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N o of NESSC States N o of LIS Schools N o of students in LIS Schools % of Secondary School students in LIS Schools Graduation rate increase across all 5 states 2010-12 Conference Attendees 2013 N o of additional students this represents N o of policy objectives N o of Leadership in Action Briefs N o of LIA brief recipients N o of Webinars offered 2012-13 5 5 6 47,316 % 11.9 3.67 3 11 485 5,586 Average number of participating sites 22 22 13 6 ,7 1 0 6 ,7 1 0 = 100 = 1,000

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No of NESSC States

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Conference Attendees 2013No of additional students this representsNo of policy objectives

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NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM 482 Congress Street, Suite 500 | Portland, Maine 04101 | 207.773.0505 | newenglandssc.org

THE NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM is a pioneering partnership committed to fostering forward-thinking innovations in the design and delivery of secondary education across the New England region. The five partner states of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont believe that our bold vision, shared goals, and innovative strategies will empower us to close persistent achievement gaps, promote greater educational equity and opportunity for all students, and lead our educators into a new era of secondary schooling.

1. Increasing five-year graduation rates across each of our five states. 2. Decreasing annual dropout rates. 3. Increasing the percentage of students enrolling in two- and four-year college degree programs or

pursuing accredited, industry-certified postsecondary certificates. 4. Increase the percentage of students who graduate from high school college-ready.

Our five states are committed to pursuing three long-term objectives:

1. Diplomas that certify readiness for life: High school graduation decisions that are based on students demonstrating proficiency on learning standards.

2. Student-centered learning opportunities: Personalized and flexible proficiency-based learning pathways for all students.

3. Measuring what matters most: Learner-centered accountability systems that utilize multiple measures of student achievement.

The Consortium brings together state leaders and educators together to pursue three overarching strategies:

Policy: Advance a state-led policy agenda focused on three critical, high-leverage areas of schooling in the 21st century: graduation decisions, learning pathways, and accountability systems. Practice: Connect and support practicing educators across states through networking activities, best-practice exchange, and our League of Innovative Schools. Public Will: Build public understanding of and support for more innovative approaches to educating today’s students.

Strong schools are the best job-creation program we have. Imagination, expertise, creativity, entrepreneurialism—these are the assets that drive innovation, create new industries, and produce the most sought-after workers. Preparing every student for success will strengthen our economy and empower our communities. Strong schools are the foundation of our society. Democracy, opportunity, prosperity, equality—the values that have defined America—depend on an informed, engaged, well-educated citizenry. To prepare the next generation of citizens and leaders, we need great schools for every student. Strong schools create strong communities. Schools are the cornerstones of our communities. We celebrate our students, cheer on our local teams, and welcome graduates into our workplaces, institutions, and families. To keep our communities vibrant, prosperous, and thriving, we need great schools.

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2012-2013 Maine Revised Statutes Title 20-A: EDUCATION

Part 3: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION Chapter 207-A: INSTRUCTION - Subchapter 3: SECONDARY SCHOOLS

§4722-A. Proficiency-based diploma standards

Beginning January 1, 2017, a diploma indicating graduation from a secondary school must be based on student demonstration of proficiency as described in this section. The commissioner may permit a school administrative unit to award diplomas under this section prior to January 1, 2017 if the commissioner finds that the unit's plan for awarding diplomas meets the criteria for proficiency-based graduation under this section. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

1. Requirements for award of diploma. In order to receive a diploma indicating graduation from secondary school, a student must:

A. Demonstrate that the student engaged in educational experiences relating to English language arts, mathematics and science and technology in each year of the student's secondary schooling; [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

B. Demonstrate proficiency in meeting state standards in all content areas of the system of learning results established under section 6209; [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

C. Demonstrate proficiency in each of the guiding principles set forth in department rules governing implementation of the system of learning results established pursuant to section 6209; and [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

D. Meet any other requirements specified by the governing body of the school administrative unit attended by the student. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

[ 2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW) .]

2. Method of gaining and demonstrating proficiency. Students must be allowed to gain proficiency through multiple pathways, as described in section 4703, and must be allowed to demonstrate proficiency by presenting multiple types of evidence, including but not limited to teacher-designed or student-designed assessments, portfolios, performance, exhibitions and projects.

[ 2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW) .]

3. Exceptions. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a student may be awarded a diploma indicating graduation from a secondary school in the following circumstances.

A. A child with a disability, as defined in section 7001, subsection 1-B, who achieves proficiency as required in subsection 1, as specified by the goals and objectives of the child's individualized education plan, may be awarded a high school diploma. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

B. A student who has satisfactorily completed the freshman year in an accredited degree-granting institution of higher education may be eligible to receive a high school diploma from the school the student last attended. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

C. A student who experiences education disruption, as described in section 5001-A, subsection 4,

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paragraph F, who successfully demonstrates proficiency as required in subsection 1 as set forth in the student's school work recognition plan as defined in section 5161 must, with the approval of the commissioner, be awarded a Department of Education diploma as defined in section 5161. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

D. A school administrative unit may award a high school diploma to a student who has met the standards set forth in a waiver request that was approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 4502, subsection 8. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

E. A person may be awarded a high school diploma, including a posthumous award, if the person or a family member of the person applies to a secondary school and:

(1) The person:

(a) Attended a secondary school in the geographic area now served by the secondary school from which a diploma is requested; or

(b) Resides at the time of application for a diploma in the geographic area served by the secondary school from which a diploma is requested;

(2) The person did not graduate or receive a diploma from a secondary school because the person left secondary school to serve in the Armed Forces and served during the following periods:

(a) World War II, from December 7, 1941 to August 16, 1945;

(b) The Korean Conflict; or

(c) The Vietnam War era, from February 28, 1961 to May 7, 1975; and

(3) The person received an honorable discharge or a certificate of honorable service from the Armed Forces.

For the purposes of this paragraph, "Armed Forces" means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and the Merchant Marines. [2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).]

[ 2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW) .]

