| Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical - GRADE 10 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | GREATER NEW BEDFORD REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the purpose of the author's choice of words in an excerpt. | | 1 | 94% | 92% | 2 |
| 2 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the relationship between two sentences in an excerpt. | | 1 | 61% | 69% | -8 |
| 3 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tone of a character in an excerpt. | | 1 | 60% | 65% | -5 |
| 4 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unknown word using context. | | 1 | 86% | 87% | -1 |
| 5 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Compare the purposes of parenthetical information in two excerpts. | | 1 | 84% | 79% | 5 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine how characters in two different excerpts are similar. | | 1 | 65% | 64% | 1 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the meaning of a quotation from an excerpt and identify a quotation from another excerpt that has a similar meaning. | | 2 | 59% | 58% | 1 |
| 8 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the tones of specific details from two excerpts. | | 2 | 62% | 67% | -5 |
| 9 | ES | - | - | Write an essay explaining how characters support the main character in two different excerpts; use information from each excerpt to develop the essay. | | 8 | 58% | 60% | -2 |
| 10 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine which phrase provides context to support the meaning of a word. | | 1 | 78% | 80% | -2 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine how an author uses specific details to develop a central idea in a poem. | | 1 | 66% | 65% | 1 |
| 12 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine who or what the speaker addresses in a poem. | | 1 | 77% | 76% | 1 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine which central ideas are supported by details in two poems. | | 2 | 60% | 62% | -2 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Analyze the effect of repetition in an article. | | 1 | 80% | 78% | 2 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify evidence to support an idea in an article. | | 1 | 84% | 82% | 2 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Evaluate how paragraphs in an article support the development of key ideas. | | 1 | 94% | 90% | 4 |
| 17 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unknown word based on context. | | 1 | 91% | 89% | 2 |
| 18 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference based on information provided in an article. | | 1 | 91% | 89% | 2 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Compare how paragraphs from two different texts serve similar functions. | | 1 | 53% | 52% | 1 |
| 20 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify how a paragraph supports a central idea in one article and select evidence from another article that also supports the idea. | | 2 | 71% | 74% | -3 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Select details from two articles that illustrate an idea developed in both articles. | | 2 | 83% | 84% | -1 |
| 22 | ES | - | - | Write an argument in the form of a speech on a topic presented in two articles; use information from the articles to develop the argument. | | 8 | 65% | 64% | 1 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about an author's point of view based on a paragraph in an article. | | 1 | 68% | 73% | -5 |
| 24 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify how a paragraph supports the main idea of an article. | | 1 | 76% | 74% | 2 |
| 25 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Identify a claim developed in a paragraph of an article. | | 1 | 79% | 79% | 0 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Identify evidence that supports a claim from an article. | | 1 | 88% | 87% | 1 |
| 27 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Analyze the purpose of punctuation in a pair of sentences. | | 1 | 80% | 82% | -2 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify a detail from one article that best illustrates a phrase from another article about a similar topic. | | 1 | 86% | 85% | 1 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Identify arguments and counterarguments in two articles on similar topics. | | 2 | 65% | 67% | -2 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.8 | Select evidence to support a specific claim made by authors in two articles on similar topics. | | 2 | 87% | 88% | -1 |
| WR9.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 9 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 48% | 50% | -2 |
| LA9.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 9 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 75% | 75% | 0 |
| WR22.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.1 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 22 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 54% | 55% | -1 |
| LA22.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 22 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 82% | 80% | 2 |
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