Analyzing Leap 2025 Assessment

Research Simulation Task

Literary Analysis Task

Narrative Writing Task

Reading Literary/Informational Texts

mirrors  the  research  process

presents three texts on a given topic

selected response questions

extended response about some aspect of the related texts (e.g., point of view/purpose, evaluate argument/claims, relationship of idea)

an  opportunity  to  show  their  understanding  of  literature 

two literary texts

selected response questions about the texts

extended response that compares and/or explains key ideas or elements in the texts (e.g., differences in points of view of characters; effect of dialogue or events in passages; analysis of themes, structure)

read literary text

selected-response questions

create a narrative related to the text (e.g., finish the story, retell the story in another narrative form or from a different point of view

Students should make sure that they create narrative, not expository, responses

passage  sets  only

may include fiction (e.g., short stories, novel and drama excerpts, poems)

May include nonfiction (informational texts from across the disciplines of science, history, and the arts

ONLY selected response questions about each text

NO writing in this session