Are the Social Studies CBAs different than a WASL test?
Yes. CBAs in Social Studies engage students in authentic intellectual work that requires them to develop background knowledge and use research, reading, writing, and critical thinking skills to create a product. “Authentic intellectual work,” engages students in “construction of knowledge, through the use of disciplined inquiry, to produce discourse, products, or performances that have value beyond school.” King, Newman & Carmichael, 2007 http://www.thedlcteam.com/DLC/AIW_Books.
