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Evaluating Crime Policy Proposals

A high quality student response to the performance task would: - Focus on evaluating the specific claims made by Dr. Eager about increasing police and funding drug treatment instead - Refer explicitly to evidence from the documents to support their analysis of the claims - Not include personal values but objectively analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments A low quality response would: - Not address the specific claims listed for evaluation - Not support their analysis with evidence from the documents - Include personal opinions rather than objective analysis The skills required include: carefully reading the documents; identifying, understanding, and addressing the key claims to be evaluated; using evidence from the documents to support arguments; and analyzing an issue objectively without

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Evaluating Crime Policy Proposals

A high quality student response to the performance task would: - Focus on evaluating the specific claims made by Dr. Eager about increasing police and funding drug treatment instead - Refer explicitly to evidence from the documents to support their analysis of the claims - Not include personal values but objectively analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments A low quality response would: - Not address the specific claims listed for evaluation - Not support their analysis with evidence from the documents - Include personal opinions rather than objective analysis The skills required include: carefully reading the documents; identifying, understanding, and addressing the key claims to be evaluated; using evidence from the documents to support arguments; and analyzing an issue objectively without

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Review the following actual (retired) CWRA performance task given to 9th graders, 12th graders, and college

students. Consider and discuss the following: What you be evidence of a high quality student response. What would you look for? o For focus, consider student responses to Dr. Eagers claims. What would be evidence of a low quality student response? What skills are required of students to compose a high quality response? How could you use this type of assessment in your schools do develop and assess these skills?

In Crime Reduction students act as a consultant to Mayor Pat Stone who is running for reelection, preparing a memo for the senior staff. As Mayor Stones consultant, students are asked to weigh evidence to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of two policy initiatives: Mayor Stones initiative to reduce crime by increasing the number of police officers, and Dr. Eagers, his opponent, plan to implement the Strive drug treatment program. Explain your reasoning referring explicitly to the documents, and not your personal values, and evaluating in your analysis these particular claims: 1. Dr. Eager claims that more police will only lead to more crime. (document E). 2. Dr. Eager argues that money for police should go instead to the Strive drug treatment program. 3. Dr. Eager claims that reducing addicts will lower crime rates (C and F).

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