NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 4
Constructed Response Items • PART 9
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 2007 Grade 4 Block M9 #16
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 2007 Grade 4 Block M9
#16.
Common Core State Standards and WV Next Generation CSOs alignment for 2007
Grade 4 Block M9 #16 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
4.OA.3
WV Next Generation CSOs
M.4.OA.3
Five classes are going on a bus trip and each class has 21 students. If each bus holds
only 40 students, how many buses are needed for the trip?
Answer: ________________
Correct
Incorrect 1
Incorrect 2
Omitted
Off Task
37%
11%
51%
1%
0%
36%
11%
50%
2%
0%
West
Virginia
National
Public
Scoring Guide
Correct
Correct response: 3
Incorrect 1
2
Incorrect 2
Any other incorrect response
2
Examples of Actual Student Responses
Correct – Example of Actual Student Response
Student Response
Five classes are going on a bus trip and each class has 21 students. If each bus holds
only 40 students, how many buses are needed for the trip? Answer:
________________
Scorer Comments:
This response correctly answered that 3 buses were needed and gave a full
explanation, although no explanation was required for this question.
Incorrect 1 – Example of Actual Student Response
Student Response
Five classes are going on a bus trip and each class has 21 students. If each bus holds
only 40 students, how many buses are needed for the trip? Answer:
________________
Scorer Comments:
This response incorrectly answered that 2 buses were needed. This is a common
misunderstanding of the role of the remainder in division problems in context. In this
problem, two buses will be full and there will be 25 students left. These students will ride
on a third bus.
3
Incorrect 2 - Student Response
Five classes are going on a bus trip and each class has 21 students. If each bus holds
only 40 students, how many buses are needed for the trip? Answer:
________________
Scorer Comments:
This incorrect response gave the total number of students instead of the number of
buses that will be needed for the trip.
4
James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools