NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 4
Constructed Response Items • PART 5
NAEP
WEST VIRGINIA
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
OF EDUCATIONAL
PROGRESS
nextgeneration
west virginia content standards & objectives
West Virginia Board of Education
2013-2014
Gayle C. Manchin, President
Michael I. Green, Vice President
Robert W. Dunlevy, Secretary
Thomas W. Campbell, Member
Tina H. Combs, Member
Lloyd G. Jackson II, Member
L. Wade Linger Jr., Member
William M. White, Member
Paul L. Hill, Ex Officio
Chancellor
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
James L. Skidmore, Ex Officio
Chancellor
West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
James B. Phares, Ex Officio
State Superintendent of Schools
West Virginia Department of Education
User Guide
This document contains released items from past NAEP assessments which have been
aligned to the Common Core State Standards. Please note: the items do not always
align to a Common Core State Standard in the same grade as assessed.
Each item can be found online using the NAEP Questions Tool
(http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/landing.aspx). The NAEP Questions Tool
allows items to be downloaded in Microsoft Word. To assist in locating each item online,
the following information has been provided for each item:
 NAEP assessment year
 Assessed grade
 Block code
 Question number
Each item includes the following information:
 NAEP Questions Tool search parameter
 Common Core State Standards and West Virginia Next Generation CSO
alignment
 Text of item
 Performance data for public school students in West Virginia and the nation,
including the percentage of students in each score category.
Suggested uses for information:
 Review items in context of instruction provided. Determine if instruction is
reaching the depth of knowledge necessary.
 Analyze sample student responses for each score category to determine:
o Why each response was placed in the score category.
o How students could edit answer to score in the highest score category.
 Use items with students, for example, as “bell ringers” or assessment items.
 Develop items of similar rigor to use with students during instruction or as
assessment tools.
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NAEP 2009 Grade 4 Block M5 #12
Additional questions and more information about this question can be found on the
NAEP Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx/landing.aspx). In the
NAEP Questions Tool search, this mathematics question is from 2009 Grade 4 Block
M5 #12.
Common Core State Standards and WV Next Generation CSOs alignment for 2009
Grade 4 Block M5 #12 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
4.OA.5
WV Next Generation CSOs
M.4.OA.5
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
1
6
4
9
7
12
10
____
____
Write the rule that you used to find the two numbers you wrote.
Correct
Partial
Incorrect
Omitted
(Skipped)
Off Task
West
Virginia
27%
18%
47%
8%
0%
National
Public
37%
16%
39%
8%
0%
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Scoring Guide
Correct
Correct response
Sample Correct Responses:
15, 13
Add 5 to previous number for even places and subtract 2 from previous number
to get odd places
OR
+5, −2
OR
The odd terms increase by 3 and the even terms increase by 3. ("Every other
number skips 3" is acceptable.)
Partial
Gives 15 and 13 but not the rule
OR
Just gives evidence that they know the rule but omits or gets incorrect the 15 and/or 13
OR
Gives 8 and 13 with rule −2, + 5
Incorrect
Incorrect response
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Examples of Student Responses Representing Each Score Category
Correct – Example of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
The response correctly extended the pattern and gave the correct rule.
Student Response B
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
The response correctly extended the pattern and gave the correct rule.
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Partial – Examples of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
The response extended the pattern.
Student Response B
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
The response gave the correct rule.
5
Incorrect – Example of Student Responses
Student Response A
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
The response did not extend the pattern correctly or did not give the correct rule.
Student Response B
Write the next two numbers in the number pattern.
Scorer Comments:
These responses did not extend the pattern correctly or did not give the correct rule.
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James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools