| West Boylston - GRADE 10 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 what is revealed about a character in a section of an excerpt. | | 1 | 85% | 80% | 5 |
| 2 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unknown word in an excerpt using context. | | 1 | 73% | 75% | -2 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the purpose of a colon in a sentence from an excerpt. | | 1 | 90% | 82% | 8 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify how lines of a poem contribute to the theme. | | 1 | 67% | 67% | 0 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the impact of a character's feelings on their identity in a poem. | | 1 | 83% | 67% | 16 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify a contrast between the main character in an excerpt and the speaker of a poem. | | 1 | 65% | 61% | 4 |
| 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 | 79% | 71% | 8 |
| 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 | 65% | 61% | 4 |
| 9 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of figurative language used in a poem. | | 1 | 50% | 57% | -7 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.9 | Determine a key idea of a poem based on allusions in a line of the poem. | | 1 | 77% | 81% | -4 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how the second stanza of a poem relates to ideas established in the first stanza. | | 1 | 69% | 65% | 4 |
| 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 | 57% | 53% | 4 |
| 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 | 45% | 51% | -6 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify a detail that contributes to a specific tone in an article. | | 1 | 85% | 86% | -1 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of a specific section of an article. | | 1 | 79% | 76% | 3 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine the purpose of a specific introductory detail in an article. | | 1 | 65% | 64% | 1 |
| 17 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.5 | Determine the impact of figurative language on meaning in an excerpt. | | 1 | 71% | 67% | 4 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify a detail that supports a specific claim made in an article. | | 1 | 77% | 75% | 2 |
| 19 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Identify the purpose of dashes in sentences from two articles on similar topics. | | 1 | 75% | 75% | 0 |
| 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 | 52% | 61% | -9 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Match details from two articles on similar topics with the central ideas they support. | | 2 | 65% | 71% | -6 |
| 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 | 67% | 64% | 3 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Make an inference about the effect of a specific paragraph in an excerpt. | | 1 | 63% | 73% | -10 |
| 24 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the context for an unfamiliar word in an excerpt. | | 1 | 81% | 82% | -1 |
| 25 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about a character based on details in an excerpt. | | 1 | 81% | 82% | -1 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about a character based on dialogue in a specific section of an excerpt. | | 1 | 71% | 83% | -12 |
| 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 | 83% | 88% | -5 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Make an inference about characters' relationships based on specific details from two excerpts on similar topics. | | 1 | 71% | 81% | -10 |
| 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 | 56% | 64% | -8 |
| 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 | 78% | 76% | 2 |
| WR8.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 8 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 56% | 51% | 5 |
| LA8.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 8 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 81% | 77% | 4 |
| WR22.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.1 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 22 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 57% | 55% | 2 |
| LA22.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 22 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 84% | 79% | 5 |
