Ohio Achievement Test
Grade 6 Reading
Spring 2011
Answer Key
and
Scoring Guidelines
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Grade 6 Reading
Answer Key
Spring 2011
Item
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29-34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
Type
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Extended Response
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Extended Response
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Short Answer
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Multiple Choice
Content
Standard
Content Standard
Benchmark
Reading Applications: Literary Text
D
Reading Applications: Literary Text
B
Acquisition of Vocabulary
B
Reading Process
C
Reading Applications: Literary Text
G
Reading Process
C
Acquisition of Vocabulary
E
Reading Applications: Informational Text
D
Reading Applications: Informational Text
A
Acquisition of Vocabulary
B
Reading Applications: Literary Text
C
Acquisition of Vocabulary
A
Reading Applications: Literary Text
D
Reading Process
C
Reading Applications: Literary Text
E
Reading Applications: Literary Text
C
Reading Process
A
Reading Applications: Literary Text
G
Reading Applications: Literary Text
F
Reading Applications: Informational Text
B
Acquisition of Vocabulary
B
Reading Process
C
Reading Applications: Informational Text
D
Acquisition of Vocabulary
B
Reading Process
C
Reading Applications: Informational Text
D
Reading Applications: Informational Text
F
Reading Applications: Informational Text
B
Field Test questions not used for student score
Reading Applications: Informational Text
A
Reading Process
C
Reading Process
B
Acquisition of Vocabulary
D
Reading Applications: Informational Text
B
Reading Applications: Informational Text
A
Reading Applications: Informational Text
F
Reading Process
B
Reading Applications: Informational Text
E
Key
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C
B
D
A
B
2 pt rubric
C
4 pt rubric
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2 pt rubric
C
B
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D
D
C
Limited = 0-10; Basic = 11-16; Proficient = 17-29; Accelerated = 30-36; Advanced = 37-49
Multiple Choice = 1 point; Short Answer = 2 points; Extended Response = 4 points
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25.
In your Answer Document provide two details that show why the undersea
expeditions mentioned in the selection are important. (2 points)
Scoring Guidelines
Points
2 point
Student Response
Response includes two of the following details about the use of Alvin in
underwater expeditions:
1. Scientists found deep hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Rift.
2. Scientists discovered temperatures could reach 400 degrees Celsius.
3. Scientists discovered that hydrothermal vent fluid contains minerals
and chemicals./Have discovered that the minerals/chemicals support
life./They discovered minerals and chemicals.
4. The expeditions discovered microbes, tubeworms, crabs and clams.
5. Scientists have collected worms and sponges.
6. Chemists have gathered rocks.
7. Oceanographers have mapped the sea floor and taken water
samples.
8. Geologists have studied underwater volcanoes./Look at ocean ridges
to understand how the planet's surface has changed over time.
1 point
0 point
NOTE: General statements about the benefits of deep-sea exploration
(e.g., to understand sea life, to explore the ocean) will not be awarded
credit.
Response includes one of the correct details listed above with a missing
or incorrect detail.
Response does not contain any of the correct details listed above, is
incomplete, irrelevant or blank.
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27.
The following summary of the passage contains three errors. In your Answer
Document identify two of the errors and explain how you would correct each
one.(2 points)
Much of the world’s oceans remain unexplored, and scientists at the WHOI are
building a new underwater vehicle that will allow them to study the Challenger
Deep, which is the deepest point of the ocean. Alvin, the current underwater
vehicle, has helped scientists make amazing underwater discoveries. But despite
its many years of service, Alvin needs to be replaced because it can no longer
keep up with the changing underwater ecosystems. The new underwater vehicle
will allow for larger teams of scientists to descend to the ocean floor in one dive.
Scoring Guidelines
Points
Student Response
4 point
Response includes two of the following errors with corrections:
• Error #1: Scientists at the WHOI are building a new underwater vehicle
that will allow them to study the Challenger Deep, which is the deepest
point of the ocean.
• Correction #1: Scientists at the WHOI are building an underwater
vehicle that will allow them to explore as deep as 6,500 meters below
sea level. OR Scientists at the WHOI are building an underwater vehicle
that will allow them to study most of the underwater world except the
deepest point, the Challenger Deep.
• Error #2: ... Alvin needs to be replaced because it can no longer keep up
with the changing underwater ecosystems.
• Correction #2: Alvin needs to be replaced because it cannot withstand
the pressure of ocean depths greater than 4,400 meters. /Because the
new sub can go deeper/go faster/is stronger/is technologically superior.
• Error #3: The new underwater vehicle will allow for larger teams of
scientists to descend to the ocean floor in one dive.
• Correction #3: The new underwater vehicle will allow for the same
number of scientists/crew (pilot and two passengers) to descend to the
ocean floor in one dive.
NOTE: Responses that embed the error in the correction will be awarded
credit for both.
3 point
Response includes two of the errors listed above, one with a correction and
one with a missing or incorrect correction.
NOTE: No point will be awarded for a correction if the identification of the
error upon which it is based is incorrect or missing.
2 point
Response includes one of the errors listed above, with one correction.
OR
Response includes two of the errors listed above with two missing or
incorrect corrections.
1 point
Response includes one of the errors listed above, with one missing or
incorrect identification of an error and two missing or incorrect corrections.
0 point
Response does not identify any of the errors listed above, is incomplete,
irrelevant or blank.
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37.
One main idea of the selection is that Morrison’s life experiences influenced her
writing.
In your Answer Document use two details from the selection to support this
statement. (2 points)
Scoring Guidelines
Points
Student Response
2 point
Response includes two logical, text-based influences of Morrison’s life
experiences on her writing:
Sample Response:
1. Morrison grew up in a family where they were always telling
stories./”Toni grew up in a family of storytellers.”
2. The stories of the South/experience in the South influenced her to
suggest that more books should be published about “ordinary
people, the type of people who usually [got] left out of history
books.” (The Black Book)
3. Morrison was inspired by the material in The Black Book and
brought other elements of African-American culture, such as
folktales, myths, and legends into her writing.
4. Morrison spent her college summers in the South, and the culture
affected her writing/she was disgusted by racism
5. When Morrison was in school at Howard, she joined a writers’
group, where she began writing The Bluest Eye.
6. Because Morrison won awards/sold many books, she was
encouraged to continue to write
1 point
0 point
NOTE: Other logical, text-based responses will be accepted.
Response includes one logical, text-based influence on Morrison’s writing
with one missing or incomplete influence.
Response does not contain any logical, text-based influences, is
irrelevant, shows no understanding of the task, or is blank.
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