1. Jenifer Davis Charlottesville City Schools
TEI: Technology Enhanced Items and the Increased Rigor of the 2010 Standards
Jenifer Davis
Charlottesville City Schools

2. Today’s Objectives:
To gain an understanding of the vertical changes to the English standards and the rigor of the new test
To view the TEI resources available currently
To have extended time to explore SOL resources
To have the opportunity to ask/answer questions regarding the changes to the format

3. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Changed or New content:
Use vocabulary from other content areas (K-6)
Added extra standard in K-6 “Student will expand vocabulary” which was formerly collapsed into “read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy” in 2002
Delineation of fiction and nonfiction texts in K,1
Phonological Awareness tasks in 2nd
Online resources included in standards
Vocabulary switch: Synonyms and Antonyms

4. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Many SOL were filtered down to the grade level below:
~2.7a (Use of the knowledge of homophones) was formerly a third grade skill (3.3b)
~ 5.4b (Use knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes) now is a 4th grade standard (4.4b)

5. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Clear delineation of fiction and nonfiction skills whereas they were together previously in K : K.8 The student will demonstrate comprehension of fiction and nonfiction. 2010: K.9 The student will demonstrate comprehension of fictional texts. K.10 The student will demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction texts.

6. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Higher order thinking questions reflect the trend with SOL released items (Bloom’s taxonomy): using last two released tests
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Sixth
Grade **
Noting Details
7 to 5
7 to 6
9 to 7
3 to 3
Drawing Conclusions
7 to 9
5 to 6
7 to 7
Characterization
2 to 3
4 to 3
2 to 1 (more of an emphasis with choice of words to denote author’s purpose)
5 to 3

7. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Increase in passing percentages for pass proficient ( ) and pass advanced scores.

8. 2010 Reading Standards versus 2002 Reading Standards:
Incorporation of poetry again into test (last 2004)

9. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
Total Number of questions presented
( )
3rd
4th
5th
6th
Total Number of Questions Scored
( )
* 7 field test items
(na-35-40)
(42~research-40-40)
* 10 field test items
(na-45-45)

10. 2010 Rigor of Standard of Learning Test:
Shift in blueprint construction

11. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
Question stems-more application of skills
Example:
4th test: “To find the meaning of the word ‘puzzled’, a student should look in-”
4th : “Read this thesaurus entry. Which meaning of support is used in paragraph 4?”

12. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
5 passages- 2 Fiction, 2 Non-fiction, 1 will be poetry and 1 most likely functional text

13. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
Stand-alones can appear anywhere

14. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
Emphasis words are eliminated out on reading
NOT and EXCEPT on reading grades 4 through EOC (End of Course)

15. 2010 Rigor of the Standard of Learning Test:
TEI items no longer field testing but fully operational items
: TEI Items were only used as field test items to gather data
: TEI fully operational, 15% of test blueprint questions

16. TEI (Technology Enhanced Items): A Review