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2016—17 California Alternate Assessment Practice Test Scoring Guide 1

Guide Content The California Alternate Assessment (CAA) for Mathematics Practice Test Scoring Guide for Grade Eight is a companion document to the online grade eight CAA for Mathematics practice test. It provides details about the items and the correct responses on the practice test. The items on the practice tests are designed to contain the following information:

Broad coverage of content that closely mirrors the summative blueprint

A variety of student response types

Breadth of difficulty levels ranging from easier to more difficult items

What are the differences between practice tests and training tests?

Practice tests are designed to allow educators and students to experience grade-level test content.

Training tests are designed to allow educators and students to gain experience with different item response types that a student may encounter on the CAAs. There are no scoring guides for the training tests.

This scoring guide provides the following item-by-item information for the grade eight practice test items:

Item—the item sequence number within the practice test

Grade—the grade level for the item

Domain—the broad content area being assessed by the item (e.g., Geometry)

Connector (Core Content Connector)—the specific alternative achievement standard being assessed by the item (Each Connector is linked to a Common Core State Standard.)

Tier—the level of item complexity, with Tier 1 being least complex and Tier 3 being most complex

Test question—the prompt that asks students to show what they know and can do.

Key—the correct student response to the item.

Rubric—the score points related to each item and sample correct responses.

Grade Eight Practice Test Items

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Item Grade Domain Connector Tier

1 8 Statistics and Probability

8.DPS.1h1 Graph bivariate data using scatter plots and identify possible associations between the variable.

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Key: A

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct response.


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8.DPS.1k2 Analyze displays of bivariate data to develop or select appropriate claims about those data.

1

Key: positive, goes up

Rubric:

(2 points) The student selects the two correct responses.

(1 point) The student selects one of the correct responses, but not both.





8.DPS.1k2 Analyze displays of bivariate data to develop or select appropriate claims about those data.

2

Key: decreases., equal to 4.

Rubric:






4 8 Geometry 8.GM.1g1 Recognize congruent and similar figures.

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Key: C





5 8 Geometry 8.ME.1e1 Describe the changes in surface area, area, and volume when the figure is changed in some way (e.g., scale drawings).

1

Key: 12, larger

Rubric:






6 8 Geometry 8.ME.2d2 Apply the formula to find the volume of 3-dimensional shapes (i.e., cubes, spheres, and cylinders).

1

Key: B





7 8 Geometry 8.ME.2d2 Apply the formula to find the volume of 3-dimensional shapes (i.e., cubes, spheres, and cylinders).

2

Key: C





8 8 The Number System 8.NO.1k3 Use approximations of irrational numbers to locate them on a number line.

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Key: See exemplar below.





9 8 Expressions and Equations

8.PRF.1e2 Represent proportional relationships on a line graph.

2

Key: B





10 8 Functions 8.PRF.1f2 Describe or select the relationship between the two quantities given a line graph of the situation.

1

Key: 4, Nigeria

Rubric:






11 8 Expressions and Equations

8.PRF.1g3 Solve linear equations with 1 variable.

3

Key: A





12 8 Functions 8.PRF.2e2 Identify the rate of change (slope) and initial value (y-intercept) from graphs.

3

Key: C


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