English Language Arts and Mathematics

AMP and SBA:Comparison in Difficulty

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Reading• Literature• Informational Text

Language

Writing• Informative• Narrative• Argumentative

Listening

• Text complexity• Grounded in evidence

from the text

• Write and revise• Produce effective writing

for a variety of purposes

English Language Arts Items

Assessed in 2016

The Breakdown

• Claim 3• Employ

effective speaking and listening skills for a range of purposes and audiences.

Speaking and Listening

• Claim 2• Produce

effective writing for a range of purposes and audiences.

Writing

• Claim 1• Read closely

and analytically a range of complex text.

Reading

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English Language Arts Items

Text Complexity• Based on quantitative and qualitative

measures of text

Analysis of text deeper and more difficult.

Types of text• Wider variety including added narrative,

informational and poetry

Writing • Performance tasks will include writing to

text resources.

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7th Grade Assessment Text

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SBA AMP

Flesch-Kincaid: 10.5Lexile: 1304L

Flesch-Kincaid: 7.7Lexile: 1230L

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7th Grade Assessment Text

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SBA AMP

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Why does Cedar run to the top of the hill?

A. He wants to stop Beaver.

B. He wants to see where Beaver is.

C. He is trying to outrun the other trees.

D. He is looking for a place to be alone.

Which sentence from the story best shows that spending time with the fish at the pond allows Yen-Shen to escape from her stepmother’s cruelty?

o “Yen-Shen dropped to her knees along the shore of her family’s pond and leaned over the water’s edge to sprinkle the remnants of her dinner.”

o “Yen-Shen felt relaxed in the fish’s presence”

o “The next evening, Yen-Shen slipped from the cave again to visit the golden fish, but Yen-Shen’s stepmother followed and hid in the bushes to spy on her.”

o “She saw Yen-Shen kneel by the pond and empty the rest of her dinner into the water.”

7th Grade Assessment Text

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SBA AMP

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In the famous speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. announced, “I have a dream.”

In the sentence above, quotation marks are used to

A. indicate that King is quoting someone

B. show that King is excited.

C. quote the exact words of King’s speech.

D. note the title of King’s speech.

Which sentence does not have any errors in grammar, usage, or mechanics?

o Changing the tires, the car was much safer.

o The Strikers are quite a tough, soccer team.

o Quickly following directions, I finished the test.

o James is known for his sweet quiet personality.

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Mathematics Items

Based on Alaska Mathematics Standards• Content Standards• Mathematical Practices

Promote higher level thinking• Problem solving strategies vs.

algorithms

Cover more than one standard

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The Breakdown

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Grade 3

AMP

a. 1/4 c. 4/6

b. 2/4 d. 4/4

SBA

Rolando’s and Alana’s pizza are shown below

Rolando ate ½ of his pizza. Alana ate the same amount of pizza as Rolando. Which fraction shows how much pizza Alana ate?

Where would a point be plotted to show 5/3 on the number line?

Select the place on the number line to plot the point.

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Grade 5AMP

a. 3 1/3 gallons

c. 4 gallons

b. 3 2/3 gallons

d. 4 1/3 gallons

SBAJohn mixed oil and gas for his outboard motor. He ended up with 11/3 gallons of the mixture. Which amount is equivalent to 11/3 gallons?

An egg farm packages 264 total cartons of eggs each month. The farm has 3 different sizes of cartons.• The small carton holds 8

eggs, and 1/6 of the total cartons are small.

• The medium carton holds 12 eggs, and 2/3 the total cartons are medium

• The large carton holds 18 eggs, and the rest of the total cartons are large.

Determine how many cartons are needed each month. Then determine how many eggs are needed to fill the 264 cartons.

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Grade 7AMP

The amount of money Jamie earns is proportional to the number of hours she works. Jamie earns $62.50 working 5 hours.Create an equation that models the relationship between m, the amount of money Jamie earns, in dollars, and h, the number of hours she works.

SBAShanna used the expression below to calculate her earnings for the month for baby-sitting and cleaning.

6b + 8cShe earned $6/hour for baby-sitting (b) and $8/hr for cleaning (c).

Last month she baby-sat for 10 hours and cleaned for 8 hours. How much money did she make?

a. $32 c. $124

b. $76 d. $128

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Grade 9

AMP

Which points are on the graph of the equation-3x + 6y + 5 = -7 ?

Select all that apply.

SBA

A. (-3, 6)

B. (-2, 0)

C. (0, -2)

D. (6, -3

E. (8, 2)

In the equation

4x + 9 = 2x + 15

what is the value of x?

A. 1

B. 3

C. 4

D. 12