4. Grants; contingent extension of full implementation. During the period of transition to proficiency-based graduation in accordance with this section, the department, if funds are available, shall make annual transition grants to each school administrative unit equal to 1/10 of 1% of the school administrative unit's total cost of education calculated under section 15688, subsection 1 to be used in the manner determined by the school administrative unit to fund the costs of the transition not otherwise subsidized by the State. The date for implementation of the awarding of diplomas based on student demonstration of proficiency as described in this section is extended one year for each year for which transition grants are not made available to a school administrative unit or for which levels of general purpose aid for local schools fall below school year 2012-2013 levels.

[ 2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 669, §7 (NEW).

Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/20-A/title20-Asec4722-A.html [retrieved 11/6/202]

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Revised  June  20,  2013  

PASSAMAQUODDY REGIONAL SCHOOL UNIT NO. 9 Meddybemps High School

File: IKF

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Overview The long-standing practice in American high schools has been the awarding of a high school diploma based on the accumulation of credits awarded for courses passed. This practice of awarding credits has not ensured competency based on demonstrated performance. Thus, many students have received a high school diploma, but are not prepared adequately to be successful in their postsecondary pursuits. To address this problem, the Passamaquoddy School District has adopted a standards-based system of learning. Beginning with students who enter Meddybemps High School as members of the Class of 2018, every graduate, in order to be successful in the workplace and in postsecondary learning experiences – to be college and career ready -- will need to demonstrate what they know, what they can do, and how well they can do it. This Meddybemps High School standards and proficiency-based diploma provides evidence that our graduates have acquired the knowledge and skills – the competency -- to move on to postsecondary experiences. Further, the proficiency-based diploma system guides the implementation of interventions, supports, and flexible learning pathways for students. Communicating Graduation Requirements Prior to entering high school, students and their parents need to know the standards for attaining a high school diploma in order to plan an appropriate, sequential, educational program to meet that goal. The Superintendent, through the high school principal or other designee, shall be responsible for making accurate information concerning diploma requirements available to incoming students and their parents in the spring prior to the start of their ninth grade school year. An overview of graduation requirements will be disseminated to all incoming ninth grade students at the time of course selection. This policy will also be referenced in each edition of the high school student handbook and on the school district website. The Board has approved the following schedule of minimum requirements for graduation, which includes minimum requirements specified by the State of Maine. The Board is aware that current law and regulations are subject to change. The Board expects the Superintendent/designee to inform students and parents as soon as practical of any additional standards established by the State that must be met before students may be awarded a high school diploma. Academic Requirements for Graduation from Meddybemps High School For the Meddybemps High School Classes of 2013 – 2017 the following graduation requirements remain in effect. (NOTE: list present requirements here as a transition to 2018 – to be phased out, beginning with present 7th graders, the Class of 2018) A. Commencing with the Class of 2018, every Meddybemps High School student will demonstrate proficiency in meeting standards in the following content areas of the Maine Learning Results. Meeting the standards entails demonstrating proficiency on each standard prior to graduation. English Language Arts Mathematics Science and Technology Social Studies Health Education and Physical Education Visual and Performing Arts World Languages Career and Education Development (embedded in the other content areas)

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Revised  June  20,  2013  

To satisfy graduation requirements all students must be engaged in educational learning experiences in the content areas of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Technology in each year of their secondary school program. B. All graduating students must meet the cross content performance standards set forth by the Maine Learning Results’ “Guiding Principles.” All students will graduate from Meddybemps High School as a: Clear and effective communicator Self-directed and life-long learner Creative and practical problem solver Responsible and involved citizen Integrative and informed thinker. C. Every student will complete a capstone research project, through which students will demonstrate their knowledge and skills in conducting in-depth research, as well as proficiency in the presentation of their research through the application of technology. D. Every student will complete an application to a post-secondary educational institution, training program, or other experience to provide an opportunity for continued growth. E. Most students will satisfy graduation requirements during a four-year experience; however, students may fulfill the requirements for a diploma in a time period that is accelerated or lengthened, based on their individual needs. These students are expected to develop a Personal Learning Plan with assistance from counselors, teachers and/or administrators. Additional Considerations Applicable to the Awarding of a Diploma In order to pursue a multiple pathway to graduation a student must have a Personal Learning Plan detailing how the student will demonstrate competency when a pathway is in lieu of core academic experiences. Each option must provide a quality learning experience that is rigorous. Multiple pathway experiences will be determined, assessed, and documented through the school. Pathway options include the following: Early College / Dual Enrollment Courses Career and Technical Education Programming Online / Virtual Learning Alternative / At-Risk Programming Apprenticeships / Internships & Additional Field Work and/or Exchange Experiences Adult Education Transfer Students For students who transfer to Meddybemps High School from another state, country, home schooling program, or from an educational program that is not required to be aligned with the content standards of the Maine Learning Results, the Principal shall determine the value of the student’s prior educational experience towards meeting graduation requirements for a high school diploma. These students will need to satisfy all credit requirements, assessment requirements, and proficiency requirements in the appropriate content subject areas. The Superintendent will ultimately determine whether these students are certified to receive a diploma. Home-schooled Students For home-schooled students wishing to receive a diploma from Meddybemps High School, the Principal shall determine the value of the student’s prior educational experience toward meeting graduation credit requirements. A home-schooled student must have attended Meddybemps High School for a minimum of two (2) semesters in order to receive a Meddybemps High School diploma. Students Receiving Special Education Services Students who successfully meet the graduation requirements, as specified in the goals and objectives of their Individualized Education Plans (IEP), will be awarded diplomas. Delayed Awarding of Diplomas

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Revised  June  20,  2013  

A student who leaves high school to attend an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education may upon satisfactory completion of the freshman year be awarded a high school diploma, provided that the student has notified the Principal at the time of the early admission. Extended Study Students are eligible for extended years of study to complete the requirements of a diploma if they have not reached the age of 20 at the start of the school year. Students eligible for extended years of study may be referred to adult education or other resources. Participation in Graduation Ceremony A student must complete all Board requirements for a high school diploma to participate in graduation exercises.

