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ORC Resource Number #7287
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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Identify the function of a bird beak based on its shape
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Students are asked to examine a drawing of a bird and then select the food the bird would be most likely to eat. 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: 2005-12S13 No.: 7.

OHIO STANDARDS
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Science Academic Content Standards
Life Sciences
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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National Science Education Standards
Life Science
RESOURCE TYPE
Assessment Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 9–10
TOPICS
Science --
Life Science;
Characteristics and Structures of Life;
Living Systems ;
Organisms (animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria);
Characteristics and Structures of Life;
Living Systems ;
Organisms (animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria);
Life Science;
Characteristics and Structures of Life;
Living Systems ;
Organisms (animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria);
Characteristics and Structures of Life;
Living Systems ;
Organisms (animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria);
KEYWORDS
structure;
function;
adaptation;
bird beaks;
multiple choice
Publisher: National Center for Educational Statistics (National Assessment of Educational Progress)