| Tobin K 8 School - GRADE 08 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF SCHOOL'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | TOBIN K-8 SCHOOL | BOSTON | STATE | SCHOOL-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze a character based on details from specific paragraphs of a passage. | | 1 | 65% | 69% | 73% | -8 |
| 2 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Use context to determine the meaning of a word in a paragraph of a passage and identify a detail from the passage that supports the meaning. | | 2 | 70% | 68% | 75% | -5 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Determine how a word reveals a character's feelings in a paragraph of a passage. | | 1 | 48% | 52% | 62% | -14 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze characters based on details from a specific paragraph in a passage. | | 1 | 62% | 70% | 78% | -16 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine how details from a paragraph of a passage help develop the setting. | | 1 | 69% | 69% | 76% | -7 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze the effect of descriptive language used in a passage. | | 1 | 87% | 82% | 85% | 2 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about a character based on details from sections of a passage. | | 1 | 71% | 70% | 75% | -4 |
| 8 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about a character based on specific details in a paragraph of a passage. | | 1 | 58% | 73% | 81% | -23 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the points of view of two characters in a passage. | | 2 | 49% | 56% | 60% | -11 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tone of a specific paragraph in a passage. | | 1 | 44% | 49% | 55% | -11 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the central idea of a passage. | | 1 | 67% | 63% | 70% | -3 |
| 12 | ES | - | - | Write an essay explaining how a character's reactions to an event reveal his character; use information from the passage for support. | | 8 | 26% | 43% | 51% | -25 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze an instance of irony in a paragraph of a passage. | | 1 | 33% | 52% | 59% | -26 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine a theme of a passage. | | 1 | 29% | 46% | 54% | -25 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify evidence from a section of a passage that supports an inference about the narrator. | | 2 | 58% | 58% | 62% | -4 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the speaker's point of view in a poem. | | 1 | 60% | 68% | 78% | -18 |
| 17 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify a statement that a speaker of a poem would agree with based on specific lines. | | 1 | 44% | 63% | 72% | -28 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze a symbolic image from a line in a poem. | | 1 | 52% | 51% | 58% | -6 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the structure of a poem. | | 1 | 62% | 58% | 61% | 1 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine the author's purpose for writing an article. | | 1 | 67% | 64% | 69% | -2 |
| 21 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of specific punctuation in a sentence. | | 1 | 48% | 59% | 67% | -19 |
| 22 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze the purpose of section headings in an article. | | 1 | 56% | 62% | 74% | -18 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Identify the purpose for using a specific point of view in a paragraph of an article. | | 1 | 48% | 58% | 64% | -16 |
| 24 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference based on a specific paragraph in an article. | | 1 | 38% | 45% | 51% | -13 |
| 25 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the use of specific punctuation in an article. | | 1 | 54% | 53% | 62% | -8 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.7 | Analyze the purpose of a text feature in an article. | | 1 | 62% | 62% | 70% | -8 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Compare the development of an idea in two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 23% | 48% | 57% | -34 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify the central idea of two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 38% | 49% | 56% | -18 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine how a specific sentence contributes to the development of an article and identify a sentence from a different article on a similar topic that expresses the same idea. | | 2 | 21% | 47% | 57% | -36 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Categorize types of evidence used in quotations from two articles on similar topics. | | 2 | 63% | 63% | 71% | -8 |
| 31 | ES | - | - | Write an essay analyzing a key idea in two articles on similar topics; use information from both articles for support. | | 8 | 22% | 37% | 45% | -23 |
| WR12.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 12 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 22% | 36% | 43% | -21 |
| LA12.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 12 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 35% | 55% | 65% | -30 |
| WR31.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 31 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 17% | 30% | 37% | -20 |
| LA31.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 31 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 30% | 49% | 59% | -29 |
