Appendix B: About Condition Codes
Source of Code | Condition Code | Description |
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Human |
Blank |
The student did not enter a response. |
Human |
Insufficient Text |
The student has not provided a meaningful response. Some examples:
For ELA Full Writes, use the "Insufficient Text" code for responses described above and also if
|
Human |
Non-Scorable Language |
|
Human |
Off Topic |
For ELA Full Writes only:
|
Human |
Off Purpose |
For ELA Full Writes only:
|
Machine |
Blank |
The student did not enter a response. |
Machine | Insufficient Text (Duplicated Text) | The response contains a significant amount of text repeated over and over. |
Machine | Insufficient Text (Too Few Words) | The response contains too few words to be considered a valid attempt. |
Machine | Insufficient Text (Copied Text from the Prompt) | The response is largely composed of text copied from the prompt. |
Machine | Insufficient Text (Refused to Answer) | The response is a refusal to respond, in a form such as “idk” or “I don’t know.” |
Machine |
Non-Specific |
This condition code is assigned to machine-scored responses when the Test Delivery System (TDS) identifies that the response requires a condition code but cannot determine which specific condition code it requires. |
Machine | Non-Scorable Language (Spanish Response) | The response is in Spanish. |
Machine | Non-Scorable Language (Uninterpretable Language) | The response is in a language other than English or Spanish. |