| West Boylston - GRADE 08 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-12.3 | Analyze a character based on details from specific paragraphs of a passage. | | 1 | 68% | 73% | -5 |
| 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 | 79% | 75% | 4 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Determine how a word reveals a character's feelings in a paragraph of a passage. | | 1 | 65% | 62% | 3 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze characters based on details from a specific paragraph in a passage. | | 1 | 88% | 78% | 10 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine how details from a paragraph of a passage help develop the setting. | | 1 | 82% | 76% | 6 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze the effect of descriptive language used in a passage. | | 1 | 85% | 85% | 0 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about a character based on details from sections of a passage. | | 1 | 79% | 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 | 87% | 81% | 6 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the points of view of two characters in a passage. | | 2 | 65% | 60% | 5 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tone of a specific paragraph in a passage. | | 1 | 60% | 55% | 5 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the central idea of a passage. | | 1 | 69% | 70% | -1 |
| 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 | 65% | 51% | 14 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze an instance of irony in a paragraph of a passage. | | 1 | 60% | 59% | 1 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine a theme of a passage. | | 1 | 57% | 54% | 3 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify evidence from a section of a passage that supports an inference about the narrator. | | 2 | 63% | 62% | 1 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the speaker's point of view in a poem. | | 1 | 84% | 78% | 6 |
| 17 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify a statement that a speaker of a poem would agree with based on specific lines. | | 1 | 79% | 72% | 7 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Analyze a symbolic image from a line in a poem. | | 1 | 60% | 58% | 2 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the structure of a poem. | | 1 | 65% | 61% | 4 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine the author's purpose for writing an article. | | 1 | 65% | 69% | -4 |
| 21 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of specific punctuation in a sentence. | | 1 | 87% | 67% | 20 |
| 22 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze the purpose of section headings in an article. | | 1 | 79% | 74% | 5 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Identify the purpose for using a specific point of view in a paragraph of an article. | | 1 | 78% | 64% | 14 |
| 24 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference based on a specific paragraph in an article. | | 1 | 60% | 51% | 9 |
| 25 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the use of specific punctuation in an article. | | 1 | 71% | 62% | 9 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.7 | Analyze the purpose of a text feature in an article. | | 1 | 71% | 70% | 1 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Compare the development of an idea in two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 47% | 57% | -10 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify the central idea of two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 62% | 56% | 6 |
| 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 | 60% | 57% | 3 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Categorize types of evidence used in quotations from two articles on similar topics. | | 2 | 79% | 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 | 63% | 45% | 18 |
| WR12.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 12 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 54% | 43% | 11 |
| LA12.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 12 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 81% | 65% | 16 |
| WR31.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 31 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 53% | 37% | 16 |
| LA31.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 31 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 79% | 59% | 20 |
