Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics:
Primary 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
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 11
Q 11: Explain why the place and time are important to the story. Use 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 place and time are important to the story.
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 place and time are important to the story.
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 place and time are important to the story.
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 place and time are important to the
story and provides specific and relevant support.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 11
Code 10
Explain why the place and time are important to the story. Use details from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response attempts to explain why the place and time are important to the story by answering an aspect of the
question (e.g., …because we’ll now when and where the tulips are growing.).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 11
Code 20
Explain why the place and time are important to the story. Use details from the text to support
your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates a partial understanding by providing vague support for why the place and time are
important to the story (e.g., …place…in the yard and time…because it was spring.). Response requires the
reader to connect the support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 11
Code 30
Explain why the place and time are important to the story. Use details from the text to support
your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding of why the place and time are important to the story by including
some accurate and relevant support (e.g., …you plant them in yard… they grow in the spring) and some
underdeveloped support (e.g., That is when they grow because it says you plant them in the winter).
Response is underdeveloped in that the reader is required to make some connections between the support
and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 11
Code 40
Explain why the place and time are important to the story. Use details from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support (e.g., …it is in her garden so
it has things For shelter like leaves…when it is in Autumn so that the tulips can grow over the winter and
bloom in the spring.) to explain fully why the place and time are important to the story (e.g., it tells you
where and when to plant the tulips).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 12
Q 12: What does Grandpa mean when he says “You have been like the tulips”? Use information
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 what Grandpa means when he says “You have been like the tulips”.
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 what Grandpa means when he says “You have been
like the tulips”. 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 what Grandpa means when he says “You have
been like the tulips”.
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 what Grandpa means when he says “You
have been like the tulips” and provides specific and relevant support.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 12
Code 10
What does Grandpa mean when he says “You have been like the tulips”? Use information from the
text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response attempts to explain what Grandpa means when he says “You have been like the tulips”
by answering an aspect of the question (e.g., you have tooken good care of the tulips.).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 12
Code 20
What does Grandpa mean when he says “You have been like the tulips”? Use information from
the text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates a partial understanding by providing vague support for what Grandpa means when he
says “You have been like the tulips”. (e.g., she was patient like the tulips.). Response requires the reader to
connect the support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 12
Code 30
What does Grandpa mean when he says “You have been like the tulips”? Use information from the
text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding of what Grandpa means when he says “You have been like the tulips”
by including some accurate and relevant support (e.g., …Ave has been patient) and some underdeveloped
support (e.g., …over the days the tulips have been growing.). Response is underdeveloped in that the reader
is required to make some connections between the support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Long Narrative
Waiting for the Tulips - Section C1 - Question 12
Code 40
What does Grandpa mean when he says “You have been like the tulips”? Use information from the
text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support (e.g., For example, They
waited for the right time I’m proud of you, Ava,”) to explain fully what Grandpa means when he says “You
have been like the tulips” (e.g., Ava was patient for the tulips to grow. The tulips were patient to grow too.).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 5
Q 5: Which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies? Explain using
information 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 which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies.
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 which text features in section C help the reader
understand dragonflies.
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 which text features in section C help the reader
understand dragonflies.
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 which text features in section C help the
reader understand dragonflies and provides specific and relevant support.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 5
Code 10
Which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies? Explain using information
from the text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response attempts to explain which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies by
answering an aspect of the question (e.g., …it gives information about the Dragon Flies).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 5
Code 20
Which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies? Explain using information
from the text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates a partial understanding by providing limited support for which text features in section C
help the reader understand dragonflies (e.g., The pictures in section C because it has lables to help the
reader understand the same thing.). Response requires the reader to make connections between the support
and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 5
Code 30
Which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies? Explain using
information from the text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding of which text features in section C help the reader understand
dragonflies by including some accurate and relevant support (e.g., …are picturs, diagrams, numbering and
lables) and some underdeveloped support (e.g., …because it shows you how it happen what order they go
in). Response is underdeveloped in that the reader is required to make some connections between the
support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 5
Code 40
Which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies? Explain using information
from the text to support your answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support (e.g., The diagram and
captions…helps the reader understand stage 1,eggs….captions help to tell about their wing and how they
can hover.) to explain fully which text features in section C help the reader understand dragonflies (e.g.,
Diagrams help the reader understand because there are pictures mixed with words).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 6
Q 6: What makes dragonflies excellent hunters? Explain using information 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 what makes dragonflies excellent hunters. The response is 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 what makes dragonflies excellent hunters.
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 what makes dragonflies excellent hunters.
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 what makes dragonflies excellent hunters
and provides specific and relevant support.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 6
Code 10
What makes dragonflies excellent hunters? Explain using information from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response attempts to explain what makes dragonflies excellent hunters by answering an aspect of the
question (e.g., …very good at flying.).
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 6
Code 20
What makes dragonflies excellent hunters? Explain using information from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates a partial understanding by providing vague support for what makes dragonflies excellent
hunters (e.g., …because there wings work like a helicopters). Response requires the reader to make
connections between the support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 6
Code 30
What makes dragonflies excellent hunters? Explain using information from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding of what makes dragonflies excellent hunters by including some
accurate and relevant support (e.g., The largest dragon fly can fly 40-60 Kilometres an hour!) and some
vague support (e.g., because they are the fastest insects on earth.). Response is underdeveloped in that the
reader is required to make some connections between the support and what it is intended to prove.
Scoring Guide for Open-Response Question (2017)
Graphic
Amazing Dragonflies - Section D1 - Question 6
Code 40
What makes dragonflies excellent hunters? Explain using information from the text to support your
answer.
Annotation:
Response indicates an understanding by providing specific and relevant support (e.g., …because dragonflies
are fast…we eat other bugs such as mosquitoes midges and spiders, that we capture as we fly.) to explain
fully what makes dragonflies excellent hunters (e.g., …so they can get there food…that the food that it eats
can’t get away so fast.).