Legal Reference: 20-A M.R.S.A. § 4722-A (as revised) Proficiency-based Diploma Standards Ch. 127 § 7 (Me. Dept. of Ed. Rule) (as revised) Cross Reference: IHCDA – Post-Secondary Enrollment Options IK – Assessment of Student Performances IKFA – Early Graduation

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n Ta

sks

UN

IQUE

Dem

onst

ratio

n Ta

sks

UN

IQUE

Scor

ing

Gui

des

Opt

ion

2

Opt

ion

3

Opt

ion

4

LESS

Stud

ent C

hoic

ein

Lea

rnin

g

Valid

&Re

liabl

eRe

sults

Valid

&Re

liabl

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sults

th

at a

re a

lso

CO

MPA

RABL

Eac

ross

CO

URS

ES,

SCH

OO

LS,

DIS

TRIC

TS, o

r ST

ATE

S

CO

MM

ON

Sc

orin

g G

uide

s

CO

MM

ON

Sc

orin

g G

uide

s

UN

IQUE

Lear

ning

Ex

perie

nces

UN

IQUE

Lear

ning

Ex

perie

nces

The

grap

hic

belo

w r

epre

sent

s fo

ur g

ener

al a

sses

smen

t op

tions

for

lear

ning

pat

hway

s in

a p

rofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

educ

atio

n sy

stem

, as

wel

l as

the

pote

ntia

l co

mpr

omise

s an

d ou

tcom

es tha

t re

sult

from

eac

h op

tion.

Whe

n le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es, d

emon

stra

tion

task

s, an

d sc

orin

g gu

ides

are

com

mon

, stu

dent

s w

ill

inev

itabl

y be

giv

en le

ss c

hoic

e in

the

ir le

arni

ng; w

hen

all t

hree

are

uni

que,

mor

e stud

ent ch

oice

is p

ossib

le, b

ut r

esul

ts a

re n

o lo

nger

com

para

ble

and

it is

hard

er to

mai

ntai

n co

nsist

ent le

arni

ng e

xpec

tatio

ns a

nd a

sses

smen

t pr

actic

es a

cros

s co

urse

s, co

nten

t ar

eas,

and

grad

e le

vels.

Com

mon

sco

ring

guid

es

esta

blish

the

exp

ecta

tions

for

lear

ning

—th

e de

finiti

on o

f pr

ofici

ency

and

the

crit

eria

aga

inst w

hich

pro

ficie

ncy

is m

easu

red—

and

wel

l des

igne

d co

mm

on

scor

ing

guid

es c

an p

rom

ote

grea

ter

valid

ity, r

elia

bilit

y, a

nd c

ompa

rabi

lity

of le

arni

ng o

utco

mes

whe

n stud

ents a

re p

ursu

ing

pers

onal

ized

lear

ning

pat

hway

s. It

is im

portan

t to

not

e th

at v

alid

and

rel

iabl

e re

sults

are

onl

y a

pote

ntia

l out

com

e of

eac

h op

tion—

such

res

ults a

re n

ot a

ssur

ed, a

lthou

gh c

omm

on s

corin

g gu

ides

can

sig

nific

antly

incr

ease

the

like

lihoo

d th

at g

radi

ng a

nd r

epor

ting

will b

e bo

th v

alid

and

rel

iabl

e.

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Engl

ish

Lang

uage

Art

sS

ampl

e G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ards

and

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

A.

Dem

onst

rate

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

orga

niza

tion

and

basi

c fe

atur

es o

f prin

t. (R

F.1)

B.

Dem

onst

rate

an

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

spo

ken

wor

ds,

sylla

bles

and

sou

nds

(pho

nem

es).

(RF.

2)

C.

Kno

w a

nd a

pply

gra

de le

vel p

honi

cs a

nd w

ord-

anal

ysis

ski

lls in

dec

odin

g w

ords

. (R

F.3)

D.

Rea

d w

ith s

uffic

ient

acc

urac

y an

d flu

ency

to

supp

ort c

ompr

ehen

sion

. (R

F.4)

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

: Rea

ding

Fou

ndat

ions

REA

DIN

G F

OU

ND

ATIO

NS

Und

erst

and

conc

epts

of p

rint a

nd b

asic

con

vent

ions

of E

nglis

h (c

cR

F). P

rofic

ienc

y in

this

are

a sh

ould

be

dem

onst

rate

d by

the

end

of g

rade

5, a

t whi

ch p

oint

st

uden

ts s

houl

d ap

ply

thes

e sk

ills

into

thei

r dai

ly re

adin

g ro

utin

e.

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

App

lied

in re

adin

g co

mpr

ehen

sion

and

in

terp

reta

tion

perfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

.A

pplie

d in

read

ing

com

preh

ensi

on a

nd

inte

rpre

tatio

n pe

rform

ance

indi

cato

rs.

© 2

013

This

wor

k is

lice

nsed

und

er a

cre

ativ

e c

omm

ons

Attr

ibut

ion-

Non

com

mer

cial

-Sha

reA

like

3.0

Unp

orte

d Li

cens

e.

Mai

ne D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

and

Gre

at S

choo

ls P

artn

ersh

ip.

A.

Det

erm

ine

the

them

e of

a s

tory

, dra

ma

or p

oem

fro

m d

etai

ls in

the

text

; sum

mar

ize

the

text

. (R

L.2)

B.

Det

erm

ine

two

or m

ore

mai

n id

eas

of a

text

and

ex

plai

n ho

w th

ey a

re s

uppo

rted

by k

ey d

etai

ls;

sum

mar

ize

the

text

. (R

I.2)

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 1

REA

DIN

G C

OM

PREH

ENSI

ON

Rea

d an

d co

mpr

ehen

d ap

prop

riate

ly c

ompl

ex li

tera

ry a

nd in

form

atio

nal t

exts

inde

pend

ently

and

pro

ficie

ntly.

