PLD2 Reading Informational Text Standards Grid

Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) are developed as a way to describe what a student’s work may look like on an assessment item or task aligned to Ohio Learning Standards. PLDs can be used to check on various student understandings for a standard at a basic, limited, proficient, accelerated, or advanced level.

Teachers and Administrators can use this set of Performance Level Descriptors, along with associated released test items, as a way to:

1. Develop their own assessment items that will provide evidence of a student’s standards skill/knowledge
2. Review existing assessments, both locally developed and publisher developed, to check that items are included that will capture the full range of Performance Levels for standards based knowledge/skills.
3. Reflect on lesson planning/development to ensure there are opportunities for all students to stretch their standards based knowledge/skills.

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Ohio's Performance Level Descriptors (PLDs) provide educators with information about the skills and concepts understood by students whose performance is within particular ranges on the state assessments. These were approved by the State Board of Education in 2016. The PLDs are available for grades 3-8 as well as high school.

ELA Grade 3

ELA Grade 4

ELA Grade 5

ELA Grade 6

ELA Grade 7

ELA Grade 8

High School ELA

Test specifications are useful for giving us an overview of what will make up an assessment. These specifications include a description of the test's design, a blueprint of the test , and guidelines followed for writing each test item. These documents are useful for classroom teachers because they provide insight into what assessment writers were considering in developing their test.

The links below will take you to the test specification pages provided by the Ohio Department of Education.

Third Grade ELA Test Specifications

Fourth Grade ELA Test Specifications

Fifth Grade ELA Test Specifications

Sixth Grade ELA Test Specifications

Seventh Grade ELA Test Specifications

Eighth Grade ELA Test Specifications

High School ELA Test Specifications

The test blueprint is a really important document. It helps guide assessment item writers and test developers in the construction of the test. It's also valuable information for classroom teachers because it provides information about the content and skills a test will address, the number of points possible, and which standards are possibilities for inclusion on the test and should be addressed through instruction prior to the test. Being familiar with a test blueprint can help a teacher prioritize which standards and content in instruction. The links below will take you to the ODE ELA Test Blueprint of each grade or grade band for the ELA assessments.

Grade 3 ELA Test Blueprint

Grade 4 ELA Test Blueprint

Grade 5 ELA Test Blueprint

Grade 6 ELA Test Blueprint

Grade 7 ELA Test Blueprint

Grade 8 ELA Test Blueprint

High School ELA Test Blueprint