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Grade 8Civics

Geography

U.S. History

Mathematics

NAEP 2010Sample QuestionsGeneral Information about The Nations Report CardTM

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2010 Grade 8 Sample Questions Booklet 3

National Assessment o Educational Progress

2010 Sample Questions BookletI. About This Sample Questions Booklet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

II. The Assessments

The Civics Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Geography Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The U.S. History Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Civics, Geography, and U.S. History Booklet Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Sample Civics Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Sample Geography Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Sample U.S. History Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Mathematics Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Mathematics Booklet Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sample Mathematics Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

III. Student Inormational Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

IV. Student Academic QuestionnairesCivics Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Geography Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

U.S. History Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Mathematics Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

V. NAEP Questions Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

VI. Inormation About NAEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover

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4 2010 Grade 8 Sample Questions Booklet

I. About This Sample Questions Booklet

On behal o the National Assessment o Educational Progress (NAEP), I want to

thank you or your participation in this essential measure o student achievement in

America. NAEP tells us what students in our country know and can do. In the comingyear, ourth-, eighth- and twelth-graders will participate in NAEP. Eighth-graders will

be assessed in civics, geography, and U.S. history. In addition, we are conducting a

special study in mathematics at grade 8.

Assessments require about 90 minutes o a students time, and each student

answers questions in only one subject. The test booklet contains 50 minutes o test

questions and a brie section o student inormational questions. NAEP is voluntary

and conidential. Answers to all student questions are conidential, and student

names are removed rom all assessment materials beore the materials leave the

school. Individual student scores are not reported.

Results o the 2010 civics, geography, and U.S. history assessments will bereported in The Nations Report Card. Results o the mathematics special study

will be evaluated to determine which questions will be included in the 2011 main

assessment. Assessment results are widely discussed in the press and are used by

policymakers, educators, and researchers to make decisions about education policy

and unding.

The national assessment results are more useul when parents, educators, and

policymakers are able to study the proiciencies (or scores) and gain inormation

about student experience, the school environment, and learning opportunities

available to students. The student inormational questionnaire provides educators

and policymakers valuable insight into the conditions and actors that inluencestudent learning so that decisions can be made to help maximize achievement or all

students. In addition, this booklet includes all o the student academic questions or

civics, geography, U.S. history, and mathematics, as well as sample questions and

selected responses, by subject, to promote understanding o the assessment.

I you have any questions or comments regarding NAEP or would like

to view previous Nations Report Cards, please visit the NAEP website at

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard. Also available through the website is a

Questions Tool (http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls) which allows you to

review additional sample questions with sample answers.

Peggy G. Carr

Associate Commissioner or Assessment

National Center or Education Statistics

Institute o Education Sciences

NAEP is administered by the National Center or Education Statistics, a principal component o

the U.S. Department o Educations Institute o Education Sciences. Policy or the assessment,

including its content and standards, is set by the independent, bipartisan National Assessment

Governing Board (www.nagb.org).

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6 Civics, Geography, and U.S. HistoryGrade 8

The Geography Assessment

Grade 8

The structure and content o the NAEP geography assessment are guided by theGeography Framework for the 1994 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The assessment is organized along both content and cognitive skills dimensions.

The content areas include the ollowing:

Space and Place

Environment and Society

Spatial Dynamics and Connections

The cognitive areas include the ollowing:

Knowing (observe and recall)

Understanding (attribute meaning and explain events)

Applying (use knowledge and understanding to solve geographic problems)

Questions include multiple-choice, short constructed-response, and extended

constructed-response ormats. Constructed-response questions make up approximately

50 percent o the assessment. In some cases, students will engage in production

exercises where they will draw or modiy maps and diagrams. A large percentage o

questions in the assessment are based on visual or textual stimuli. A portion o the

assessment questions reer entirely to a student atlas and are meant to measure

both geography content and atlas skills. For more inormation regarding the geography

assessment ramework please visit the National Assessment Governing Boards website

at http://nagb.org/publications/rameworks.htm.

NAEP Geography FrameworkDistribution of Question Pool Across Areas of Geography Knowledge

Grade

Space

and Place

Environment

and Society

Spatial Dynamics

and Connections

8 40% 30% 30%

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Civics, Geography, and U.S. HistoryGrade 8 7

NAEP U.S. History FrameworkDistribution of Question Pool Across Historical Themes

Grade

Change & Continuity

in American

Democracy

Gathering &

Interactions o

Peoples, Cultures, &

Ideas

Economic &

Technological

Changes & Their

Relation to Society,

Ideas, & the

Environment

Changing Role o

America in the World

8 30% 30% 20% 20%

The U.S. History Assessment

Grade 8

The assessment is organized around three concepts or dimensions: major themeso U.S. history, chronological periods o U.S. history, and ways o knowing and thinking

about U.S. history. The themes and periods o U.S. history unction as a matrix, with the

assessment addressing the role o the themes across the periods.

