Constructed Response (Integrated Analysis)
Domain 9: Constructed Response (Integrated Analysis)
This domain tests written analysis of a reading scenario. You must integrate assessment evidence, reading development, and instructional planning in a clear, organized response. The prompt usually provides student data and asks what the data show and what to do next.
Core rules
- Read the prompt carefully; answer every bullet and use the stated student.
- Make a claim, cite specific evidence from the data, explain the link, then recommend instruction.
- Use domain terminology: phonemic awareness, accuracy, WCPM, prosody, comprehension, Tier 2.
- Distinguish strengths from needs; avoid overinterpreting a single score.
- Include progress monitoring and a decision rule.
Worked example
Data: a second grader reads 70 WCPM with 93% accuracy; comprehension retell includes characters but no problem or solution. Reasoning: fluency is developing but accuracy is below the 95% threshold, and retell shows weak narrative structure. A defensible response names fluency and narrative comprehension as needs, recommends repeated reading plus story-mapping, and proposes weekly WCPM and retell checks.
Traps
- Summarizing the case without analysis.
- Listing strategies without linking them to specific data.
- Ignoring one part of a multi-part prompt.