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| Martha's Vineyard Charter Public School (District) - GRADE 08 CIVICS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | MARTHA'S VINEYARD CHARTER PUBLIC SCHOOL (DISTRICT) | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RR | 8.T4.2 | Determine whether certain activities are rights or responsibilities of citizens. | | 1 | 83% | 78% | 5 |
| 2 | SR | RR | 8.T4.12 | Interpret a photograph to describe the role of political protest during the Civil Rights Movement. | | 1 | 92% | 81% | 11 |
| 3 | SR | RR | 8.T4.8 | Explain how citizens and elected officials worked together on a political issue using the source provided. | | 1 | 100% | 73% | 27 |
| 4 | CR | RR | 8.T4.7 | Analyze a source to explain how an elected official demonstrated a leadership quality. | | 1 | 17% | 26% | -9 |
| 5 | SR | RR | 8.T4.9 | Explain why public service jobs are important experiences for elected officials using information from a source. | | 1 | 75% | 44% | 31 |
| 6 | SR | GS | 8.T3.5 | Analyze political platforms to determine which policies a candidate would support during a political campaign. | | 1 | 17% | 32% | -15 |
| 7 | CR | RR | 8.T4.5 | Evaluate data related to a political campaign to explain a characteristic of presidential campaigns. | | 1 | 83% | 66% | 17 |
| 8 | SR | RR | 8.T4.5 | Analyze a source to describe one role of citizens in developing public policy. | | 1 | 75% | 79% | -4 |
| 9 | SR | RR | 8.T4.13 | Complete a diagram to describe the process of creating public policy based on information provided. | | 1 | 33% | 38% | -5 |
| 10 | CR | RR | 8.T4.13 | Analyze a source to explain the role of policy organizations in the development of public policy. | | 1 | 58% | 38% | 20 |
| 11 | CR | RR | 8.T4.10 | Analyze an issue involving individual rights conflicting with the common good, explain why democratic governments need to balance individual rights and the common good, and describe an action that can be taken to promote changing a law. | | 4 | 42% | 34% | 8 |
| 12 | SR | FG | 8.T1.2 | Determine which branch of the U.S. government was influenced by political characteristics of the Roman Republic. | | 1 | 67% | 56% | 11 |
| 13 | SR | GS | 8.T3.1 | Determine the relationship between two branches of government and identify a position within the executive branch using a source. | | 2 | 29% | 40% | -11 |
| 14 | SR | GS | 8.T6.10 | Determine the type of government described in a timeline. | | 1 | 83% | 73% | 10 |
| 15 | SR | GS | 8.T6.9 | Identify the source of funds for a public facility using information from a timeline. | | 1 | 67% | 69% | -2 |
| 16 | SR | GS | 8.T6.10 | Determine how individuals can participate in a local government decision-making process based on the information provided. | | 1 | 75% | 67% | 8 |
| 17 | SR | RR | 8.T5.6 | Use information from a Supreme Court case to determine which Constitutional amendment was applied in the Court's decision. | | 1 | 42% | 51% | -9 |
| 18 | SR | RR | 8.T5.1 | Determine which part of the U.S. Constitution is illustrated in a political cartoon. | | 1 | 58% | 56% | 2 |
| 19 | SR | FG | 8.T1.4 | Determine which right in the U.S. Constitution is similar to a right described in the Magna Carta. | | 1 | 92% | 66% | 26 |
| 20 | SR | FG | 8.T2.1 | Describe how ideas from the Declaration of Independence were used to argue for freedom for enslaved people. | | 1 | 83% | 61% | 22 |
| 21 | SR | GS | 8.T3.2 | Explain how one branch of government can check the power of another branch of government based on information in a source. | | 1 | 17% | 38% | -21 |
| 22 | SR | GS | 8.T6.6 | Identify a right protected by the Massachusetts Constitution. | | 1 | 100% | 86% | 14 |
| 23 | SR | GS | 8.T3.5 | Explain how political parties support candidates in elections using information from a source. | | 1 | 67% | 64% | 3 |
| 24 | SR | FG | 8.T2.2 | Determine whether characteristics apply to the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution, or both. | | 1 | 17% | 29% | -12 |
| 25 | SR | FG | 8.T2.5 | Describe the purpose of a part of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. | | 1 | 92% | 66% | 26 |
| 26 | SR | RR | 8.T7.4 | Analyze the point of view of a political cartoon on the use of digital news in a democracy. | | 1 | 100% | 70% | 30 |
| 27 | SR | FG | 8.T2.4 | Determine an Anti-Federalist position on the U.S. Constitution using information from a source. | | 1 | 50% | 58% | -8 |
| 28 | SR | FG | 8.T2.1 | Explain why colonists protested a British action during the American Revolutionary period and describe how the experience led to the Declaration of Independence. | | 2 | 79% | 53% | 26 |
| 29 | SR | RR | 8.T5.4 | Explain how two federal laws expanded civil rights for students. | | 1 | 92% | 85% | 7 |
| 30 | SR | RR | 8.T7.6 | Analyze two texts related to a public policy issue to determine which one is an opinion piece and use evidence to support this conclusion. | | 1 | 67% | 45% | 22 |
| 31 | SR | GS | 8.T6.7 | Determine which government website would provide information about a service provided by the Massachusetts state government based on the results of an internet search. | | 1 | 83% | 88% | -5 |
| 32 | SR | GS | 8.T6.8 | Determine which branch of Massachusetts state government is interacting with citizens based on information in a source. | | 1 | 58% | 52% | 6 |
| 33 | SR | GS | 8.T3.4 | Describe how candidates move through the presidential election process and how voters directly participate in the process. | | 2 | 21% | 38% | -17 |
| 34 | SR | FG | 8.T2.2 | Determine one weakness of the Articles of Confederation that led to the Constitutional Convention based on information in a source. | | 1 | 25% | 39% | -14 |
| 35 | SR | FG | 8.T1.1 | Identify evidence from a source to support a claim about the influence of the political system of ancient Athens on the development of the U.S. government. | | 1 | 83% | 67% | 16 |
| 36 | SR | FG | 8.T1.1 | Describe the role of a legislative assembly in ancient Athens based on information from a source. | | 1 | 42% | 37% | 5 |
| 37 | SR | FG | 8.T1.1 | Compare the legislative branch of the U.S. government to the government of ancient Athens using information from a source. | | 1 | 50% | 49% | 1 |
| 38 | SR | GS | 8.T3.3 | Complete a diagram to describe how Supreme Court decisions affect lower court decisions. | | 1 | 17% | 36% | -19 |
| 39 | SR | FG | 8.T2.3 | Explain why Anti-Federalists wanted to amend the U.S. Constitution based on a source. | | 1 | 67% | 69% | -2 |
| 40 | SR | FG | 8.T2.3 | Explain why delegates from Massachusetts supported the Virginia Plan during the Constitutional Convention based on data provided. | | 1 | 75% | 50% | 25 |
| 41 | SR | GS | 8.T6.10 | Describe how results from a civics action project should be shared with a community. | | 1 | 75% | 63% | 12 |
| 42 | SR | RR | 8.T7.1 | Analyze an op-ed to describe the purpose of the op-ed and explain the relationship between the op-ed and the First Amendment. | | 2 | 67% | 55% | 12 |
| 43 | SR | GS | 8.T6.1 | Determine which powers are shared by the federal government and state governments. | | 1 | 25% | 46% | -21 |
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