NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 4
Constructed Response Items • PART 2
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 2005 Grade 4 Block M4 #8
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 2005 Grade 4 Block M4
#8.
Common Core State Standards and WV Next Generation CSOs alignment for 2005
Grade 4 Block M4 #8 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
3.OA.8
WV Next Generation CSOs
M.3.OA.8
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Answer: _________________________
Correct
Incorrect #4
Incorrect #3
Incorrect #2
Incorrect #1
West
Virginia
36%
11%
3%
4%
45%
National
Public
43%
11%
3%
4%
38%
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Scoring Guide
Correct
Correct response
361
Incorrect #4
104 or 441 or 545
Incorrect #3
889
Incorrect #2
264 ( 184 + 80 )
Incorrect #1
Any incorrect response other than those described in 2, 3, and 4.
*The use of more than one incorrect category in this question enabled NAEP to gather
data on common student errors. Any response that fell into one of the incorrect
categories earned no credit.
Examples of Actual Student Response
Correct - Student Response
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Scorer Comments:
This paper was scored as correct because the student correctly determined the number
of tickets the club still needed to sell.
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Incorrect #4 - Student Response
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Scorer Comments:
In this paper, the student answered 104, which was found by subtracting the number of
children's tickets already sold from the number of adult tickets already sold. This
particular response was coded to gather data on common student errors, but the paper
received no credit.
Incorrect #3 - Student Response
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Scorer Comments:
In this paper, the student answered 889, which is the sum of all three numbers given in
the question. This particular response was coded to gather data on common student
errors, but the paper received no credit.
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Incorrect #2 - Student Response
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Scorer Comments:
In this paper, the student gave 264 as their answer, which is the sum of the number of
adult and children tickets already sold. This particular response was coded to gather
data on common student errors, but the paper received no credit.
Incorrect #1 - Student Response
A club needs to sell 625 tickets. If it has already sold 184 tickets to adults and 80 tickets
to children, how many more does it need to sell?
Scorer Comments:
Papers scored as incorrect #1 received no credit and represent incorrect responses
different than those described under incorrect #4, incorrect #3, and incorrect #2.
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James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools