Correct Answers for Multiple-choice Items Item Number Correct Answer Content Cluster DOK Item Number Correct Answer Content Cluster DOK A C2 26 C C5 2 C C1 27 * C1 3 B C5 28 D C5 A C3 29 C C1 D C4 30 B C1 C C3 31 A C4 B C1 32 A C5 D C5 33 D C3 C C1 34 B C2 10 B C2 35 B C1 11 A C1 36 C C2 12 C C2 37 D C3 13 B C1 38 * C3 14 D C4 39 D C4 15 * C5 40 A C1 16 A C1 41 B C1 17 C C4 42 D C5 18 B C3 43 C C2 19 D C1 44 D C1 20 A C3 45 A C1 21 C C5 46 A C1 22 B C3 47 B C4 23 B C2 48 B C3 24 C C2 49 A C3 25 D C1 50 B C2 * Indicates a written-response item See the following pages for the rubrics and examples of responses Detailed objectives for Content Standards and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) descriptions can be found on the Nevada Department of Education Website Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 21 Question: 15 Score Blank Description Student scores points Student scores 2–2.5 points Student scores 0.5–1.5 points Student’s response provides insufficient evidence of appropriate skills or knowledge to successfully accomplish the task No student response Description of Score Points: Part A: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point Part B: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education correct answer (correct total for all toys) with correct and complete work correct answer with incomplete work OR correctly finds number of types of toys remaining with complete work OR incorrect answer due to a calculation error (work must be shown) correct answer with no work OR some correct procedure OR vague explanation only correct answer with correct and complete explanation (or correctly follows based on answer to Part A) correct answer with incomplete explanation correct answer with no explanation OR vague explanation only Page 22 Sample 3-Point Answer: Part A: balls, 11 games, puzzles (or equivalent work) Part B: a game Sample explanation: There are no puzzles left to sell Between games and balls, more people bought games and there are plenty of games remaining in the store Therefore, I predict a game will be sold to the next customer Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 23 Question: 27 Score Blank Description Student scores points Student scores 2–2.5 points Student scores 0.5–1.5 points Student’s response provides insufficient evidence of appropriate skills or knowledge to successfully accomplish the task No student response Description of Score Points: Part A: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point Part B: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education correct answer with correct and complete work or explanation correct answer with incomplete work or explanation OR incorrect answer due to a calculation error (work must be shown) correct answer with no work or explanation OR some correct procedure OR vague explanation only correct answer with correct and complete work or explanation (or correctly follows from answer in Part A) correct answer with incomplete work or explanation OR incorrect answer due to a calculation error (work must be shown) correct answer with no work or explanation OR some correct procedure OR vague explanation only Page 24 Sample 3-Point Answer: Part A: Answers will vary 35–40 Sample answer: 36 (basketballs) (or equivalent work) OR Sample explanation: Looking at the picture, it looks like the basketballs are stacked about high and wide and deep So, I multiplied by by to come up with my estimate of about 36 basketballs Part B: Answers will vary 50–100 Sample answer: 80 (students) (or equivalent work) OR Sample explanation: To predict the number of groups, I used my answer of 36 basketballs from Part A I divided 36 by basketballs per group to get 18 groups I then rounded 18 to 20 Since there are 3–5 players in each group, I multiplied 20 by to get 80 for my estimate of the number of students Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 25 Question: 38 Score Blank Description Student scores points Student scores 2–2.5 points Student scores 0.5–1.5 points Student’s response provides insufficient evidence of appropriate skills or knowledge to successfully accomplish the task No student response Description of Score Points: Part A: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point Part B: Note: score 1.5 points OR score 1.0 point OR score 0.5 point correct answer (completes table with correct start times and correct end time) with correct and complete work or explanation correct answer with incomplete or no work or explanation OR creates table with correct times with correct work or explanation OR incorrect answer due to a calculation error (work must be shown) some correct procedure OR vague explanation only correct and complete explanation partially correct or incomplete explanation vague explanation only Students should not lose points for copy errors Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 26 Sample 3-Point Answer: Part A: 6:45–60 minutes = 5:45 (start time to bake and end time to prepare) 5:45–30 minutes = 5:15 (start time to prepare) (or equivalent work) OR Sample explanation: I worked back from the end time to bake I counted back 60 minutes from 6:45 to get 5:45 for the start time to bake This is also the end time to prepare Then, I counted back 30 more minutes from 5:45 to get 5:15 for the start time to prepare Part B: Accept all correct and complete explanations A correct and complete explanation must meet all the criteria listed in Part B of the question Sample explanation: Mike has time while his pie is baking to prepare the cookies The pie bakes for 60 minutes from 5:45 to 6:45 He only needs 45 minutes to prepare the cookies, so he can prepare the cookies from 6:00 to 6:45 Then, he can bake the cookies from 6:45 to 7:00 while the pie is cooling Copyright © 2009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 27 ... errors Copyright © 2 009 by the Nevada Department of Education Page 26 Sample 3-Point Answer: Part A: 6 :45 –60 minutes = 5 :45 (start time to bake and end time to prepare) 5 :45 –30 minutes = 5:15... for 60 minutes from 5 :45 to 6 :45 He only needs 45 minutes to prepare the cookies, so he can prepare the cookies from 6:00 to 6 :45 Then, he can bake the cookies from 6 :45 to 7:00 while the pie... explanation OR some correct procedure OR vague explanation only Page 24 Sample 3-Point Answer: Part A: Answers will vary 35 40 Sample answer: 36 (basketballs) (or equivalent work) OR Sample explanation: