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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Rocks on Earth and Moon
Discipline
Science
Grades
3, 4, 5
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Professional Commentary
Students are asked to interpret what the evidence that rocks on the moon and on Earth are similar tells us about the formation of the moon. This multiple choice question is a sample test item used in past National Assessments of Educational Progress (see About NAEP). The URL link above takes the user to the NAEP test item, with access to performance data by various subgroups, a scoring guide and student responses, and the content on which the item is based. The NAEP web site allows users to build their own printable database of test items by clicking on Add Question in the upper right hand corner of the screen. NAEP Reference Number: 2005-4S14 No.: 10.

Ohio Science Academic Content Standards (2002)
Earth and Space Sciences
Benchmarks (3–5)
A.
Explain the characteristics, cycles and patterns involving Earth and its place in the Solar System.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 5)
2.
Explain that Earth is one of several planets to orbit the Sun, and that the Moon orbits Earth.
National Science Education Standards
Earth and Space Science
Objects in the sky (Grades Kindergarten - 4)