| The Career Academy - GRADE 10 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF SCHOOL'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | THE CAREER ACADEMY | LOWELL | STATE | SCHOOL-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze what is revealed about a character in a section of an excerpt. | | 1 | 62% | 71% | 80% | -18 |
| 2 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unknown word in an excerpt using context. | | 1 | 46% | 63% | 75% | -29 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the purpose of a colon in a sentence from an excerpt. | | 1 | 62% | 75% | 82% | -20 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify how lines of a poem contribute to the theme. | | 1 | 54% | 59% | 67% | -13 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the impact of a character's feelings on their identity in a poem. | | 1 | 15% | 57% | 67% | -52 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify a contrast between the main character in an excerpt and the speaker of a poem. | | 1 | 31% | 58% | 61% | -30 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify a shared theme in an excerpt and a poem; select evidence from both texts for support. | | 2 | 54% | 64% | 71% | -17 |
| 8 | ES | - | - | Write an essay that compares and contrasts the attitudes of a character in an excerpt with those of a speaker in a poem. | | 8 | 29% | 51% | 61% | -32 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of figurative language used in a poem. | | 1 | 15% | 45% | 57% | -42 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.9 | Determine a key idea of a poem based on allusions in a line of the poem. | | 1 | 54% | 70% | 81% | -27 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how the second stanza of a poem relates to ideas established in the first stanza. | | 1 | 23% | 58% | 65% | -42 |
| 12 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze details to determine the author’s point of view in a poem and select evidence for support. | | 2 | 12% | 46% | 53% | -41 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Compare how ideas are developed in one stanza of a poem to how ideas are developed in another stanza of the poem. | | 2 | 31% | 41% | 51% | -20 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify a detail that contributes to a specific tone in an article. | | 1 | 23% | 74% | 86% | -63 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of a specific section of an article. | | 1 | 38% | 68% | 76% | -38 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine the purpose of a specific introductory detail in an article. | | 1 | 46% | 53% | 64% | -18 |
| 17 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Determine the impact of figurative language on meaning in an excerpt. | | 1 | 38% | 57% | 67% | -29 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify a detail that supports a specific claim made in an article. | | 1 | 23% | 62% | 75% | -52 |
| 19 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Identify the purpose of dashes in sentences from two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 38% | 66% | 75% | -37 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine an idea developed in a specific paragraph of an article and identify a detail that develops a similar idea in an article on a similar topic. | | 2 | 23% | 50% | 61% | -38 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Match details from two articles on similar topics with the central ideas they support. | | 2 | 31% | 63% | 71% | -40 |
| 22 | ES | - | - | Write an argument in the form of a letter advocating for a topic addressed in two articles; use evidence from both articles for support. | | 8 | 21% | 55% | 64% | -43 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Make an inference about the effect of a specific paragraph in an excerpt. | | 1 | 54% | 65% | 73% | -19 |
| 24 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the context for an unfamiliar word in an excerpt. | | 1 | 54% | 71% | 82% | -28 |
| 25 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about a character based on details in an excerpt. | | 1 | 62% | 75% | 82% | -20 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about a character based on dialogue in a specific section of an excerpt. | | 1 | 38% | 77% | 83% | -45 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about two characters from excerpts on similar topics based on specific details in the excerpts. | | 1 | 69% | 81% | 88% | -19 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about characters' relationships based on specific details from two excerpts on similar topics. | | 1 | 31% | 72% | 81% | -50 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Determine which sentence from an excerpt supports an interpretation of a character and which sentence from another excerpt suggests a similar interpretation of a different character. | | 2 | 35% | 56% | 64% | -29 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine which quotations from two excerpts on similar topics support two different themes shared by the excerpts. | | 2 | 38% | 69% | 76% | -38 |
| WR8.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 8 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 25% | 43% | 51% | -26 |
| LA8.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 8 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 36% | 65% | 77% | -41 |
| WR22.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.1 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 22 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 17% | 47% | 55% | -38 |
| LA22.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 22 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 28% | 69% | 79% | -51 |