(cc

RA

10)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

A.

Det

erm

ine

the

them

e or

cen

tral i

deas

of t

he

text

, ana

lyze

its

deve

lopm

ent i

nclu

ding

its

rela

tions

hip

to c

hara

cter

, set

ting,

and

plo

t, an

d pr

ovid

e an

obj

ectiv

e su

mm

ary.

(RL.

2)

B.

Det

erm

ine

a ce

ntra

l ide

a of

the

text

, ana

lyze

its

dev

elop

men

t inc

ludi

ng it

s re

latio

nshi

p to

A.

Det

erm

ine

two

or m

ore

them

es o

r cen

tral i

deas

of

a te

xt a

nd a

naly

ze th

eir d

evel

opm

ent o

ver t

he

cour

se o

f the

text

, inc

ludi

ng h

ow th

ey in

tera

ct

and

build

on

one

anot

her t

o pr

oduc

e a

com

plex

ac

coun

t; pr

ovid

e an

obj

ectiv

e su

mm

ary

of th

e te

xt. (

RL.

2)

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Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 2

REA

DIN

G IN

TER

PRET

ATIO

N:

Inte

rpre

t, an

alyz

e, a

nd e

valu

ate

appr

opria

tely

com

plex

lite

rary

and

info

rmat

iona

l tex

ts. (

cc

RA

7, 1

0)

A.

Quo

te a

ccur

atel

y fro

m a

text

whe

n ex

plai

ning

w

hat t

he te

xt s

ays

expl

icitl

y an

d w

hen

draw

ing

infe

renc

es fr

om th

e te

xt. (

RL+

RI.1

)

B.

com

pare

and

con

trast

the

over

all s

truct

ure

(e.g

., ch

rono

logy

, com

paris

on, c

ause

/effe

ct,

prob

lem

/sol

utio

n) o

f eve

nts,

idea

s, c

once

pts,

or

info

rmat

ion

in tw

o or

mor

e lit

erar

y an

d in

form

atio

nal t

exts

. (R

L+R

I.5)

C.

Ana

lyze

mul

tiple

acc

ount

s of

the

sam

e ev

ent

or to

pic,

not

ing

impo

rtant

sim

ilarit

ies

and

diffe

renc

es in

the

poin

t of v

iew

they

repr

esen

t. (R

L+R

I.6)

D.

Ana

lyze

how

vis

ual a

nd m

ultim

edia

ele

men

ts

cont

ribut

e to

the

mea

ning

, ton

e, o

r bea

uty

of a

te

xt. (

RL.

7)

E.

Dra

w o

n in

form

atio

n fro

m m

ultip

le p

rint o

r di

gita

l sou

rces

, dem

onst

ratin

g th

e ab

ility

to

loca

te a

n an

swer

to a

que

stio

n qu

ickl

y or

to

A.

cite

text

ual e

vide

nce

that

mos

t stro

ngly

su

ppor

ts a

n an

alys

is o

f wha

t the

text

say

s ex

plic

itly,

as

wel

l as

infe

renc

es d

raw

n fro

m th

e te

xt. (

RL+

RI.1

)

B.

com

pare

and

con

trast

the

stru

ctur

e of

two

or m

ore

liter

ary

and

info

rmat

iona

l tex

ts a

nd

anal

yze

how

the

diffe

ring

stru

ctur

e of

eac

h te

xt

cont

ribut

es to

its

mea

ning

and

sty

le. (

RL+

RI.5

)

C.

Det

erm

ine

an a

utho

r’s p

oint

of v

iew

, pur

pose

, or

rhet

oric

al s

trate

gies

in a

text

, ana

lyzi

ng h

ow

confl

ictin

g ev

iden

ce a

nd p

oint

s of

vie

w im

pact

th

e te

xt, o

r how

a c

hara

cter

’s p

oint

of v

iew

cr

eate

s ef

fect

s su

ch a

s su

spen

se o

r hum

or.

(RI+

RL.

6)

D.

Eva

luat

e th

e ad

vant

ages

and

dis

adva

ntag

es

of u

sing

diff

eren

t med

ia to

pre

sent

a to

pic,

id

ea, o

r lite

rary

wor

k. (R

L+R

I.7)

E.

Del

inea

te a

nd e

valu

ate

the

argu

men

t and

A.

cite

stro

ng a

nd th

orou

gh te

xtua

l evi

denc

e to

su

ppor

t an

anal

ysis

of t

he te

xt, i

nclu

ding

any

ap

plic

able

prim

ary

or s

econ

dary

sou

rces

, and

de

term

ine

both

exp

licit

and

impl

icit

mea

ning

s,

such

as

infe

renc

es th

at c

an b

e dr

awn

from

th

e te

xt a

nd w

here

the

text

leav

es m

atte

rs

unce

rtain

. (R

L+R

I.1)

B.

Ana

lyze

how

an

auth

or c

hose

to s

truct

ure

a te

xt a

nd h

ow th

at s

truct

ure

cont

ribut

es to

the

text

’s m

eani

ng a

nd it

s ae

sthe

tic a

nd rh

etor

ical

im

pact

. (R

L+R

I.5)

C.

Det

erm

ine

an a

utho

r’s p

oint

of v

iew

, pur

pose

, or

rhet

oric

al s

trate

gies

in a

text

, ana

lyzi

ng

how

sty

le a

nd c

onte

nt c

ontri

bute

to th

e po

wer

, per

suas

iven

ess,

or b

eaut

y of

the

text

. (R

L+R

I.6)

D.

Eva

luat

e co

nten

t and

mul

tiple

sou

rces

of

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d in

div

erse

med

ia a

nd

form

ats

to in

terp

ret l

itera

ture

, add

ress

a

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

C.

Exp

lain

the

rela

tions

hips

or i

nter

actio

ns

betw

een

two

or m

ore

indi

vidu

als,

eve

nts,

id

eas,

or c

once

pts

in a

lite

rary

or i

nfor

mat

iona

l te

xt b

ased

on

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

in th

e te

xt.

