Test Item Analysis

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Test Item Analysis
Evangelynn Thurber- Cookeville High School Roy
Turrentine- Cascade High School
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Step II Standards Alignment Connections to
Curriculum Framework Content Clarification Strand
Map
Step I Item Analysis Standardized Test Item Test
Item Type Test Item Structure Embedded Content
and Skills
Step III Instructional Alignment Lesson Plan
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Step I Standardized Test Item
You want to cook an egg in boiling water at the
top of a mountain that is much higher than where
you normally live. What, if anything, would you
change in your normal cooking procedures in order
to cook the egg to the same hardness? Explain
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Step I Test Item Type and Structure

• Constructed Response
• This questions asks students to recognize and
  analyze the inversely proportional relationship
  between atmospheric pressure and boiling point.

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Step I Embedded Concepts Process Skills

• Concepts and Big Ideas
• Chemistry- Kinetic molecular theory
• Algebra- Inverse relationships
• Process (Inquiry or problem solving) Skills
• Students need to understand phase changes
• Students need to be able to recognize inverse
  relationships
• Webbs Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Levels
• Skill/Concept
• Strategic Thinking

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Step II Connections to State Curriculum
Framework

• Chemistry
• CLE 3221.2.3  Apply the kinetic molecular theory
  to describe solids, liquids, and gases.
• Algebra
• CLE 3102.3.6  Understand and use relations and
  functions in various representations to solve
  contextual problems.

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Step II Content Clarification or Topic Study
Content Clarification Builder- Science Content
Clarification Builder- Math
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Step II Atlas of Science Literacy
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Step III Instructional Alignment
See Lesson Altitude, Vapor Pressure, and
Boiling Point
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