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Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics:

Junior Division

Released 2017 Assessment: Reading

Item-Specific Rubrics and Sample

Student Responses with Annotations

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Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)

Long Narrative

The Potter and the Washerman - Section C1 - Question 11

Q.11: Explain why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful. Use specific details from the text to support

your answer.

Code Descriptor

B Blank: nothing written or drawn in the space provided

I

Illegible: cannot be read; completely crossed out / erased; not written in English

Irrelevant content: does not attempt assigned question

Off topic: no relationship of written work to the question

Typical responses:

do not attempt to answer the question OR

restate the question

10

Response attempts to explain why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful.

The response either:

answers an aspect of the question OR

does not refer to the reading selection OR

provides inaccurate support

20

Response indicates a partial understanding of why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful.

The response provides:

irrelevant support from the reading selection OR

vague support from the reading selection OR

limited support from the reading selection

The response usually requires the reader to connect the support to what it is intended to prove.

30

Response indicates an understanding by explaining why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful.

The response includes:

some accurate and relevant support and

some vague or underdeveloped support

The response requires the reader to make some connections between the support and what it is

intended to prove.

40 Response indicates an understanding by explaining fully why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful and

provides specific and relevant support.


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Code 10

Explain why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful. Use specific details from the text to support your

answer.

Annotation:

Response attempts to explain why the potter’s plan is unsuccessful by answering an aspect of the

question (e.g., the king figered out the potter’s plan.).


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Code 20


answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates a partial understanding by providing vague support for why the potter’s plan is

unsuccessful (e.g., …because the washerman out smarted the Potter’s Plan.). Response requires the reader

to make connections between the support and what it is intended to prove.


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Code 30


answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding of why the potter’s plan was unsuccessful by including some accurate

and relevant support (e.g., The large basin cracked and shattered into a thousand pieces.) and some vague

support (e.g., The potter’s plan is unsuccessful because the washer out smarts the potter, showing that the

potter tricked them.). Response is underdeveloped in that the reader is required to make some connections

between the support and how this explains why the potter’s plan was unsuccessful.


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Code 40


answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support to explain fully why the

potter’s plan was unsuccessful (e.g., the potter’s plan was unsuccessful because he tried to give the

washerman a challenge he could not complete. But then the washerman outsmarted the potter and told the

King he needed a basin the size of an elephant. The potter was unable to do this so his basin shatters and

the washerman becomes very successful).


Long Narrative


Q12: How does the dialogue reveal the king’s character? Use specific details from the text to

support your answer.

Code Descriptor


I




Typical responses:


restate the question (e.g., .)

10

Response attempts to explain how the dialogue reveals the king’s character.





20

Response indicates a partial understanding of how the dialogue reveals the king’s character.






30

Response indicates an understanding by explaining how the dialogue reveals the king’s character.





intended to prove.

40 Response indicates an understanding by explaining fully how the dialogue reveals the king’s

character and provides specific and relevant support.


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Code 10

How does the dialogue reveal the king’s character? Use specific details from the text to support

your answer.

Annotation:

Response attempts to explain how the dialogue reveals the king’s character by answering an aspect of the

question (e.g., …when he smile d at the potter). Response provides inaccurate support (e.g., The King’s

charecter is happy…)


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Code 20


your answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates a partial understanding by providing limited support for how the dialogue reveals the

king’s character (e.g., showing how smart he is for e.g. “why should the washmans success be a concern do

you?”). Response requires the reader to connect the support and what it is intended to prove


Long Narrative


Code 30


your answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding of how the dialogue reveals the king’s character by including some

accurate and relevant support (e.g., because the king wanted to know just why the potter wanted to help the

washerman all of the sudden.) and some vague support (e.g., the king was very observant…The king knew

the potter was trying to ruin the washerman and the washerman’s business.) Response is underdeveloped

in that the reader is required to make some connections between the support and how this explains how the

dialogue reveal the king’s character.


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Code 40


your answer.

Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support to explain fully how the

dialogue reveals the king’s character (e.g., the king’s character as being smart and unable to be fooled…he

knew something was up…, the king asks him to remake the basin to “help” the washerman. In the end, the

king made sure the potter didn’t get his way as to ruin the washerman, instead the potter ruined himself!).


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Making Waves - Section D1 - Question 5

Q.5: How does the section “How Sound Waves Work” help you to understand “Up to Your

Ears”? Explain using specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Code Descriptor


I




Typical responses:


restate the question

10

Response attempts to explain how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you to understand

“Up to Your Ears”.





20

Response indicates a partial understanding of how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you

to understand “Up to Your Ears”.






30

Response indicates an understanding by explaining how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps

you to understand “Up to Your Ears”.





intended to prove.

40 Response indicates an understanding by explaining fully how the section “How Sound Waves Work”

helps you to understand “Up to Your Ears” and provides specific and relevant support.


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Code 10

How does the section “How Sound Waves Work” help you to understand “Up to Your Ears”?

Explain using specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Annotation:

Response attempts to explain how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you to understand “Up to

Your Ears” by answering an aspect of the question (e.g., theres a clear diagram of what happens.)


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Code 20



Annotation:

Response indicates a partial understanding by providing limited support for how the section “How Sound

Waves Work” helps you to understand “Up to Your Ears” (e.g., …there is a picture with labels showing

how the ear work/how it catches sound.). Response requires the reader to make connections between the

support and what it is intended to prove.


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Code 30



Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding of how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you to

understand “Up to Your Ears” by including some accurate and relevant support (e.g., it shows a diagram of

what the inside of your ear looks like …is shows air molecules the ear canal and the ear drum…) and some

vague support (e.g., …which you might not see.). Response is underdeveloped in that the reader is required

to make some connections between the support and how the section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you

to understand “Up to Your Ears”.


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Code 40



Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support to explain fully how the

section “How Sound Waves Work” helps you to understand “Up to Your Ears” (e.g., …Up To Yours Ears

explains what happens when you hear sound and How Sound Waves Work helps with a picture…“Once

there, the vibrating molecules continue to travel through your ear canal, which ends up al your eardrum.”

In the picture, it shows molecules travelling through the ear canal and entering the eardrum.).


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Q.6: Explain why hearing is complex. Use specific examples from the text to support your

answer.

Code Descriptor


I




Typical responses:


restate the question (e.g., .)

10

Response attempts to explain why hearing is complex.





20

Response indicates a partial understanding of why hearing is complex.






30

Response indicates an understanding by explaining why hearing is complex.





intended to prove.

40 Response indicates an understanding by explaining fully why hearing is complex and provides

specific and relevant support.


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Code 10

Explain why hearing is complex. Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Annotation:

Response attempts to explain why hearing is complex by answering an aspect of the question (e.g., because

many things happen for you to hear….).


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Code 20


Annotation:

Response indicates a partial understanding of why hearing is complex by providing vague support (e.g.,

there are all the parts in your ear that have different jobs…they all work as a team). Response requires the

reader to make connections between the support and how this explains why hearing is complex.


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Code 30


Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding of why hearing is complex by providing accurate and relevant support

(e.g., …because of all the parts. You have the pinna, ear canal, ear drum, malleus etc.… For example the

ear-drum starts to vibrate, thats one part of hearing sound.). And some vague support (e.g., …And all

these parts each have a job to create hearing.). The response requires the reader to make some connections

between the support and what it is intended to prove.


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Code 40


Annotation:

Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support (e.g., …you get air

molecules that travel and bump into your ear drum then it starts to vibrate, then you get tiny waves…your

brain decodes what you have heard) to explain fully why hearing is complex (e.g., Its complex because so

many things happen when you hear a noise...).

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