Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section CXI-2029 - Social Studies Tests StructureA. The Social Studies tests consist of two sessions. 1. Session 1 consists of 32 multiple-choice test items for grade 11 that assess knowledge, conceptual understanding, and application of skills in all four social studies strands (i.e., Geography, Civics, Economics, and History). Items in Session 1 are intermingled across strands.2. Session 2 consists of 2 open-ended questions calling for a constructed response and requiring higher-order thinking in a social studies context (e.g., grasping a concept, analyzing information, evaluating a principle, or applying a skill). Students may be required to construct or interpret a chart, graph, map, timeline, or other graphic representation; to supply a short written answer; or to produce a short writing in response to a social studies issue or problem. Each of the constructed-response items represents one of the four social studies strands. Each task in part B is scored on a 0 to 2 point scale.B. The four social studies strands assessed are:1. Strand G -Geography: Physical and Cultural Systems a. Standard. Students develop a spatial understanding of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it, the connection between people and places, and the relationship between man and his environment.2. Strand C-Civics: Citizenship and Governmenta. Standard. Students develop an understanding of the structure and purposes of government, the foundations of the American democratic system, and the role of the United States in the world while learning about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.3. Strand E-Economics: Interdependence and Decision Making a. Standard. Students develop an understanding of fundamental economic concepts as they apply to the interdependence and decision making of individuals, households, businesses, and governments in the United States and the world.4. Strand H-History: Time, Continuity, and Change a. Standard. Students develop a sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study the history of their community, state, nation, and world.La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-2029
Promulgated by the Department of Education, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LRThis Section has been moved from §2027AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4(A)(1)(2)