Hand Scoring Secure Materials

Certain materials that aid in training and hand scoring of the interim assessments are located in TOMS for security. These materials are available to anyone with TOMS credentials. After users log on to TOMS, users should select the [Resources] tab (figure 1).

MyTOMS home page with the Resources tab called out

Figure 1. MyTOMS [Resources] tab

Users then land on the Secure Materials screen for access to the interim assessment secure materials (figure 2).

Secure Materials screen with the Available Materials showing interim assessment secure materials

Figure 2. Secure Materials screen

Hand Scoring Training Guides

To score student responses, users may need access to the training guides and exemplars in TOMS.

Select Interim Assessment Secure Materials - Hand Scoring Training Guides to access training guides and exemplars.

The resources associated with Interim Assessment Secure Materials - Hand Scoring Training Guides include the training guides and exemplars for all interim assessment items that require hand scoring. The Training Guide file contains:

  • Stimuli—passages, short scenarios, or source material
  • Item Stem—questions to which students are responding, also called “prompts”
  • Target Specific Scoring Rubric—standardized set of criteria used to score student responses
  • Condition Codes Table—explanations of how to score unusual responses
  • Metadata Table—claims and targets assessed by the item
  • Grade-Level Conventions Chart—explanations of which conventions students are expected to know (ELA full write only)

The Exemplars file contains:

  • Prep Sets—scored sample student responses to a constructed-response item; includes an annotation to explain reasoning for the assigned score
  • Check Sets—sample student responses with a separate answer key; to be used as part of hand scoring training to check for consistency and calibration among scorers
  • Key—answers to items in the Check Sets

To find the desired training guides and exemplars, users select the content area and grade level. The associated items that require hand scoring will then display underneath with links to the training guides and exemplars for each item. In figure 3, ELA and Grade 6 have been selected.

Training Guide and Exemplars links with ELA and Grade 6 called out

Figure 3. [Training Guide] and [Exemplars] links

Once training on hand scoring has been completed, educators are ready to begin hand scoring interim assessment items.

Answer Keys

Answer keys are also available for all interim assessments. Interim Assessment Answer Keys are now located in the Interim Assessment Item Portal, which is accessed through the Tools for Teachers website.

Directions for printing customized answer keys are provided in the Creating an Answer Key Using the IAIP web document.