FOR TEACHERS ONLY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK GRADE 5 ELEMENTARY-LEVEL SOCIAL STUDIES TEST RATING GUIDE BOOKLET 2 DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION (DBQ) NOVEMBER 13, 2008 Updated information regarding the rating of this examination may be posted on the New York State Education Department’s web site during the rating period. Visit the site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ and select the link “Examination Scoring Information” for any recently posted information regarding this examination. This site should be checked before the rating process for this examination begins and at least one more time before the final scores for the examination are recorded. Contents of the Rating Guide For Part III A (scaffold questions): • A question-specific rubric For Part III B (DBQ) essays: • A content-specific rubric • Prescored anchor papers. Score levels 4 and 1 have two papers each, score levels 3 and 2 have three papers each. They are ordered by score level from high to low. • Commentary explaining the specific score awarded to each paper • Five prescored practice papers with scoring commentaries Copyright 2008 The University of the State of New York THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Albany, New York 12234 Mechanics of Rating The following procedures are to be used in rating papers for this test. More detailed directions for the organization of the rating process and procedures for rating the examination are included in the Grade 5 Elementary-Level Social Studies Test, Manual for Administrators and Teachers. The 2008 edition of the test manual can be found at www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/elintsocst.html. Click on the manual under Grade 5. Rating the Part III B Essay Question (1) Follow your school’s procedures for training raters. This process should include: Introduction to the task— • Raters read the task • Raters identify the answers to the task • Raters discuss possible answers and summarize expectations for student responses Introduction to the specific rubric and anchor papers— • Trainer leads review of specific rubric with reference to the task • Trainer reviews procedures for assigning holistic scores, i.e., by matching evidence from the response to the rubric • Trainer leads review of each anchor paper and commentary Practice scoring individually— • Raters score a set of papers independently without looking at the scores and commentaries provided • Trainer records scores and leads discussion until the raters feel confident enough to move on to actual rating (2) When actual rating begins, each rater should record his or her individual rating for a student’s essay on the rating sheet provided, not directly on the student’s essay or answer sheet. The rater should not correct the student’s work by making insertions or changes of any kind. (3) Each essay must be rated by at least two raters; a third rater will be necessary to resolve scores that differ by more than one point. Do not round up essay scores. Rating the Part III A (Scaffold) Questions (1) Follow a similar procedure for training raters. (2) The scaffold questions need only be scored by one rater. (3) The scores for each scaffold question may be recorded in the student’s test booklet. (4) Each correct response in Part III A has a score of 0.5. (5) If the total Part III A score ends in .5, round up to the nearest whole number before recording the total Part III A score. The scoring coordinator will be responsible for organizing the movement of papers, calculating a final score for each student’s essay, recording that score on the student’s Part I answer sheet or on the last page of test booklet 2, and determining the student’s final test score. The conversion chart for this test is located on the Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/. Only the chart for the November 2008 test may be used for determining the final test score. [2] Grade 5 Elementary-Level Social Studies Part III A—Content-Specific Rubric Short-Answer Questions November 2008 Scoring Notes: 1. Correct responses in Part III A are awarded credit. The maximum number of credits for this part of the test is 6. 2. If a student's total credits for Part III A ends in 0.5, round up to the nearest whole number. For example, if the total credit is 4.5, round up to 5 and place that score on the student’s Part I answer sheet or on page 10 of test booklet 2 and on the back cover of test booklet 2. Document 1 Areas of Dutch Settlement in New York N WE S M oha wk River r e v i Fort Orange R on (Albany) s d u H Approximate area of Dutch settlement called New Netherland Present-day border New Amsterdam (New York City) Atlantic Ocean Source: New York State Activity Book, Harcourt Brace and Company (adapted) New Amsterdam was located at the tip of Manhattan Island. It was part of the larger Dutch colony of New Netherland. New Netherland was established and controlled by