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18 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies Chapter 2: Item Types & Item Layout opportunity to place data points or labels drawn from a brief text onto a graph or chart. Drop-down Drop-down items have drop-down menu functionality embedded within a brief text. They will be used to give test-takers opportunities to choose the correct response to complete statements. Test-takers are given the advantage of seeing the complete statements they create in an interactive manner on screen. These items can measure many of the same skills that fill- in-the-blank items can, though they provide a selection of possible responses from which test-takers can choose. This item type is especially effective for the purposes of assessing how well a test-taker can identify a logical conclusion drawn from text-based evidence or even make a generalization based on an author’s argument. Hot spot Hot spot items consist of a graphic image or block of text with virtual “sensors” placed strategically within it. The test-taker selects a portion of the text or part of the graphic by clicking on the designated sensor. This interactive item type allows test-takers to respond to questions that ask for supporting evidence or other key information. Hot spot items can also be used to measure a test- taker’s understanding of relationships between data points cited from a textual or graphic stimulus and are also particularly effective for measuring a test-taker’s ability to understand geographic concepts with regard to mapping. Other applications of hot-spot functionality might include asking test-takers to select data or points in a graph, chart, or table that support or refute a given conclusion stated in a brief textual stimulus.