(RL+

RI.3

)

D.

Det

erm

ine

the

mea

ning

of a

cade

mic

and

do

mai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

and

phr

ases

as

they

are

use

d in

a te

xt, i

nclu

ding

figu

rativ

e la

ngua

ge. (

RL+

RI.4

; L.4

,5,6

)

supp

ortin

g id

eas,

and

pro

vide

an

obje

ctiv

e su

mm

ary.

(RI.2

)

C.

Ana

lyze

how

any

gen

re o

f tex

t mak

es

conn

ectio

ns a

mon

g an

d di

stin

ctio

ns b

etw

een

indi

vidu

als,

idea

s, o

r eve

nts.

(RL+

RI.3

)

D.

Det

erm

ine

the

mea

ning

of w

ords

and

phr

ases

as

they

are

use

d in

the

text

, inc

ludi

ng fi

gura

tive,

co

nnot

ativ

e, a

nd te

chni

cal m

eani

ngs;

ana

lyze

th

e im

pact

of s

peci

fic w

ord

choi

ces

on m

eani

ng

and

tone

. (R

L+R

I.4; L

.4,5

,6)

B.

Det

erm

ine

the

cent

ral i

deas

of a

text

, ana

lyze

th

eir d

evel

opm

ent,

and

prov

ide

an o

bjec

tive

sum

mar

y. (R

I.2)

C.

Ana

lyze

a c

ompl

ex s

et o

f ide

as o

r seq

uenc

e of

eve

nts

and

expl

ain

how

spe

cific

indi

vidu

als,

id

eas,

or e

vent

s in

tera

ct a

nd d

evel

op o

ver t

he

cour

se o

f the

text

. (R

L+R

I.3)

D.

Det

erm

ine

the

mea

ning

of w

ords

and

phr

ases

as

they

are

use

d in

the

text

, inc

ludi

ng

figur

ativ

e, c

onno

tativ

e, a

nd te

chni

cal

mea

ning

s; a

naly

ze th

e im

pact

of s

peci

fic

wor

d ch

oice

s on

mea

ning

and

tone

. (R

L+R

I.4;

L.4,

5,6)

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solv

e a

prob

lem

effi

cien

tly. (

RI.7

)

F.

Exp

lain

how

an

auth

or u

ses

reas

ons

and

evid

ence

to s

uppo

rt pa

rticu

lar p

oint

s in

a

text

, ide

ntify

ing

whi

ch re

ason

s an

d ev

iden

ce

supp

ort w

hich

poi

nt(s

). (R

I.8)

G.

Inte

grat

e an

d co

mpa

re in

form

atio

n fro

m

seve

ral t

exts

on

the

sam

e to

pic,

or i

n th

e sa

me

genr

e, in

ord

er to

writ

e or

spe

ak a

bout

the

subj

ect k

now

ledg

eabl

y. (R

L+R

I.9)

spec

ific

clai

ms

in a

text

, ass

essi

ng w

heth

er

the

reas

onin

g is

sou

nd a

nd th

e ev

iden

ce is

re

leva

nt a

nd s

uffic

ient

; rec

ogni

ze ir

rele

vant

. (R

I.8)

F.

Ana

lyze

how

mul

tiple

text

s de

mon

stra

te

fact

ual o

r int

erpr

etiv

e ag

reem

ent,

confl

ict,

or

diffe

rent

info

rmat

ion

on th

e sa

me

topi

c, a

nd

draw

on

them

es, p

atte

rns

or c

hara

cter

type

s fro

m a

var

iety

of l

itera

ry a

nd in

form

atio

nal

text

s. (R

L+R

I.9)

ques

tion

or s

olve

a p

robl

em. (

RL+

RI.7

)

E.

Del

inea

te a

nd e

valu

ate

the

argu

men

t and

sp

ecifi

c cl

aim

s in

a te

xt, i

nclu

ding

sem

inal

U.S

. te

xts,

ass

essi

ng w

heth

er th

e re

ason

ing

is v

alid

an

d th

e ev

iden

ce is

rele

vant

and

suf

ficie

nt;

iden

tify

fals

e st

atem

ents

and

falla

ciou

s re

ason

ing.

(RI.8

)

F.

Inte

grat

e in

form

atio

n fro

m d

iver

se s

ourc

es,

incl

udin

g fo

unda

tiona

l U.S

. doc

umen

ts, i

nto

a co

here

nt u

nder

stan

ding

of a

n id

ea o

r eve

nt,

notin

g di

scre

panc

ies

and

agre

emen

t am

ong

sour

ces.

(RL+

RI.9

)

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 3

WR

ITIN

G A

RG

UM

ENTS

Writ

e cl

ear a

nd c

oher

ent a

rgum

ents

for a

rang

e of

task

s, p

urpo

ses,

and

aud

ienc

es. (

cc

WA

1, 4

,10)

Writ

e op

inio

n pi

eces

on

topi

cs o

r tex

ts, s

uppo

rting

a

poin

t of v

iew

with

reas

ons

and

info

rmat

ion

that

: (W

.1)

A.

Intro

duce

a to

pic

or te

xt c

lear

ly, s

tate

an

opin

ion,

and

cre

ate

an o

rgan

izat

iona

l stru

ctur

e in

whi

ch id

eas

are

logi

cally

gro

uped

to s

uppo

rt th

e w

riter

’s p

urpo

se. (

W.1

a)

B.

Pro

vide

logi

cally

ord

ered

reas

ons

that

are

su

ppor

ted

by fa

cts

and

deta

ils. (

W.1

b)

C.

Link

opi

nion

and

reas

ons

usin

g w

ords

, ph

rase

s, a

nd c

laus

es. (

W.1

c)

D.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

udin

g st

atem

ent o

r sec

tion

rela

ted

to th

e op

inio

n pr

esen

ted.

(W.1

d)

Writ

e ar

gum

ents

to s

uppo

rt cl

aim

s w

ith c

lear

rea-

sons

and

rele

vant

evi

denc

e th

at: (

W.1

)

A.

