Text Dependent Analysis (TDA)
TDA Fall 2016 Workshops (PowerPoint)
Text Dependent Analysis (TDA) in PDF
TDA Writer’s Checklist (English)
TDA Writer’s Checklist (Spanish)
| Grade and Passage Name | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 3 – Elephant Talk | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 3 – Safe Slumber | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 4 – One Lucky Fish | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 4 – Living Off the Earth | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 5 – Margaret Knight | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 6 – Monarch Migration | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 6 – A Highway of Water | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 7 – Labels for Life | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 8 – There’s Still Gold in Those Hills & Letter from a Gold Miner | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 8 – Atoms of Sound | Student Samples | Scoring Guide |
| Grade 11 – Eclipse | Not Available | Scoring Guide |
2018 NWEA TDA workshop materials
The What and Why of Text-Dependent Analysis
TDA Day 1 Pre-Work Handout
TDA Day 1 PPT
TDA Day 1 Learning Guide
TDA What and Why of TDA Supplement