Evaluation Format Flashcards

What is the primary difference between the GLA's literary and informational text passages?

Answer: Literary texts use narrative elements like plot and character; informational texts convey facts or arguments

Literary texts engage narrative elements such as character, theme, and plot, while informational texts present factual content, arguments, or explanations.

When the GLA writing rubric references 'coherence,' what is being evaluated?

Answer: How logically and smoothly ideas connect and flow throughout the writing

Coherence refers to how well a piece of writing flows logically, with ideas connecting clearly from sentence to sentence and paragraph to paragraph.

In the GLA reading section, what skill is tested when students must determine the central idea of a passage?

Answer: Finding the main point the text develops and supports overall

Determining the central idea requires students to identify the overarching point or message that the entire text develops and supports.

How does the GLA typically present multi-source performance tasks to students?

Answer: Students access multiple texts on a shared topic and use them to write an analytical or argumentative response

Multi-source performance tasks present several related texts and require students to synthesize information across sources in a written response.

Which writing mode is most commonly assessed in the GLA's extended response section?

Answer: Argumentative or analytical writing using textual evidence

The GLA's extended response emphasizes argumentative and analytical writing, where students must develop a claim and support it with evidence from texts.

What does it mean when a GLA rubric criterion is labeled 'development of ideas'?

Answer: The depth and quality of elaboration and support provided for the main point

Development of ideas evaluates how thoroughly a student elaborates, explains, and supports the central claim or analysis with specific evidence and reasoning.

Which of the following question types on the GLA would require a student to make an inference?

Answer: Concluding why a character made a decision based on indirect clues in the text

Inference questions require students to draw logical conclusions from information implied in the text rather than information directly stated.