Intro

duce

cla

im(s

), ac

know

ledg

e an

d di

stin

-gu

ish

the

clai

m(s

) fro

m a

ltern

ate

or o

ppos

ing

clai

ms,

and

org

aniz

e th

e re

ason

s an

d ev

i-de

nce

logi

cally

. (W

.1a)

B.

Sup

port

clai

m(s

) with

logi

cal r

easo

ning

and

re

leva

nt e

vide

nce.

(W.1

b)

C.

Use

wor

ds, p

hras

es, a

nd c

laus

es to

cre

ate

cohe

sion

and

cla

rify

the

rela

tions

hips

am

ong

clai

m(s

), co

unte

rcla

ims,

reas

ons,

and

evi

-de

nce.

(W.1

c)

D.

Est

ablis

h an

d m

aint

ain

a fo

rmal

sty

le. (

W.1

d)

E.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

udin

g st

atem

ent o

r sec

tion

that

follo

ws

from

and

sup

ports

the

argu

men

t pr

esen

ted.

(W.1

e)

Writ

e ar

gum

ents

to s

uppo

rt cl

aim

s in

an

anal

ysis

of

subs

tant

ive

topi

cs o

r tex

ts, u

sing

val

id re

ason

ing

and

rele

vant

and

suf

ficie

nt e

vide

nce

that

: (W

.1)

A.

Intro

duce

pre

cise

, kno

wle

dgea

ble

clai

m(s

), es

tabl

ish

the

sign

ifica

nce

of th

e cl

aim

(s),

and

dist

ingu

ish

the

clai

m(s

) fro

m a

ltern

ate

or o

ppos

ing

clai

ms.

(W.1

a)

B.

Dev

elop

cla

im(s

) and

cou

nter

clai

ms

fairl

y an

d th

orou

ghly.

(W.1

b)

C.

Use

wor

ds, p

hras

es, a

nd c

laus

es a

s w

ell a

s va

ried

synt

ax to

link

the

maj

or s

ectio

ns o

f the

text

, cre

ate

cohe

sion

, and

cla

rify

the

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n cl

aim

(s) a

nd re

ason

s, b

etw

een

reas

ons

and

evid

ence

, and

bet

wee

n cl

aim

(s) a

nd c

ount

ercl

aim

s.

(W.1

c)

D.

Est

ablis

h an

d m

aint

ain

a fo

rmal

sty

le a

nd o

bjec

tive

tone

. (W

.1d;

W.2

e)

E.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

udin

g st

atem

ent o

r sec

tion

that

fo

llow

s fro

m a

nd s

uppo

rts th

e ar

gum

ent p

rese

nted

. (W

.1e)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 4

WR

ITIN

G IN

FOR

MAT

IVE

AN

D N

AR

RAT

IVE

TEXT

SP

rodu

ce c

lear

and

coh

eren

t inf

orm

ativ

e an

d na

rrat

ive

writ

ing

for a

rang

e of

task

s, p

urpo

ses,

and

aud

ienc

es. (

cc

WA

2, 3

, 4, 1

0)

Writ

e in

form

ativ

e/ex

plan

ator

y te

xts

to e

xam

ine

a to

pic

and

conv

ey id

eas

and

info

rmat

ion

that

: (W

.2;

L.3)

A.

Intro

duce

a to

pic

clea

rly, p

rovi

de a

gen

eral

ob

serv

atio

n an

d fo

cus,

and

gro

up re

late

d in

form

atio

n lo

gica

lly. (

W.2

a)

B.

Dev

elop

the

topi

c w

ith fa

cts,

defi

nitio

ns, c

oncr

ete

deta

ils, q

uota

tions

, or o

ther

info

rmat

ion

and

exam

ples

rela

ted

to th

e to

pic.

(W.2

b)

Writ

e na

rrat

ives

to d

evel

op re

al o

r im

agin

ed

expe

rienc

es o

r eve

nts

that

: (W

.3)

C.

Orie

nt th

e re

ader

by

esta

blis

hing

a s

ituat

ion

and

intro

duci

ng a

nar

rato

r and

/or c

hara

cter

s;

orga

nize

an

even

t seq

uenc

e th

at u

nfol

ds

natu

rally

. (W

.3a)

D.

Use

nar

rativ

e te

chni

ques

, suc

h as

dia

logu

e,

desc

riptio

n, a

nd p

acin

g, to

dev

elop

exp

erie

nces

an

d ev

ents

or s

how

the

resp

onse

s of

cha

ract

ers

to s

ituat

ions

. (W

.3b)

For b

oth

info

rmat

ive

and

narr

ativ

e pi

eces

of w

ritin

g:

E.

Use

a v

arie

ty o

f tra

nsiti

onal

wor

ds, p

hras

es, a

nd

clau

ses

to m

anag

e th

e se

quen

ce o

f eve

nts

and

link

idea

s. (W

.2c;

W.3

c)

F.

Use

pre

cise

lang

uage

, dom

ain-

spec

ific

voca

bula

ry, a

nd s

enso

ry d

etai

ls to

exp

lain

a

topi

c or

con

vey

expe

rienc

es. (

W.2

d; W

.3d)

G.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

usio

n th

at fo

llow

s fro

m

the

narr

ated

exp

erie

nces

or e

vent

s or

the

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d. (W

.2f;

W.3

e)

Writ

e in

form

ativ

e/ex

plan

ator

y te

xts

to e

xam

ine

and

conv

ey id

eas,

con

cept

s, a

nd in

form

atio

n th

at: (

W.2

; L.

3)

A.

Intro

duce

a to

pic

clea

rly, p

revi

ewin

g w

hat

is to

follo

w; o

rgan

ize

idea

s, c

once

pts,

and

in

form

atio

n in

to b

road

er c

ateg

orie

s. (W

.2a)

B.

