NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 4
Constructed Response Items • PART 11
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 M10 #13
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
M10 #13.
Common Core State Standards and WV Next Generation CSOs alignment for 2009
Grade 4 Block M10 #13 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
4.OA.5
WV Next Generation CSOs
M.4.OA.5
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Correct
Partial 2
Partial 1
Incorrect
Omitted
(Skipped)
Off Task
West
Virginia
13%
8%
28%
50%
1%
0%
National
Public
15%
7%
34%
43%
1%
0%
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Scoring Guide
Correct
Correct response: 21 dots with a correct explanation.
There are two types of correct explanations.
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First type: The geometric explanation. For this, the student has presented correct
drawings for the 5th and 6th pictures, the numbers 15 and 21, and a correct
supporting explanation.
Second type: The numerical explanation. For this, the student has not presented
any drawings for the 5th and 6th pictures, but does have the correct numbers (15
and 21) with a correct supporting explanation like "It goes +2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6."
Partial 2
Partially correct response
21 dots with no explanation, a partially correct explanation, or a partially complete
explanation.
Examples of partially correct or partially complete explanations include the following:
 You add one more dot to the bottom.
 You add 1 each time.
 It increased by 1 each time.
 I counted the numbers in order.
Partial 1
Partially correct response
Does not get 21 but has a correct explanation.
Examples of correct explanations include the following:
 Because the bottom keeps changing to the next number
 It goes + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6.
Incorrect
Incorrect response
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Examples of Student Responses Representing Each Score Categories
Correct – Examples of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
The response had the correct answer, the correct drawings for the 5th and 6th picture,
and a correct explanation.
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Student Response B
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
The response had the correct answer, the correct drawings for the 5th and 6th picture,
and a correct explanation.
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Partial 2 – Example of Actual Student Response
Student Response A
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
The responses had the correct answer and the correct number of dots on the answer
line but only a partial explanation.
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Student Response B
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
These responses had the correct answer and the correct number of dots on the answer
line but no explanation at all.
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Partial 1 – Example of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
The response did not get 21 for the answer but had the correct numbers for the 5th and
6th picture. The explanation was partially correct.
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Student Response B
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
The response did not get 21 for the answer but had the correct numbers for the 5th and
6th picture. The explanation was partially correct.
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Incorrect – Examples of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
These responses had an incorrect answer and an incorrect explanation.
Student Response B
A pattern of dots is shown above. How many dots would be in the 6th picture?
Answer: ________________
Explain how you found your answer.
Scorer Comments:
These responses had an incorrect answer and an incorrect explanation.
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James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools