1. TASC Content Frameworks Reading/Writing – Common Core State Standards – College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education Mathematics – Traditional pathway of the Common Core State Standards – College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education Science – Next Generation Science Standards Social Studies – CTB Social Studies Standards are based on national frameworks in the areas of US history, world history, civics and government, and economics

2. Content Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Framework Level 1 Recall – Recall of a fact, information or procedure Level 2 Skill/Concept – Use information or conceptual knowledge, two or more steps, etc. Level 3 Strategic Thinking – Requires reasoning, developing a plan or sequence of steps, some complexity, more than one possible answer Level 4 Extended Thinking – Requires an investigation, time to think and process multiple conditions of the problem or task 2

3. DOK 1 Distribution Content TestDOK 1: Recall 201420152016 Reading15%10-15%10% Writing (SR)20%15%10-15% Writing (Essay) Mathematics15%15-20%10-20% Science20-25% 15-20% Social Studies15%9%8%

4. DOK 2 Distribution Content TestDOK 2: Application of Skill/Concept 201420152016 Reading 70%65-70%65% Writing (SR) 75%70-75%65-70% Writing (Essay) Mathematics 75%65-85%55-75% Science 65-70% Social Studies 60%84%72%

5. DOK 3 Distribution Content TestDOK 3: Explanation/ Analysis 201420152016 Reading15%20%25% Writing (SR)5%10-15%20% Writing (Essay) Mathematics10%10-20%20-30% Science5-10% 15-20% Social Studies25%12%20%

6. DOK 4 Distribution Content TestDOK 4: Extended Thinking 2014 20152016 Reading Writing (SR) Writing (Essay)100% Mathematics Science Social Studies

7. TASC Test Blueprint Item Focus – More critical thinking less memorization; more reasoning & problem solving not necessarily more difficult – Increased depth of knowledge Item Types – Selected-response (SR) – Gridded-response (GR) – Technology-enhanced (TE) – Constructed-response (CR) TASC Subtest Overview – High Emphasis Standards