Eight chronological periods that overlap and vary in depth o coverage are included

in the assessment.

Beginnings to 1607

Colonization, settlement, and communities (1607 to 1763)

The Revolution and the new nation (1763 to 1815) Expansion and reorm (1801 to 1861)

Crisis o the Union: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850 to 1877)

The development o modern America (1865 to 1920)

Modern America and the World Wars (1914 to 1945)

Contemporary America (1945 to present)

Questions include multiple-choice, short constructed-response, and extended

constructed-response ormats. The cognitive dimension o historical thinking is

measured by the inclusion o test questions divided between those measuring historicalknowledge and perspective (35 percent) and those measuring historical analysis and

interpretation (65 percent). Constructed-response questions make up approximately

50 percent o the assessment. Many questions in the assessment are based on visual

or textual stimuli. At Grade 8, a portion o the assessment questions may be organized

around a single historical issue. For more inormation regarding the U.S. history

assessment ramework please visit the National Assessment Governing Boards website

at http://nagb.org/publications/rameworks.htm.

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Civics, Geography, and U.S. History

Booklet Directions

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Sample Civics Questions

Grade 8

1. The President o the United States iselected to a term o

A 2 years.

B 4 years.

C 6 years.

D 8 years.

2. In the United States, an individualcitizen has the right to

A impeach the President.

B vote or government ocials.

Cmake new laws.

D collect taxes.

3. The term separation o powersreers to

A state powers and duties thatare not given to the centralgovernment.

B division o authority amongthe legislative, executive, andjudicial branches o government.

C division o the legislature intotwo houses.

D creation o a national capitalthat is not a part o any State.

4. According to the Bill o Rights,which o the ollowing is NOTallowed?

A A jury trial in criminal cases

B The testimony o witnesseswho are relatives o the accused

C A trial held too soon ater thedeendant has been accused

D Cruel and unusual punishment

5. United States Senators are a part owhich branch o the government?

A Legislative

B Executive

C Treasury Department

D Supreme Court

6. The powers o Congress are setorth in the

ADeclaration o Independence.

B Articles o Conederation.

C Constitution o the UnitedStates.

D

Bill o Rights.

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2. What historical trends explain the language patterns shown in the map above?Be as specic as possible in your answer.

Sample Geography Questions

Grade 8

1. What would a scientist probably study to predict where acid rain would all?

A the atomic structures o sulphur, nitrogen, and oxygen

Bmass-transit systems that serve major cities

C wind patterns that prevail over major manuacturing areas

D the location o sewage-treatment plants

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3. This map would be most useul to aA pilot fying rom Europe to South America.

B pilot fying rom Canada to Scandinavia.

C person sailing to Antarctica.

D person sailing in tropical seas.

4. Latitude on this map is represented by

A circles.

B shaded areas.

C straight lines.

D convergent lines.


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5. Look at the map above, which shows three possible routes or a railroad line thatwill be built to connect Red City with Bluetown.

Which route would be the least expensive to construct?

Give two reasons why the route you chose would be the least expensive.

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Season Average Inches Percent o Total

Spring 5.0 25Summer 7.0 35Fall 4.0 20Winter 4.0 20

Total 20.0 100

7. Use the inormation in the table above to construct a pie chart on the gure

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6. In the mid-nineteenth century, beore railroads were constructed, people in the UnitedStates transported commercial materials, such as timber and coal, over long distancesprimarily by means o

A rivers and canals.

B turnpikes and reeways.

C pack horses and mule trains.

D ox carts and Conestoga wagons.

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Sample U.S. History Questions

Grade 8

Questions 13 reer to the passage below.

We hold these truths to be sel-evident: That all men are created equal; that they areendowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are lie, liberty,and the pursuit o happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are institutedamong men, deriving their just powers rom the consent o the governed; that, wheneverany orm o government becomes destructive o these ends, it is the right o the people toalter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government.

1776

3. Explain why the document quoted was written.

4. Why was the invention o the steel plow important in United States history?

1. The quotation is rom the

A

Articles o Conederation.

B Constitution.

C Declaration o Independence.

DMissouri Compromise.

2. The primary author o thedocument was

AGeorge Washington.

B John Marshall.

C Robert E. Lee.

D Thomas Jeerson.


