assessment items spanning grades 3-11
- Developed passage sets within Client’s online management system, Nimble Item Authoring (NIA)
- Ensured a wide-range of Depth of Knowledge levels
- Attended client meetings held in Worcester, MA and Dover, NH
- Turned around revisions in a timely manner, often within 24 hours
Tools:
- EDL Word List
- Children’s Writers’ Word Book
- NIA
- Online content management system