Constructed-response questions (short and extended) require students to “show what they know” in their written responses. Each short and extended constructed-response question is also directly aligned to an “unwrapped” Essential Standard and its pre-determined level of rigor so that students will need to respond at that same level. When crafting constructed-response assessment questions, educators prepare an accompanying commentary or solution statement that includes the key elements of a correct response. Referring to this solution statement while in the process of scoring assessments will enable them to quickly identify misconceptions in students’ incorrect responses and then determine what follow-up, instructional adjustments they can provide to help students correct those misconceptions.

Prerequisite Informational Session:

Assessment Literacy to Create Quality Assessments

Participants need to attend the Assessment Literacy one-hour informational session as necessary preparation for attending either the Selected-Response Assessment workshop and/or the Constructed-Response Assessment workshop. The introductory session can be combined with this workshop.

Recommended Preparatory Workshop:

“Unwrap” the Essential Standards for Teacher Clarity

Participants in this Constructed-Response Assessment Questions Workshop will benefit from first experiencing how to “unwrap” Essential Standards as preparation for creating or selecting quality assessment questions directly aligned to the rigor, concepts, and skills of “unwrapped” Essential Standards.