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Questions 56 reer to the rst census o the United States, shown below.

6. The census was important in 1790because it

A helped determine whichcitizens were eligible to vote.

B told people which stateshad the most members oAmerican Indian nations.

C told people whether men orwomen tended to live longer.

D helped determine staterepresentation in the House oRepresentatives.

5. The inormation in the census couldbe used to answer which questions?

AWhich state had the highestocial population?

BHow many people moved to theUnited States in 1790?

CWhich state was the largest in

area?

DHow many more male thanemale slaves were there in 1790?

STOP

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MathematicsGrade 8 17

The Mathematics Assessment

Grade 8

The NAEP mathematics assessment measures students ability to solve problemsin fve mathematics content strands: Number Properties and Operations; Measurement;

Geometry; Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability; and Algebra. Within each o these

fve content strands, students are asked questions that involve low, moderate, and high

mathematical complexity. Mathematical complexity deals with what students are asked

to do in a task.

The mathematics assessment includes multiple-choice questions, short-answer

constructed-response questions, and extended constructed-response questions. The

extended exercises allow students to communicate their ideas and demonstrate the

reasoning they used to solve problems. The short-answer and extended-response

questions make up approximately 50 percent o student assessment time. The

assessment also incorporates the use o calculators, rulers, protractors, and ancillary

materials such as spinners and geometric shapes in some parts o the assessment, but

not all.

Calculator use is permitted on approximately one-third o the test questions. At

grade 8, students may use their own scientifc or graphing calculators. These items

are designed so that students who bring their own graphing calculators are not at an

advantage compared to students who use the calculators provided. For more inormation

regarding the mathematics assessment ramework please visit the National Assessment

Governing Boards website at http://nagb.org/publications/rameworks.htm.

NAEP Mathematics FrameworkDistribution of Questions Across Content Strands

Grade 8

Number Properties and Operations 20%

Measurement 15%

Geometry 20%

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability 15%

Algebra 30%

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18 MathematicsGrade 8

Mathematics Booklet Directions

This assessment uses many dierent booklets. Each booklet has dierent questions. Donot worry i the person next to you is working on questions that do not look like those youare working on.

Read each question careully and answer it as well as you can. Do not spend too muchtime on any one question.

For some o the questions you may need to write or draw the answer. You can see howthis is done in the example below.

You may be permitted to use a calculator or at least one part o your booklet. You mayuse either your own calculator or the calculator provided by NAEP. I you are permittedto use a calculator, you will have to decide when to use it in each section where its use ispermitted. For some questions using the calculator is helpul, but or other questions thecalculator may not be helpul.

I you are using the calculator provided by NAEP, make sure you know how to use itbeore beginning the section. There are instructions on the back cover o this booklet tohelp you. I the calculator does not work or i you do not know how to use it, raise yourhand and ask or help.

REMEMBER:

Read each question CAREFULLY.

Fill in only ONE OVAL or each question or write your answer in the space provided.

I you change your answer, ERASE your rst answer COMPLETELY.

CHECK OVER your work i you nish a section early.

Do not go past the sign at the end of each section until you are told to do so.

Draw a circle in the space below.

Y123CDM

STOP

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MathematicsGrade 8 19

Sample Mathematics Questions

Grade 8


A CB

1. O the ollowing, which is the best unit to use when measuring the growth o aplant every other day during a 2-week period?

A centimeter

Bmeter

C kilometer

D oot

E yard

2. Jaime knows the ollowing acts about points A,B, and C.

PointsA,B, and C are on the same line, but might not be in that order.

PointC is twice as ar rom point A as it is rom point B.

Jaime concluded that point C is always between points A and B.

Is Jaimes conclusion correct?

Yes No

In the space provided, use a diagram to explain your answer.

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20 MathematicsGrade 8

3.In the gure above, what raction o rectangle ABCD is shaded?

A

B

C

D

E

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1

5

1

4

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3

1

2

STOP

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Student Inormational QuestionnaireGrade 8 21

III. Student Inormational Questionnaire

Grade 8

Y23BD

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22 Student Inormational QuestionnaireGrade 8

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24 Student Inormational QuestionnaireGrade 8

NOTE: This question is being asked or

research purposes only, and all answers

will remain strictly confdential.

