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25 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies Chapter 3: Performance Level Descriptors Below Passing Level Test-takers who score at this level typically have a limited but developing proficiency in demonstrating skills in the following categories: analyzing and creating text features in a social studies context, applying social studies concepts to the analysis and construction of arguments, and reasoning quantitatively and interpreting data in social studies contexts. Test-takers at the Below Passing level typically demonstrate the following skills: Analyzing and Creating T ext Features in a Social Studies Context • Determine the details of what is explicitly stated in primary and secondary sources and make logical inferences or valid claims based on evidence at a limited and/or inconsistent level • Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source document, corroborating or challenging conclusions with evidence at a limited and/or inconsistent level • At a limited or inconsistent level, determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in context, including vocabulary that describes historical, political, social, geographic, and economic aspects of social studies • Distinguish between fact and opinion in a primary or secondary source document at a limited and/or inconsistent level Applying Social Studies Concepts to the Analysis and Construction of Arguments • At a limited and/or inconsistent level, cite or identify specific evidence to support inferences or analyses of primary and secondary sources, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions of a process, event, or concept • Describe people, places, environments, processes, and events, and the connections between and among them at a limited and/or inconsistent level Primary sources are artifacts, documents, or other sources of information that were created by someone with direct knowledge of an issue, or in the time period being studied. Primary about the topic. Secondary sources are documents or other that cite, comment on, or build upon primary