Media Consortium West Georgia RESA Ann Marie Johnson

COMMON CORE GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TEXT COMPLEXITY RUBRIC

 Intended to assist educators in evaluating multiple dimensions of a text in order to determine the proper placement of that text within the curriculum.  The rubric addresses the three aspects of text complexity required for consideration in Common Core Appendix B: qualitative, quantitative reader/task match

 POINTS: EXTREMELY APPROPRIATE TEXT CHOICE  POINTS: ACCEPTABLE TEXT CHOICE  POINTS: RECONSIDER OR CHANGE GRADE/PURPOSE OF THIS TEXT CHOICE  POINTS: ELIMINATE OR CHANGE GRADE/PURPOSE OF THIS TEXT CHOICE

 Levels of meaning  Structure  Language conventionality  Background knowledge

Which Lexile Band?  K-1 n/a  L - 790L  L - 980L  L L  L L  L L You will need to look up text using 

 Does this text challenge readers?  Does this text match the interests of the students?  Is this text ideal for the task?  Mismatches for which qualitative and quantitative measures cannot easily account: Withhold points based on areas of disconnect

 This category exists to allow evaluators to bestow additional points based on the unique merits of a text (e.g., a Newberry or Caldecott Award, or Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.)  A score of 10 means that this text has garnered positive acknowledgement from multiple authoritative sources.

 Are planning on creating a site to house completed rubrics made by educators on texts

 Find a partner  Choose a book or  Think of a title of a book you know and are extremely familiar with since you do not have it with you.  Complete the Text complexity Rubric  Be Prepared to share in 20 minutes