ORC Resource Types

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify causes and effects for certain aspects of Mae Jemison’s life. In this case students fill in either a cause or effect on a chart to respond to the question....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify the statement which supports a fact from the selection. In this case students are to select the answer choice that supports the idea that it is difficult to become an astronaut....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to determine the meaning of a word based on the information in the given sentence. Once determined they are to select the correct synonym, or word that means about the same thing....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to summarize what they have read by completing a timeline with the important events of Mae Jemison’s life. This is a sample extended response test item used in a past Ohio Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments)....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to determine the cause that led to Mae Jemison’s trip to Sierra Leone and Liberia. They will be selecting the answer choice that has a causal relationship with her trip to Africa....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify the main idea of the reading selection. Students correctly answering this question exhibit full comprehension of the selection as well as the ability to identify the single concept which represents this informational piece in its entirety....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to use the dictionary entry to determine the correct definition of fit as it appears in the sentence. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments)....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify the who is speaking in this excerpt from the selection. Tracking dialogue is a critical component of comprehension especially as students move into more detailed texts with complex characters....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to determine the meaning of dreaded by using context clues and text structures. Clues to the meaning of dreaded are found in the cause and effect relationship established in the first sentence.  This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Reading Achievement Test (for more information, see IMS: Assessments).  From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and information regarding the general performance on this item.  The Ohio Department of Education's IMS website allows visitors to search for test items and build a printable database of questions by choosing the "Add to Your Backpack" function. This resource is also available in Word format....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: This question asks students to use information in the text to infer one reason why Father gives Almanzo the half-dollar and to defend the reason with an example or detail from the selection. Students may need to skim the selection to determine their responses....