UPDATE (Dec 2020) EBSR (Evidence-Based Selected Response) Questions

What are Dependent (EBSR) Questions?

An Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) combines a traditional selected-response question with a second selected-response question that asks students to show evidence from an associated text that supports the answer they provided to the first question.

When creating an assessment in OnCourse Assessment or Classroom, multiple questions can be added to an item, and questions can be scored independently or dependently. With dependent scoring, the score for a question depends on the score of a previous question within the item. The rule is that if the questions within an item are not fully correct, the user is not awarded a score for any subsequent question within the item.

Dependent (EBSR) Questions Example:

Item #5 has two questions, Part A and Part B, each worth 1 point. Because the questions are dependent, the student MUST get the first question correct to receive the point for the second question.

There are three ways this item can be scored.

The student can receive 0, 1, or 2 points.

Both Part A and Part B are correct = 2 points

Part A is correct but Part B is incorrect = 1 point

Both Part A and Part B are incorrect = 0 points

OR

Part A is incorrect and Part B is correct = 0 points

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Teachers:

What do Dependent questions look like in the Reporting tab?

1. Navigate to OnCourse Classroom or Assessment
2. Select an assessment
3. Choose View Assessment Report from the Tools menu
4. Select the Item Analysis tab
5. Dependent questions will be together under a single Item 
6. Also, there will be next to the Item number. Hovering over this icon explains dependent (EBSR) Item Scoring
7. The setup is the same under the Show Scores and Show Choices tabs

Administrators:

What do Dependent questions look like in the Reporting tab?

1. Navigate to OnCourse Assessment
2. Click on the Assessment Analysis tab
3. Select an assessment and Run Report
4. Select the Item Analysis tab
5. Dependent questions will be together under a single Item 
6. Also, there will be next to the Item number. Hovering over this icon explains dependent (EBSR) Item Scoring
7. The setup is the same under the Show Scores and Show Choices tabs