A New Era in Social Sciences Effective Support, Motivate Members, Endorse Best-Practices, Share Updates Claim Evidence Reasoning (C-E-R) Definition: Requiring students to state a claim (e.g. an answer to a question); provide evidence to support the claim, and state a reason why the evidence answers the question.

SAMPLE: Correct Answer C-E-R: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning I CLAIM that F- Separation of Powers- is the correct answer. The REASON that this evidence supports the answer is that separation of powers is a key part of the Constitution which divides power among the 3 branches of government. The EVIDENCE I have is that in the box, it says that if all power is in one place, NO liberty or freedom exists.

MYA- Post Assessment Item Analysis SAMPLE: Wrong Answer C-E-R: Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Teacher or Student Feedback: Choice I is incorrect- Federalism refers to shared powers between levels of government- local, state, federal. I CLAIM that choice I- Federalism- is the correct answer. The REASON that this evidence supports the answer is that Federalism refers to the three branches of government. The EVIDENCE I have is that in the box, it mentions all 3 branches of government- legislative, executive, judicial.

A New Era in Social Sciences Effective Support, Motivate Members, Endorse Best-Practices, Share Updates

A New Era in Social Sciences Effective Support, Motivate Members, Endorse Best-Practices, Share Updates C-E-R Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Steps to Implement: Review benchmark/standard to identify essential content/skill. Formulate/locate/utilize a question related to benchmark/standard. Have student answer said question and write out their claim (answer), evidence, and reasoning to how the evidence supports their claim. Reteach-correct-analyze incorrect responses accordingly.