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Practice Test Resource Material

Reading

Grade 8

2NECAP_Released-2005_Grade-8_Reading

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NECAP Practice TestGrade 8Reading

Sample Constructed-Response Item (4 points)

ID:199629 Common

u Explain why porcupines do not have to fi ght. Use information from the article to support your answer.

Scoring Guide

Score Description

4Response provides a thorough explanation of why porcupines do not have to fi ght. Response includes relevant information from the article.

3Response provides an explanation of why porcupines do not have to fi ght. Response lacks some relevant information from the article or is not fully developed.

2Response provides a partial explanation of why porcupines do not have to fi ght. Response uses limited information from the article.

1Response is vague or minimal.OR Response only provides a personal opinion with no text support.

0 Response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.

Blank Blank/no response.

Training Notes:Porcupines do not have to fi ght because:

• Quills are stiff and cover the animal.• Thirty thousand quills are on an adult animal’s back and tail.• Quills are needle-sharp.• Quills slip easily and painlessly out of porcupine.• Microscopic barbs are at the pointed end.• Quills fl y out with a lash of the tail.• An animal that has had one encounter with a porcupine is not likely to attack it again.



Sample 4-Point Response




ID:204230 Common

1@ Explain how you know it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man. Use information from the passage to support your answer.

Scoring Guide

Score Description

4Response provides a thorough explanation of how the reader knows it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man. Response includes relevant information from the passage.

3Response provides an explanation of how the reader knows it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man. Response lacks some relevant information from the passage or is not fully developed.

2Response provides a partial explanation of how the reader knows it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man. Response uses limited information from the passage.




Training Notes:

Some ways it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man:• It was physically strenuous.• It was hard due to weather and environment.• It was mentally and emotionally challenging.

Examples from the passage that tell the reader it was diffi cult for Rudi to rescue the man:• His toes are dug into the ice.• He has used his clothes as a lifeline.• He has lost track of time.• His eyes are shut tightly.

• He is sweating on the ice.• His hands ache and burn.• The pain is “unendurable” and he is

afraid he cannot hold on any longer.




ID:204237 Common

1& What are the problems Rudi faces in this passage? Explain how he solves each of them. Use information from the passage to support your answer.

Scoring Guide

Score Description

4Response provides a thorough explanation of the problems Rudi faces and how he solves them. Response includes relevant information from the passage.

3Response provides an explanation of the problems Rudi faces and how he solves them. Response lacks some relevant information from the passage or is not fully developed.

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Response provides a partial explanation of the problems Rudi faces and how he solves them. Response uses limited information from the passage.ORResponse provides an explanation of the problems Rudi faces or an explanation of how he solves them. Response includes relevant information from the passage.






Training Notes:

Some problems: • A man has fallen into a crevasse and Rudy does not know how to help him.• It would take too long to go for help; the man would freeze to death.• Rudi is alone and is battling his own fear. • Rudi may not have the strength to pull the man out of the crevasse.• The weather is very cold.• Rudi worries that the line may not be long enough.• Rudi is slipping on the ice and does not know if he can hang on much longer.

Some solutions:• Rudi removes articles of his clothing until he can make a line long enough to reach the man.• Rudi makes two deep holes in the ice and digs his toes into them to keep from sliding. • Rudi presses his body into the ice and digs his toes in harder when he starts to slip against the

weight of the man at the end of the line.

Student responses may vary. Any explanation that is logical and supported by information from the passage is acceptable.

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