Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test

Item-Specific Rubric
and
Sample Student Responses with Annotations

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 OSSLT Item-Specific Open-Response Reading Rubric
Reading Selection: Kettlebells

What makes kettlebells a challenging sport? Use specific details from the reading selection to explain your answer.
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Student Response Annotation

After reading this news report I still don't know how kettlebells The response is a comment on the prompt (I still don't know) as
are challenging. well as a partial restatement of the prompt (how kettlebells are
challenging).

I am not sure if there is anything challenging about exercising like The response is a misunderstanding of the prompt as it makes no
that. reference to kettlebells and instead refers to exercising (exercising
like that).

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Student Response Annotation

Kettlebells is a challenging sport for many reasons. The main The response indicates minimal reading comprehension and no
reason that I think is because you need a great amount of ideas or information from the reading selection.
strength and endurance.
Reason: …you need a great amount of strength and endurance
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Student Response
Kettlebells is a challenging sport because, the athlete must lift a
heavy amount of weight many times and in a long duration of
time. Also, kettlebells would require a huge amount of
conditioning to be able to compete successfully.
Annotation
The response indicates some reading comprehension. The ideas
and information from the reading selection that support the
opinion/reason are vague. The reader is required to connect the
reason to the ideas and information, since no explanation is
provided.
Reason: …huge amount of conditioning…
Ideas and Information: …must lift a heavy amount of weight many
times and in a long duration
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Student Response
Kettlebells is a very challenging sport in the sense that to do so
you must have both great strength and endurance. Competitions
can range from 10 minutes to one hour of constant lifting of a
Kettlebell and even with switching arms, would become very sore
to the body. Overall, Kettlebells is a sport made for truly hard
workers!
Annotation
The response indicates considerable reading comprehension. The
response provides reasons which are clearly explained and
supported by specific and relevant ideas/information from the
reading selection.
Reason: …must have both great strength and endurance
Ideas and Information: Competitions can range from 10 minutes
to one hour of constant lifting…
Explanation: …even with switching arms, would become very sore
to the body