| North Middlesex - GRADE 08 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | NORTH MIDDLESEX | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the reason a character asks questions in a passage. | | 1 | 44% | 51% | -7 |
| 2 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine a character's motivation in a specific paragraph. | | 1 | 71% | 72% | -1 |
| 3 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify what a specific paragraph in a passage reveals about a character. | | 1 | 71% | 71% | 0 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the connection between two paragraphs in a passage. | | 1 | 73% | 67% | 6 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about a character based on his actions. | | 1 | 80% | 72% | 8 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine how a character's point of view is revealed. | | 1 | 76% | 70% | 6 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify a common topic explored by the authors in two passages. | | 1 | 75% | 75% | 0 |
| 8 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of italics in context. | | 1 | 59% | 59% | 0 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify a shared theme between two passages. | | 1 | 83% | 79% | 4 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Compare the reactions of characters to similar situations across two passages; select evidence from provided details to support analysis. | | 2 | 64% | 63% | 1 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine whether key ideas relate to one or two passages. | | 2 | 48% | 49% | -1 |
| 12 | ES | - | - | Write an essay that compares the challenges that characters in two passages face; use details from the passages to support analysis. | | 8 | 47% | 47% | 0 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about an individual based on a specific section of an excerpt. | | 1 | 52% | 50% | 2 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine what a specific paragraph reveals about an individual. | | 1 | 70% | 69% | 1 |
| 15 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of a word in context. | | 1 | 76% | 77% | -1 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Choose a phrase that best describes a character in an excerpt. | | 1 | 75% | 71% | 4 |
| 17 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine which statement explains a central idea of an excerpt and a letter on similar topics. | | 1 | 59% | 61% | -2 |
| 18 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Use context to determine which meaning of a multiple-meaning word is used in a letter. | | 1 | 81% | 72% | 9 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the effect of specific sentence structures in a paragraph. | | 1 | 65% | 63% | 2 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify evidence from an excerpt that supports a claim made by an individual in a letter on a similar topic. | | 1 | 68% | 68% | 0 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the differences in how the authors develop their points of view in an excerpt and a letter on similar topics. | | 1 | 53% | 54% | -1 |
| 22 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine the cause of an event described in an excerpt and a letter on similar topics and analyze its impact. | | 2 | 62% | 63% | -1 |
| 23 | ES | - | - | Write an essay that examines what is revealed about the character of an individual in an excerpt and a letter on similar topics; use information from both the excerpt and the letter for support. | | 8 | 53% | 52% | 1 |
| 24 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify how specific lines develop a theme of a poem. | | 1 | 45% | 47% | -2 |
| 25 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.3 | Determine which transition word would best replace a colon. | | 1 | 56% | 59% | -3 |
| 26 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Use context to determine the meaning of a word in a poem given its Latin root. | | 1 | 72% | 69% | 3 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine how specific details develop ideas in a poem. | | 2 | 62% | 64% | -2 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference based on a repeated phrase in a poem. | | 1 | 65% | 67% | -2 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze how the structure of a poem contributes to the meaning. | | 1 | 49% | 48% | 1 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tone of a poem. | | 1 | 53% | 59% | -6 |
| 31 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the central idea of a poem and identify a quotation from the poem that supports the central idea. | | 2 | 40% | 43% | -3 |
| WR12.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 12 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 40% | 40% | 0 |
| LA12.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 12 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 59% | 58% | 1 |
| WR23.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 23 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 44% | 43% | 1 |
| LA23.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 23 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 68% | 66% | 2 |