Dev

elop

the

topi

c w

ith re

leva

nt, w

ell-c

hose

n fa

cts,

defi

nitio

ns, c

oncr

ete

deta

ils, q

uota

tions

, or

othe

r inf

orm

atio

n an

d ex

ampl

es. (

W.2

b)

Writ

e na

rrat

ives

to d

evel

op re

al o

r im

agin

ed

expe

rienc

es o

r eve

nts

that

: (W

.3)

C.

Eng

age

and

orie

nt th

e re

ader

by

esta

blis

hing

a

cont

ext a

nd p

oint

of v

iew

and

intro

duci

ng a

na

rrat

or a

nd/o

r cha

ract

ers;

org

aniz

e an

eve

nt

sequ

ence

that

unf

olds

nat

ural

ly a

nd lo

gica

lly.

(W.3

a)

D.

Use

nar

rativ

e te

chni

ques

, suc

h as

dia

logu

e,

paci

ng, d

escr

iptio

n, a

nd re

flect

ion,

to d

evel

op

expe

rienc

es, e

vent

s, a

nd/o

r cha

ract

ers.

(W.3

b)

For b

oth

info

rmat

ive

and

narr

ativ

e pi

eces

of w

ritin

g:

E.

Use

app

ropr

iate

and

var

ied

trans

ition

s to

cre

ate

cohe

sion

and

cla

rify

the

rela

tions

hips

am

ong,

id

eas,

con

cept

s, e

vent

s an

d/or

exp

erie

nces

. (W

2.c;

W.3

c)

F.

Use

pre

cise

lang

uage

, dom

ain-

spec

ific

voca

bula

ry, a

nd d

escr

iptiv

e de

tails

exp

lain

a

topi

c or

con

vey

expe

rienc

es. (

W.2

d; W

.3d)

G.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

usio

n th

at fo

llow

s fro

m

the

narr

ated

exp

erie

nces

or e

vent

s or

the

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d. (W

.2f;

W.3

e)

Writ

e in

form

ativ

e/ex

plan

ator

y te

xts

to e

xam

ine

and

conv

ey c

ompl

ex id

eas,

con

cept

s, a

nd in

form

atio

n th

at:

(W.2

; L.3

)

A.

Intro

duce

a to

pic;

org

aniz

e co

mpl

ex id

eas,

co

ncep

ts, a

nd in

form

atio

n so

that

eac

h ne

w e

lem

ent

build

s on

that

whi

ch p

rece

des

it to

cre

ate

a un

ified

w

hole

. (W

.2a)

B.

Dev

elop

the

topi

c th

orou

ghly

by

sele

ctin

g th

e m

ost

sign

ifica

nt a

nd re

leva

nt fa

cts,

ext

ende

d de

finiti

ons,

co

ncre

te d

etai

ls, q

uota

tions

, or o

ther

info

rmat

ion

and

exam

ples

app

ropr

iate

to th

e au

dien

ce’s

kn

owle

dge

of th

e to

pic.

(W.2

b)

Writ

e na

rrat

ives

to d

evel

op re

al o

r im

agin

ed e

xper

i-en

ces

or e

vent

s th

at: (

W.3

)

C.

Eng

age

and

orie

nt th

e re

ader

by

setti

ng o

ut

a pr

oble

m, s

ituat

ion,

or o

bser

vatio

n an

d its

si

gnifi

canc

e, e

stab

lishi

ng o

ne o

r mul

tiple

poi

nt(s

) of

view

, and

intro

duci

ng a

nar

rato

r and

/or c

hara

cter

s;

crea

te a

sm

ooth

pro

gres

sion

of e

xper

ienc

es o

r ev

ents

. (W

.3a)

D.

Use

nar

rativ

e te

chni

ques

, suc

h as

dia

logu

e, p

acin

g,

desc

riptio

n, re

flect

ion,

and

mul

tiple

plo

t lin

es, t

o de

velo

p ex

perie

nces

, eve

nts,

and

/or c

hara

cter

s.

(W.3

b)

For b

oth

info

rmat

ive

and

narr

ativ

e pi

eces

of w

ritin

g:

E.

Use

app

ropr

iate

and

var

ied

tech

niqu

es, t

rans

ition

s an

d sy

ntax

to li

nk th

e m

ajor

sec

tions

of t

he te

xt,

crea

te c

ohes

ion,

cla

rify

the

rela

tions

hips

am

ong

com

plex

idea

s an

d co

ncep

ts, a

nd b

uild

tow

ard

a pa

rticu

lar o

utco

me.

(W.2

c; W

.3c)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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F.

Use

pre

cise

lang

uage

, dom

ain-

spec

ific

voca

bula

ry,

telli

ng d

etai

ls a

nd te

chni

ques

to e

xpla

in c

ompl

ex

topi

cs a

nd c

onve

y vi

vid

expe

rienc

es, e

vent

s, a

nd/o

r ch

arac

ters

. (W

.2d;

W.3

d)

G.

Pro

vide

a c

oncl

usio

n th

at fo

llow

s fro

m, s

uppo

rts, o

r re

flect

s on

info

rmat

ion

that

is p

rese

nted

, or w

hat i

s ex

perie

nced

, obs

erve

d, o

r res

olve

d ov

er th

e co

urse

of

a n

arra

tive.

(W.2

f; W

.3e)

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 5

WR

ITIN

G P

RO

CES

SD

evel

op a

nd s

treng

then

writ

ing.

(cc

WA

5)

A.

With

gui

danc

e an

d su

ppor

t fro

m p

eers

and

ad

ults

, dev

elop

and

stre

ngth

en w

ritin

g as

ne

eded

by

plan

ning

, rev

isin

g, e

ditin

g, re

writ

ing,

or

tryi

ng a

new

app

roac

h. (W

.5)

B.

Dem

onst

rate

a g

rade

-leve

l app

ropr

iate

co

mm

and

of th

e co

nven

tions

of s

tand

ard

Eng

lish

gram

mar

and

usa

ge w

hen

writ

ing.

(L.1

; L.2

)

C.

