| West Boylston - GRADE 06 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | WEST BOYLSTON | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how a paragraph contributes to the development of ideas in an article. | | 1 | 80% | 68% | 12 |
| 2 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify context to support the meaning of a phrase. | | 1 | 62% | 61% | 1 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the function of punctuation used in a sentence. | | 1 | 70% | 64% | 6 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the author's tone in an article. | | 1 | 91% | 81% | 10 |
| 5 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of a word in context and choose evidence from a passage that supports the meaning. | | 2 | 67% | 69% | -2 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine how a phrase impacts meaning in a passage. | | 1 | 70% | 63% | 7 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze how an idea about a character is developed in a passage. | | 1 | 88% | 82% | 6 |
| 8 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze a character's feelings in a passage. | | 1 | 92% | 87% | 5 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Determine how a statement made in a fictional passage could be supported by evidence from an informational article. | | 1 | 76% | 71% | 5 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.9 | Identify how a concept developed in an article is similar to a concept developed in a passage. | | 1 | 48% | 53% | -5 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine a point of view shared by the authors of an article and a passage on the same topic and choose supporting evidence. | | 2 | 59% | 53% | 6 |
| 12 | ES | - | - | Write an essay that explains how an idea is developed in an article and a passage; use information from both texts to support the explanation. | | 8 | 46% | 36% | 10 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Determine how the author supports a specific claim in an article. | | 1 | 42% | 40% | 2 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the effect of a particular sentence structure in a portion of an article. | | 1 | 58% | 42% | 16 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify a detail that supports a central idea in an article. | | 1 | 79% | 73% | 6 |
| 16 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Analyze figurative language in an article. | | 1 | 83% | 83% | 0 |
| 17 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.7 | Analyze a photograph to further understand a key idea presented in an article. | | 1 | 48% | 56% | -8 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Determine a question that is unanswered in an article. | | 1 | 59% | 60% | -1 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine unique and shared characteristics of animals described in an article. | | 2 | 46% | 53% | -7 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how a specific paragraph in a passage contributes to the development of the plot. | | 1 | 65% | 59% | 6 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how a specific paragraph helps develop a passage. | | 1 | 70% | 73% | -3 |
| 22 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the function of punctuation used in a sentence. | | 1 | 85% | 80% | 5 |
| 23 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Analyze the effect of figurative language in a passage and choose a detail in the passage that creates a similar effect. | | 2 | 66% | 57% | 9 |
| 24 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tone of a passage based on a portion of the text. | | 1 | 86% | 80% | 6 |
| 25 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze how an author reveals a character's point of view. | | 1 | 80% | 68% | 12 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze the impact of word choice in a passage. | | 1 | 82% | 71% | 11 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about a character in a passage. | | 1 | 70% | 71% | -1 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze how a character feels at different points of a passage. | | 2 | 74% | 68% | 6 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze how an author uses point of view to develop a character. | | 1 | 50% | 57% | -7 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine a theme of a passage.
| | 1 | 77% | 71% | 6 |
| 31 | ES | - | - | Write an essay explaining the methods used by an author to make a passage interesting; use details from the passage to support your explanation. | | 8 | 50% | 37% | 13 |
| WR12.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 12 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 37% | 30% | 7 |
| LA12.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 12 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 60% | 47% | 13 |
| WR31.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 31 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 42% | 32% | 10 |
| LA31.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 31 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 63% | 45% | 18 |
