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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 Six is a companion document to the online grade six 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 six 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 Six Practice Test Items

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Item Grade Domain Connector Tier

1 6 Statistics and Probability

6.DPS.1d3 Select statement that matches mean, mode, and spread of data for 1 measure of central tendency for given data set.

2

Key: 11

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


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2 6 Geometry 6.GM.1d1 Find the area of quadrilaterals. 2

Key: C





3 6 Expressions and Equations

6.ME.2a2 Solve one-step real world measurement problems involving unit rates with ratios of whole numbers when given the unit rate (3 inches of snow falls per hour, how much in 6 hours).

3

Key: 320





4 6 The Number System 6.NO.1d2 Locate positive and negative numbers on a number line.

3

Key: See exemplar below.





5 6 The Number System 6.NO.1d4 Select the appropriate meaning of a negative number in a real world situation.

1

Key: See exemplar below.

Rubric:

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

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




6 6 Ratios and Proportional Relationships

6.NO.1f1 Find a percent of a quantity as rate per 100.

1

Key: 100, 25

Rubric:







6.NO.1f1 Find a percent of a quantity as rate per 100.

2

Key: 80, 80%

Rubric:







6.NO.2a6 Solve problems or word problems using up to three digit numbers and any of the four operations.

1

Key: , 7

Rubric:






9 6 The Number System 6.NO.2c3 Solve one-step, addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problems with fractions or decimals.

1

Key: B





10 6 The Number System 6.NO.2c3 Solve one-step, addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problems with fractions or decimals.

2

Key: B






6.PRF.1c1 Describe the ratio relationship between two quantities for a given situation.

1

Key: A






6.PRF.1d1 Solve real world single-step linear equations.

2

Key: C


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