ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Given the lengths of three sides, students must determine which of five figures could have a total perimeter of 28. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students must formulate a logical conclusion from four statements of criteria. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students must identify which of five statements about a diameter and chord of a circle is true. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students are asked to explain why a pictograph is misleading. This constructed-response question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: This item asks students to convert 150 minutes to hours. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students find a fraction equivalent to a given fraction. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students must identify which of five pictured solid objects has a surface on which no straight line segment can be drawn. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: English Language Arts

Professional Commentary: After reading a short story, students identify the message of the story. This is a sample multiple choice test item used in a past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) assessment (for more information, see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students read a linear scale to determine how much liquid has been drained from a cylindrical container. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....

Discipline: Mathematics

Professional Commentary: Students are asked to determine the combined weight of 50 tomatoes when they are given the average weight of a single tomato. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP)....