NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 8
Constructed Response Items • PART 6
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:
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NAEP assessment year
Assessed grade
Block code
Question number
Each item includes the following information:
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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:
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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.
NAEP 2007 Grade 8 M9 #9
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 2007 Grade 8
Block M9 #9.
Common Core State Standards and WV Next Generation CSOs alignment for 2007
Grade 8 M9 #9 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
6.EE.2
WV Next Generations CSOs
M.6.EE.2
The sum of three numbers is 173. If the smallest number is 23, could the largest
number be 62?
Yes
No
Explain your answer in the space below.
Did you use the calculator on this question?
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Correct
Incorrect
Omitted
(Skipped)
Off Task
West Virginia
36%
62%
2%
0%
National Public
42%
56%
2%
0%
Scoring Guide
Correct
Any correct explanation
Sample Correct Responses:
If one number is 23 and the other is 62, the third must be 88, which is larger than
62.
OR
23 + 62 + 88 = 173
Largest number is 88.
Incorrect
Any incorrect response, including an incorrect computation
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Example of Actual Student Response Representing Each Score Category
Correct – Example of Actual Student Response
The sum of three numbers is 173. If the smallest number is 23, could the largest
number be 62?
Explain your answer in the space below.
Scorer Comments:
This response correctly answered the question with a clear and complete explanation.
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Incorrect – Examples of Actual Student Response
The sum of three numbers is 173. If the smallest number is 23, could the largest
number be 62?
Explain your answer in the space below.
Scorer Comments:
This response answered the question incorrectly with an explanation that did not take
into account all of the information provided in the problem.
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James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools