The learning standards for the Composition strand appearon pages 72–83 of the Framework, which is available on the Department website atComposition test results are reported under the reporting categories Composition: TopicDevelopment and Composition: Standard English Conventions.Test Sessions and Content OverviewThe ELA Composition test included two separate test sessions, administered on the same day with a shortbreak between sessions. CompositionThe spring 2012 grade 10 English Language Arts (ELA) Composition test and Composition Make-Uptest were based on learning standards in the Composition strand of the Massachusetts EnglishLanguage Arts Curriculum Framework (2001). Grade 10 English Language Arts TestTest StructureThe grade 10 English Language Arts test was presented in the following two parts: ■ the ELA Composition test, which used a writing prompt to assess learning standards from the Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework’s Composition strand ■ the ELA Reading Comprehension test, which used multiple-choice and open-response questions (items) to assess learning standards from the English Language Arts Curriculum Framework’s Language and Reading and Literature strands A.
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