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CSAP / TCAP -
Scoring Information
Scoring rubrics are used to guide the scoring of each constructed
response item on the TCAP/CSAP. These rubrics further guide the
development of actual Scoring Guides for each individual constructed
response item which contains specific information pertaining to
individual items.
Performance Level
Scale Ranges for TCAP/CSAP Assessments
How are
CSAP items scored? All Multiple Choice items are scanned using high
speed scanners. All constructed response items are scored by
trained scoring teams after a thorough training process involving
Colorado teachers:
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Anchor Review
Each year, after the completed
TCAP/CSAP
booklets have been sent to
the scoring center, scanned, and reviewed, teams of Scoring
Supervisors bring samples of actual student work for each
constructed response item to Colorado. Teams of content area
teachers review these items with the Scoring Supervisors, score
the sample items, provide guidance which defines the student
behaviors and item characteristics for each performance level
for each item. Here is where Colorado teachers may refine the
individual scoring guides that item developers prepared for each
item after reviewing multiple student responses to each item.
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Scoring Team Training
Scoring Supervisors return to the scoring center to train
their teams using the "anchor papers" reviewed by
Colorado teachers. The supervisors use the guidance provided by
Colorado teachers with each item. Scoring teams are trained in
RIBS - each assigned to a maximum of 5 items - with which they
will become "experts" and score only those items until all tests
are completed. They may be trained on another RIB of items
should they complete a set of items.
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Scoring of Items
Teams score each RIB of items until the sets of items are
completed in the scoring. Scoring teams apply the individual
scoring guides for each item which have been refined by Colorado
educators. The following activities are used to maintain the
ongoing reliability of scoring between raters and within raters
over time:
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Anchor items serve reference points for each score assigned
to an item.
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Read-behinds regularly happen. Random items are double and
triple scored by different scorers (with only the
supervisor's awareness) The scores are analyzed for any
differences in scores assigned to an item between individual
scorers on each team.
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Rater-severity items are items that have been scored in
years previous and allow for analysis of scoring to be
compared year-to-year
Links to
TCAP/CSAP Scoring Rubrics for WRITING:
Grade 3 - Analytical Rubric ENGLISH
used for
the Short Constructed Response
Grade 3 -
Analytical Rubric SPANISH
used for
the Short Constructed Response
Grade 4-10 -
Holistic Rubric ENGLISH
used
for the Short Constructed Response
Grade 4-10 -
Holistic Rubric SPANISH
used for the Short Constructed Response
Grade 4-10 -
Analytical Rubric ENGLISH
used for the
Extended Constructed Response
Grade 4-10 -
Analytical Rubric SPANISH
used for
the Extended Constructed Response
Grade
4-6 - Writing Checklist
Grade
7-10 - Writing Checklist
Kid-Friendly Links to
TCAP/CSAP Scoring
Rubrics for WRITING:
2-Point
Writing Rubric
Student
Friendly Version (English)
Student Friendly Version (Spanish)
4-Point
Writing Rubric
Student Friendly Version (English)
Student Friendly Version (Spanish)
Grade 3 Analytic Writing Rubric
English
Spanish
Links to
TCAP/CSAP Scoring
Rubrics for Mathematics:
2 - Point
Rubric for Short Constructed-Response Items
3 -
Point Rubric for Medium Constructed-Response Items
4 -
Point Rubric for Extended Constructed-Response Items
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