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Civics QuestionnaireGrade 8 25

IV. Student Academic Questionnaires

Civics Questionnaire

Grade 8

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26 Civics QuestionnaireGrade 8

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28 Civics QuestionnaireGrade 8

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30 Geography QuestionnaireGrade 8

Geography Questionnaire

Grade 8

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Geography QuestionnaireGrade 8 31

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32 Geography QuestionnaireGrade 8

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Geography QuestionnaireGrade 8 33

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34 U.S. History QuestionnaireGrade 8

U.S. History Questionnaire

Grade 8

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Mathematics QuestionnaireGrade 8 39

Mathematics Questionnaire

Grade 8

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NAEP Questions Tool 45

V. NAEP Questions Tool

IntroductionAter every assessment cycle, NAEP releases a portion o the assessment to the

public. The NAEP Questions Tool allows users to view those questions, as well as their

associated scoring guides, keys, national perormance data, student group data, and

student responses (or constructed-response questions only). The tool also allows users

to print selected questions and all their relevant inormation.

The purpose o the tool is to provide teachers, researchers, educators, and the public

with greater access to NAEP assessment exercises.

How do I access the NAEP Questions Tool?

The URL or the NAEP Questions Tool is http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrlsx.

The tool can also be accessed by clicking Sample Questions on The Nations Report

Card home page.

What inormation can I get about each question?

When you select a question to view, a screen similar to the one below will be displayed.

(ss01)

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46 NAEP Questions Tool

Inormation related to the selected question is available by clicking the tabs at the top o

the question feld. A description o these tabs ollows.

Question: When the screen frst appears, the question will be displayed, and the Question

tab will be highlighted. When you are viewing related inormation other than the questionitsel, click on this tab to re-display the question.

Links within the question: The question and related graphics or text passages may not

ft on the screen area without scrolling. Some questions have associated content such

as reading passages or maps. To see these materials, click on the link labeled Show

reading passage or additional materials. This text varies depending on the subject.

Click on hide to close the passage or associated material.

(ss02)

Key/Scoring Guide: Shows inormation about how the question was scored.

For Multiple-Choice Questions: Shows the key or correct answer or the question.

(ss03)

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For Constructed-Response Questions: Shows the scoring guide used to determine the

score or the students answer.

(ss04)

Note that the scoring criteria will vary depending on the subject and type o question.

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National Data: Shows inormation about how students scored on the question.

For Multiple-Choice Questions: Shows the percentage o students who answered the

question incorrectly or correctly, or who omitted the item.

(ss06)

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50 NAEP Questions Tool

For Constructed-Response Questions: Shows the percent correct by score level.

(ss07)

Inormation about the perormance o the ollowing student groups is displayed ater

clicking on the more data button on the bottom o the screen.

All students

Gender

Race/Ethnicity

National School Lunch Program

Type o Location

The Jurisdiction Data tab is displayed for the subjects in which state data have been

collected by state.

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Where can I fnd more inormation about the subjects NAEP assesses?

The NAEP website contains a wealth o inormation about the subjects NAEP assesses.

Just click on one o the subject area links to fnd out more. The URL or the site is

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.

How can I get additional help?

For more help with eatures on the NAEP website, click Help in the banner.

For additional help, write to us via Contact Us at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

contactus.asp, or e-mail [email protected].

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VI. Inormation About

National Assessment o Educational Progress

2010 Assessments

Civics, Geography, U.S. History, and Mathematics

PROJECT MISSION. NAEP is administered by the U.S. Department o Education to

report on the achievement o American students in key academic subjects. For more

inormation about the NAEP program, visit the NAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/

nationsreportcardor call 2025027420.

PARTICIPATION. States and districts that receive Title I unds are required to

participate in biennial NAEP reading and mathematics assessments at grades

4 and 8. Student participation is always voluntary. Contact your schools NAEP

coordinator or more inormation.

NAEP CONTENT. The National Assessment Governing Board develops rameworks

detailing what students reasonably might be expected to know and do or each

subject assessed by NAEP. For additional inormation on ramework development,

see the Governing Boards website at http://www.nagb.org.

SAMPLE NAEP QUESTIONS. For each assessment, some o the test questions,

along with perormance data, are made available to the public to provide concrete

samples o NAEP contents and results. For every assessment, NAEP distributes

to participating schools sample questions booklets that provide more detailed

inormation about the assessment design and questions. Released questions

and student perormance data may be viewed on and downloaded rom the NCES

website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls.

SECURE NAEP QUESTIONS. On written request, adults may review NAEP questions

and instruments still in use. These arrangements must be made in advance,

and persons reviewing the assessment may not remove the booklets rom the

room, copy them, or take notes. Contact your schools NAEP coordinator or more

inormation.

NAEP REPORTS.NAEP publications can be searched and downloaded rom theNAEP website at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. For prompt feld sta support on these or other

matters, call the NAEP Help Desk at 8002836237.

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