the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch West India Company needed a strong leader who could run the colony. They hired Peter Stuyvesant as director-general [governor] of the colony of New Netherland in 1647. [3] Question 1a What was the name of the original Dutch colony that later became part of New York State? Score of 0.5: • States that New Netherland was the name of the original Dutch colony Score of 0: • Incorrect response Examples New Amsterdam; Manhattan; Manhattan Island; Dutch West India Company; Fort Orange; New York City; Albany; Amsterdam • Vague response Example: Dutch settlement; Netherland(s) • No response Question 1b What was the name of the original Dutch town that later became New York City? Score of 0.5: • States that New Amsterdam was the name of the original Dutch town Score of 0: • Incorrect response Examples: Fort Orange; Albany; New Netherland; New York City; Manhattan • Vague response Examples: Dutch settlement; Amsterdam • No response Question 1c Which job was Peter Stuyvesant hired for by the Dutch West India Company? Score of 0.5: • States that Peter Stuyvesant was hired as director-general or governor or leader of the colony Score of 0: • Incorrect response Examples: Dutch West India Company; mayor • Vague response Examples: director; general • No response [4] Document 2 . When the new governor [Peter Stuyvesant] arrived in New Amsterdam in 1647 with his wife, his recently widowed sister, and her three children, he was horrified. Instead of streets of gold—as he expected—he saw mud. The walls of Fort Amsterdam were used as grazing fields for a couple of cows. Chickens made their nests under the mouths of the fort’s rusty cannons. Of the three windmills, one could no longer be used, while a second one had burned down. The houses were clumsily built of wood, with thatched roofs and wooden chimneys. The town’s outhouses were set directly on the street, creating unpleasant odors. Pigs wandered about at will, kept out of vegetable gardens only by rough stockades. The church was unfinished. There were 150 dwellings and one quarter of them were taverns. There was drunkenness and fighting in the streets, even on the Sabbath [day of worship] which was supposed to be a day of quiet and prayer. Stuyvesant had a lot to do. Question 2 List three problems Peter Stuyvesant found when he arrived in New Amsterdam. Score of 1.5, 1.0, or 0.5 • Award credit (up to a maximum of 1 credits) for each different problem that Peter Stuyvesant found when he arrived in the Dutch colony Examples: streets were mud; walls of Fort Amsterdam were used as grazing fields for cows; chicken nests under mouths of rusty cannons; rusty cannons; windmill could not be used; windmill burned down; houses were clumsily built/poorly built houses; thatched roofs and wooden chimneys; outhouses built on the street/sewage problems; unpleasant odors; wandering pigs/wandering animals; unfinished church; one quarter of the 150 dwellings were taverns/too many taverns; drunkenness and fighting in the street/drunkenness and fighting on the Sabbath Note: To receive maximum credit, three different problems found by Stuyvesant must be stated. For example, streets were mud and muddy streets are the same problem stated in different words. In this and similar cases, award credit for each accurate and different answer. Score of 0: • Incorrect response Examples: recently widowed sister; Sabbath was supposed to be a day of quiet; streets not made of gold; vegetable gardens • Vague response Examples: grazing fields; he was horrified; stockades; housing; disorder; chicken nests; cannons • No response [5] Document 3 . Peter set to work. He told the people what they could and could not do. He closed the taverns at nine o’clock every evening. He fined people for fighting in the streets. He said that pigs must be kept behind fences, and that outhouses must be removed from the streets. Walking along the streets of New Amsterdam was dangerous because people drove their carts and horses too fast. Peter made a new law. He said the drivers must get down from their carts and lead their horses. They could only ride through town on the street now called Broadway. Even on Broadway, he set a speed limit. Source: Joan Banks, Peter Stuyvesant, Chelsea House Publishers, 2000 Question 3 Based on this document, list two changes Peter Stuyvesant made that helped the town. Score of 1.0 or 0.5 • Award credit (up to a maximum of 1 credit) for each different change Peter Stuyvesant made Examples: closed taverns at 9 o’clock/closed taverns earlier; fined people for fighting in the streets; said pigs must be kept behind fences/told people animals needed to be controlled; outhouses must be removed from the streets; drivers must lead their horses/walk their horses through the street; drivers could only ride through town on Broadway; set a speed limit on Broadway Note: To receive maximum credit, two different changes made by Peter Stuyvesant must be stated.