End-of-Instruction English II—Short Descriptors

Advanced:Students typically demonstrate a thorough understanding of the knowledge and skills expected of all students at the End-of-Instruction in English II. In addition to demonstrating an understanding and an application of knowledge and skills at the Satisfactory performance level, students typically are consistently effective in analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting abstract text; demonstrate an in-depth understanding of a broad variety of literary forms; regularly apply a wide variety of research strategies for organizing and interpreting factual information; demonstrate a thorough understanding of correct Standard English usage; consistently display a sophisticated understanding of literary elements and techniques and their effect on the development of the various literary forms, including the connections between them; and apply correct Standard English to writing.

Satisfactory: Students typically demonstrate a general understanding of the knowledge and skills expected of all students at the End-of-Instruction in English II for reading, literature, and writing as follows: use a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate secondary-level reading material (both fi ction and nonfi ction); demonstrate a general understanding of a wide variety of literary forms; use basic research strategies to organize and interpret factual information; demonstrate a general understanding of correct use of Standard English; demonstrate a general understanding of how literary elements and techniques affect the development of, and the connections between, a variety of literary forms; write responses that demonstrate adequate support, address the prompt somewhat successfully, use acceptable word choice, use some variety in sentence structure, and have few errors in grammar and mechanics.

Limited Knowledge: Students typically demonstrate a partial understanding of the knowledge and skills expected of all students at the End-of-Instruction in English II. Students are inconsistent in demonstrating the Satisfactory level competencies. They typically use a limited number of strategies to comprehend, interpret, and evaluate secondary-level reading material; demonstrate some understanding of the various literary forms; use simple research strategies to organize and interpret factual information; display partial understanding of correct Standard English usage; demonstrate an understanding of some basic literary elements and techniques and their effect on a limited number of literary forms when explicitly stated; write responses with minimal focus, limited support, little or insuffi cient organization and planning, vague or inappropriate word choice, and frequent errors in basic sentence structure.

Unsatisfactory: Students do not demonstrate even a Limited Knowledge level of the skills of English II. Students scoring at the Unsatisfactory level need comprehensive remedial instruction in English II.

From the 2006-2007 End-of Instruction Test Interpretation Manual, p. 22

http://www.sde.state.ok.us/studentassessment/06-07/EOI/20161_TIM_OK_w06_pp[1].pdf