| West Springfield - GRADE 05 SCIENCE AND TECH/ENG |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | WEST SPRINGFIELD | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | LS | 5.LS.2.1 | Use a food web to describe how an organism in an ecosystem would be affected if another organism was removed from the ecosystem. | | 1 | 84% | 86% | -2 |
| 2 | SR | ES | 5.ESS.2.2 | Interpret a circle graph to explain why there is a limited amount of fresh water available for human use. | | 1 | 69% | 72% | -3 |
| 3 | SR | ES | 4.ESS.3.1 | Identify renewable and nonrenewable energy resources for a house. | | 1 | 42% | 51% | -9 |
| 4 | SR | ES | 4.ESS.2.2 | Interpret the features of a map to identify where volcanoes and earthquakes are most likely to occur. | | 1 | 66% | 56% | 10 |
| 5 | CR | TE | 3.ETS.1.4 | Compare two diagrams of a design solution, explain why one diagram is better for building a prototype, and describe design changes given the outcomes from testing the prototype. | | 3 | 37% | 38% | -1 |
| 6 | SR | PS | 4.PS.3.4 | Determine how a device can be changed to test how stored energy affects the motion of the device. | | 1 | 45% | 44% | 1 |
| 7 | CR | LS | 5.LS.1.1 | Explain why plant height is measured in a certain investigation and explain why one group of plants grew taller than another group in the investigation. | | 2 | 35% | 37% | -2 |
| 8 | SR | TE | 3.ETS.1.1 | Determine the problem a given structure was designed to solve. | | 1 | 47% | 54% | -7 |
| 9 | SR | TE | 3.ESS.3.1 | Describe an important factor to consider in choosing a design solution for a specific design problem. | | 1 | 86% | 86% | 0 |
| 10 | SR | LS | 3.LS.3.1 | Analyze data to draw a conclusion about the inheritance of a specific trait. | | 1 | 39% | 41% | -2 |
| 11 | SR | LS | 3.LS.4.2 | Describe how some individuals within a population have an advantage in survival and reproduction because of variations of a characteristic. | | 1 | 80% | 77% | 3 |
| 12 | SR | PS | 5.PS.1.1 | Analyze information from an investigation to model particle motion before and after two phase changes. | | 1 | 28% | 29% | -1 |
| 13 | SR | PS | 5.PS.1.1 | Identify a phase change and describe the change in heat energy that caused the phase change. | | 1 | 75% | 76% | -1 |
| 14 | SR | PS | 5.PS.1.3 | Determine the measurement or observation that would be most useful in distinguishing between two substances. | | 1 | 65% | 64% | 1 |
| 15 | CR | PS | 5.PS.1.2 | Explain why the mass of a liquid decreases in an open beaker; determine and explain how closing the beaker will most likely affect the mass of the liquid. | | 3 | 22% | 26% | -4 |
| 16 | SR | TE | 3.ETS.1.2 | Compare design solutions to determine why one design cooks food faster. | | 1 | 76% | 77% | -1 |
| 17 | SR | ES | 3.ESS.2.1 | Use weather data for an area to determine the most likely type of precipitation that will fall and to compare weather conditions at different times. | | 2 | 70% | 71% | -1 |
| 18 | SR | ES | 5.ESS.3.2 | Describe a change to the design of a filter that would improve how the filter functions. | | 1 | 47% | 52% | -5 |
| 19 | SR | ES | 3.ESS.2.2 | Identify data that would be helpful when describing different climates. | | 1 | 60% | 59% | 1 |
| 20 | SR | LS | 3.LS.4.4 | Describe an example of organisms responding to a seasonal change. | | 1 | 82% | 79% | 3 |
| 21 | SR | PS | 5.PS.2.1 | Identify an action that shows how gravity acts on an object. | | 1 | 89% | 87% | 2 |
| 22 | SR | LS | 4.LS.1.1 | Explain why similar structures in two types of animals were different. | | 1 | 78% | 77% | 1 |
| 23 | SR | LS | 5.PS.3.1 | Complete a model to show the flow of energy through an ecosystem. | | 1 | 65% | 59% | 6 |
| 24 | SR | LS | 3.LS.4.4 | Describe how a change in an ecosystem could affect the survival and reproduction of an organism. | | 1 | 46% | 46% | 0 |
| 25 | CR | LS | 3.LS.3.2 | Identify inherited characteristics of an animal and explain how the characteristics are inherited; identify a characteristic of the animal that is caused by the environment and explain how the characteristic is caused by the environment. | | 3 | 40% | 35% | 5 |
| 26 | SR | PS | 3.PS.2.1 | Explain how friction affects the distance that an object moves. | | 1 | 40% | 47% | -7 |
| 27 | SR | LS | 3.LS.4.5 | Compare the life cycles of two organisms to identify similarities in their life stages and explain the importance of the adult life stage. | | 2 | 61% | 62% | -1 |
| 28 | SR | PS | 4.PS.3.3 | Identify a type of energy produced during a collision, describe the amount of energy an object has after a collision, and describe how to increase the amount of sound energy produced during a collision. | | 2 | 42% | 47% | -5 |
| 29 | SR | TE | 5.ETS.3.2 | Interpret a diagram to describe the purpose of a part of a system. | | 1 | 56% | 58% | -2 |
| 30 | SR | TE | 4.ETS.1.5 | Determine how a change to a design feature solved a design problem. | | 1 | 61% | 66% | -5 |
| 31 | SR | ES | 4.ESS.1.1 | Interpret a diagram to identify the cause of a change in a landscape over time. | | 1 | 73% | 70% | 3 |
| 32 | SR | PS | 5.PS.1.4 | Identify evidence of a chemical reaction in an investigation. | | 1 | 54% | 52% | 2 |
| 33 | SR | ES | 5.ESS.3.1 | Use a model of a watershed to determine ways to reduce pollution in a river. | | 1 | 39% | 50% | -11 |
| 34 | SR | TE | 3.ETS.1.1 | Select two criteria for success of a design solution. | | 1 | 69% | 70% | -1 |
| 35 | SR | ES | 4.ESS.2.1 | Describe how soil forms through weathering. | | 1 | 59% | 56% | 3 |
| 36 | SR | PS | 4.PS.3.1 | Use the evidence from an investigation to compare the sound and kinetic energies of objects before and after collisions. | | 1 | 81% | 79% | 2 |
| 37 | CR | ES | 5.ESS.3.1 | Describe several different ways a school community could help the environment. | | 3 | 47% | 45% | 2 |
| 38 | CR | TE | 3.ESS.3.1 | Identify a weather condition that could cause damage to a roof, describe the damage it could cause, and explain how a certain roof design could prevent this weather damage. | | 2 | 55% | 52% | 3 |
| 39 | SR | TE | 4.PS.4.3 | Determine two types of information transfer that are used to communicate a message. | | 1 | 61% | 61% | 0 |
| 40 | SR | ES | 5.ESS.1.2 | Identify when a certain moon phase will occur next and describe how long it takes the Moon to orbit Earth. | | 1 | 59% | 64% | -5 |
| 41 | SR | PS | 4.PS.3.2 | Use information about a device to determine energy transformations that occur during its operation. | | 1 | 59% | 61% | -2 |
