NAEP Items Aligned to
West Virginia’s Next Generation
Content Standards & Objectives
Mathematics • Grade 8
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:
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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 2011 Grade 8 Block M9 #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 2011 Grade 8
Block M9 #13.
Common Core State Standards and the WV Next Generations CSOs alignment for
2011 Grade 8 Block M9 #13 is shown in the table below.
Common Core State Standards
7.EE.B.4
WV Next Generations CSOs
M.7.EE.4
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Answer: ____________________
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West Virginia
National Public
Correct
Incorrect
0%
1%
94%
91%
Omitted
(Skipped)
5%
7%
Off Task
0%
1%
Scoring Guide
Correct
Correct response
Sample Correct Responses:
Sample Correct Response:
Answer:12 6
1 or 6
6 or any other equivalent form
OR
cost
12
6
1 or cost
6
6 or any other equivalent form
Partial
An acceptable expression or equation for cost with one or more variables not defined
Incorrect
Incorrect response
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Examples of Actual Student Responses Representing Each Score Category
Correct – Examples of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This correct response gives a correct expression for the cost of buying n CDs.
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Student Response B
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This correct response gives a correct expression for the cost of buying n CDs.
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Partial – Examples of Actual Student Responses
Student Response A
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This response is partially correct because it gives a correct expression for the cost of n
CD's but does not define the variable y.
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Student Response B
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This response is partially correct, because it uses x instead of n without defining it as
the number of CD's.
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Incorrect – Examples of Actual Student Response
Student Response A
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This incorrect response does not give a correct expression for the total cost of buying n
CDs.
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Student Response B
The Music Palace is having a sale.
Write an expression that shows how to calculate the cost of buying n CD’s at the sale.
Scorer Comments:
This incorrect response does not give a correct expression for the total cost of buying n
CDs.
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James B. Phares, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Schools