| Northampton - GRADE 03 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | NORTHAMPTON | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Interpret the meaning of a phrase from the passage in context. | | 1 | 79% | 66% | 13 |
| 2 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify a comparison from the passage. | | 1 | 52% | 49% | 3 |
| 3 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine how a character feels and choose evidence from the passage that best supports the feeling. | | 2 | 73% | 62% | 11 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Retell the events of the passage by placing the events in the correct order. | | 2 | 64% | 60% | 4 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of a word in context. | | 1 | 62% | 60% | 2 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of a word in context. | | 1 | 62% | 57% | 5 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.7 | Determine the purpose of a text feature in the article. | | 1 | 48% | 48% | 0 |
| 8 | CR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Write a paragraph that explains how the author describes a topic, using important details from the article as evidence. | | 3 | 32% | 40% | -8 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify the main idea of a section of the passage. | | 1 | 82% | 82% | 0 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make a prediction about an individual based on information from the passage. | | 1 | 85% | 83% | 2 |
| 11 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of punctuation used in the passage. | | 1 | 77% | 80% | -3 |
| 12 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Determine the motivation of an individual based on information from the passage. | | 1 | 89% | 86% | 3 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify an event from the life of an individual from the passage. | | 1 | 74% | 70% | 4 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Determine an individual's motivation and choose evidence from the passage that best supports the motivation. | | 2 | 75% | 76% | -1 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Sort the activities that an individual did at different stages of life in the passage. | | 2 | 93% | 94% | -1 |
| 16 | ES | - | - | Write an essay that describes how an individual showed determination; use information from the passage as evidence. | | 7 | 34% | 45% | -11 |
| 17 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the author's use of punctuation in the passage. | | 1 | 60% | 60% | 0 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Choose evidence from the passage that shows a difference between characters. | | 1 | 55% | 51% | 4 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify a character's motivation and choose evidence from the passage that best supports the motivation. | | 2 | 74% | 71% | 3 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine how a character feels about an event from the passage. | | 1 | 68% | 58% | 10 |
| 21 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of a phrase in context. | | 1 | 64% | 63% | 1 |
| 22 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine what a phrase from the passage suggests about a character. | | 1 | 74% | 69% | 5 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Select the phrases that describe interactions between characters. | | 2 | 70% | 73% | -3 |
| 24 | ES | - | - | Write a narrative about the feelings of a character based on events from the passage. | | 7 | 28% | 33% | -5 |
| LA16.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 16 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 40% | 51% | -11 |
| LA24.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 24 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 33% | 39% | -6 |
| WR16.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 16 Writing ( idea development ) | | 4 | 29% | 40% | -11 |
| WR24.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.3 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 24 Writing ( idea development ) | | 4 | 25% | 29% | -4 |
