[MOSAIC] when comprehension strategies become the reasonforreading. . .

[Patricia Kimathi]

Has anyone done this analyze of the California state exam.
Pat K

"to be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night 
and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest 
battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting."

e.e. cummings

On Jan 1, 2007, at 11:11 AM, Laura Cannon wrote:

> Analyzing tests
>
> When we analyze a test, we look at the question stem and decide what 
> aspect
>
> of comprehension it takes to answer the question.  What we have  
> discovered
> is
> that many require inference. EX- many questions in a narrative  
> pertain to
> the character.  To be able to answer most character questions,  the 
> reader
> must
> infer about the character through actions, speech, feelings.  
> description,
> etc.  The reader has to go back into the text and find the  supporting
> evide