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For Release: August 7, 2002
Description of Test Items
March 2002 HSPA
Language Arts Literacy
- 1 persuasive passage with 10 multiple-choice items (1 point
each) and 2 constructed- response items (4 points each)
- 1 narrative passage with 10 multiple choice items (1 point each) and
2 constructed- response items (4 points each)
- 2 writings tasks 1 picture prompt (6 points) and 1 persuasive
writing prompt (12 points)
- 2 content clusters: Working with Text and Analyzing Text
- Day 1: picture prompt (30 minutes), narrative passage and items (50
minutes)
- Day 2: persuasive prompt (60 minutes), persuasive passage and items
(45 minutes)
Mathematics
- 3 30-minute sessions, each with 10 independent multiple-choice items
(1 point each) and 2 independent constructed-response items (3 points
each)
- 4 content clusters: Number Sense, Concepts, and Applications (12 points);
Spatial Sense and Geometry (12 points); Data Analysis, Probability,
Statistics, and Discrete Mathematics (12 points); and Patterns,
Functions, and Algebra (12 points)