| Northeast Metropolitan 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 | NORTHEAST METROPOLITAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Determine the impact of sentence structure on characterization in a specific paragraph of an excerpt. | | 1 | 82% | 86% | -4 |
| 2 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word in an excerpt. | | 1 | 63% | 60% | 3 |
| 3 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.3 | Contrast the use of dashes in sentences from two excerpts on similar topics. | | 1 | 71% | 79% | -8 |
| 4 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Compare how authors develop key themes in two excerpts on similar topics. | | 1 | 82% | 77% | 5 |
| 5 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Select sentences, one from each of two excerpts on similar topics, that represent a turning point for the characters in each excerpt. | | 1 | 55% | 66% | -11 |
| 6 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify a shared theme in two excerpts on similar topics. | | 1 | 69% | 73% | -4 |
| 7 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine what specific sentences from an excerpt reveal about a character and identify a sentence from an excerpt on a similar topic that suggests a similar characterization. | | 2 | 64% | 65% | -1 |
| 8 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Identify details from two excerpts on similar topics that support central ideas developed in both excerpts. | | 2 | 69% | 74% | -5 |
| 9 | ES | - | - | Write an essay explaining how a central idea is developed in two excerpts on similar topics; use details from both excerpts for support. | | 8 | 64% | 62% | 2 |
| 10 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference about what lines in a poem reveal about the speaker. | | 1 | 49% | 55% | -6 |
| 11 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine the main effect of a transition between lines of a poem. | | 1 | 63% | 71% | -8 |
| 12 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the main idea that is expressed in lines from a poem. | | 1 | 68% | 71% | -3 |
| 13 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Identify details from a poem that convey the speaker's tone. | | 2 | 50% | 55% | -5 |
| 14 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.4 | Determine how the author uses figurative language in a paragraph of an excerpt. | | 1 | 86% | 85% | 1 |
| 15 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.5 | Analyze how a paragraph from an excerpt develops an author's ideas. | | 1 | 80% | 81% | -1 |
| 16 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine the central idea of an excerpt. | | 1 | 69% | 66% | 3 |
| 17 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.6 | Determine the purpose of rhetorical questions in a paragraph of an article. | | 1 | 65% | 73% | -8 |
| 18 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Identify a phrase from a paragraph of an article that provides context for understanding the meaning of an unknown word. | | 1 | 79% | 81% | -2 |
| 19 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Identify an inference that is best supported by a sentence in an article. | | 1 | 74% | 74% | 0 |
| 20 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.2 | Identify the purpose of colons in sentences from an excerpt and an article on similar topics. | | 2 | 56% | 61% | -5 |
| 21 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine a detail from an excerpt that introduces an idea developed in a sentence from the excerpt; identify a quotation from an article on a similar topic that relates to the idea in the excerpt. | | 2 | 55% | 56% | -1 |
| 22 | ES | - | - | Write an essay arguing why specific skills are important based on an excerpt and an article on similar topics; use information from the excerpt and the article to develop the essay. | | 8 | 55% | 55% | 0 |
| 23 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Analyze how an author introduces ideas in an excerpt. | | 1 | 65% | 71% | -6 |
| 24 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.4 | Determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word based on context. | | 1 | 79% | 78% | 1 |
| 25 | SR | LA | L.PK-12.3 | Determine the reason an author uses quotation marks in an article. | | 1 | 79% | 79% | 0 |
| 26 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Determine which paragraph from an article presents an idea similar to an idea expressed in another article on a similar topic. | | 1 | 81% | 82% | -1 |
| 27 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference comparing ideas addressed in three texts on similar topics. | | 1 | 63% | 65% | -2 |
| 28 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.1 | Make an inference based on ideas from three texts on similar topics. | | 1 | 73% | 72% | 1 |
| 29 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.3 | Select evidence from two articles that supports an idea presented in an excerpt on a similar topic. | | 2 | 78% | 77% | 1 |
| 30 | SR | RE | R.PK-12.2 | Determine which quotations from three texts on similar topics support stated central ideas shared by the texts. | | 2 | 76% | 78% | -2 |
| WR9.IDEA1 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.2 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 9 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 53% | 53% | 0 |
| LA9.CONV1 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 9 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 82% | 77% | 5 |
| WR22.IDEA2 | ES | WR | W.PK-12.1 W.PK-12.4 | Essay 22 Writing ( idea development ) | | 5 | 46% | 46% | 0 |
| LA22.CONV2 | ES | LA | L.PK-12.1 L.PK-12.2 L.PK-12.3 | Essay 22 Language ( conventions ) | | 3 | 72% | 71% | 1 |
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