With

som

e gu

idan

ce a

nd s

uppo

rt fro

m a

dults

, us

e te

chno

logy

to p

rodu

ce a

nd p

ublis

h w

ritin

g as

wel

l as

to in

tera

ct a

nd c

olla

bora

te w

ith o

ther

s;

dem

onst

rate

suf

ficie

nt c

omm

and

of k

eybo

ardi

ng

skill

s to

type

a m

inim

um o

f tw

o pa

ges

in a

sin

gle

sitti

ng. (

W.6

)

D.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

grad

e-ap

prop

riate

ge

nera

l aca

dem

ic a

nd d

omai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

an

d ph

rase

s, in

clud

ing

thos

e th

at s

igna

l co

ntra

st, a

dditi

on, a

nd o

ther

logi

cal r

elat

ions

hips

(e

.g.,

how

ever

, alth

ough

, nev

erth

eles

s, s

imila

rly,

mor

eove

r, in

add

ition

). (L

.6)

A.

With

som

e gu

idan

ce, d

evel

op a

nd s

treng

then

w

ritin

g as

nee

ded

by p

lann

ing,

revi

sing

, edi

ting,

re

writ

ing,

or t

ryin

g a

new

app

roac

h, fo

cusi

ng

on h

ow w

ell p

urpo

se a

nd a

udie

nce

have

bee

n ad

dres

sed.

(W.5

)

B.

Dem

onst

rate

a g

rade

-leve

l app

ropr

iate

co

mm

and

of th

e co

nven

tions

of s

tand

ard

Eng

lish

gram

mar

and

usa

ge w

hen

writ

ing.

(L.1

; L.2

)

C.

Use

tech

nolo

gy to

pro

duce

and

pub

lish

writ

ing,

and

pre

sent

the

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n in

form

atio

n an

d id

eas

effic

ient

ly, a

s w

ell a

s to

in

tera

ct a

nd c

olla

bora

te w

ith o

ther

s. (W

.6)

D.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

grad

e-ap

prop

riate

ge

nera

l aca

dem

ic a

nd d

omai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

an

d ph

rase

s; g

athe

r voc

abul

ary

know

ledg

e w

hen

cons

ider

ing

a w

ord

or p

hras

e im

porta

nt to

co

mpr

ehen

sion

or e

xpre

ssio

n. (L

.6)

A.

Inde

pend

ently

dev

elop

and

stre

ngth

en w

ritin

g as

ne

eded

by

plan

ning

, rev

isin

g, e

ditin

g, re

writ

ing,

or

tryi

ng a

new

app

roac

h, fo

cusi

ng o

n ad

dres

sing

w

hat i

s m

ost s

igni

fican

t for

a s

peci

fic p

urpo

se a

nd

audi

ence

. (W

.5)

B.

Dem

onst

rate

com

man

d of

the

conv

entio

ns o

f st

anda

rd E

nglis

h gr

amm

ar a

nd u

sage

whe

n w

ritin

g (L

.1; L

.2).

C.

Use

tech

nolo

gy to

pro

duce

, pub

lish

and

upda

te

indi

vidu

al o

r sha

red

writ

ing

prod

ucts

in re

spon

se

to o

ngoi

ng fe

edba

ck, i

nclu

ding

new

arg

umen

ts o

r in

form

atio

n. (W

.6)

D.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

a ra

nge

of g

ener

al

acad

emic

and

dom

ain-

spec

ific

wor

ds a

nd p

hras

es

suffi

cien

t for

read

ing,

writ

ing,

spe

akin

g, a

nd

liste

ning

at t

he c

olle

ge a

nd c

aree

r rea

dine

ss le

vel;

dem

onst

rate

inde

pend

ence

in g

athe

ring

voca

bula

ry

know

ledg

e w

hen

enco

unte

ring

an u

nkno

wn

term

im

porta

nt to

com

preh

ensi

on o

r exp

ress

ion.

(L.6

)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 6

WR

ITIN

G R

ESEA

RC

H:

con

duct

sho

rt an

d su

stai

ned

rese

arch

pro

ject

s ba

sed

on fo

cuse

d qu

estio

ns, d

emon

stra

ting

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

the

subj

ect u

nder

inve

stig

atio

n. (c

cW

A 7,

10)

A.

Rec

all r

elev

ant i

nfor

mat

ion

from

exp

erie

nces

or

gath

er re

leva

nt in

form

atio

n fro

m p

rint a

nd d

igita

l so

urce

s. (W

.8)

B.

Sum

mar

ize

or p

arap

hras

e in

form

atio

n in

not

es

and

finis

hed

wor

k, a

nd p

rovi

de a

list

of s

ourc

es.

(W.8

)

C.

Dra

w e

vide

nce

from

lite

rary

or i

nfor

mat

iona

l te

xts

to s

uppo

rt an

alys

is, r

eflec

tion,

and

re

sear

ch, i

nteg

ratin

g in

form

atio

n fro

m s

ever

al

text

s. (W

.9)

A.

col

lect

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

from

mul

tiple

prin

t an

d di

gita

l sou

rces

. (W

.8)

B.

Quo

te a

nd p

arap

hras

e da

ta a

nd c

oncl

usio

ns o

f ot

hers

, whi

le a

void

ing

plag

iaris

m a

nd fo

llow

ing

a st

anda

rd c

itatio

n fo

rmat

. (W

.8)

C.

Dra

w e

vide

nce

from

lite

rary

or i

nfor

mat

iona

l te

xts

to s

uppo

rt an

alys

is, r

eflec

tion,

and

re

sear

ch, a

naly

zing

how

mul

tiple

text

s or

wor

ks

of li

tera

ture

dem

onst

rate

fact

ual o

r int

erpr

etiv

e ag

reem

ent,

confl

ict,

or d

iffer

ent i

nfor

mat

ion

on

the

sam

e to

pic.

(W.9

)

A.

col

lect

rele

vant

info

rmat

ion

from

mul

tiple

prin

t and

di

gita

l sou

rces

. (W

.8)

B.

Inte

grat

e ac

cura

te in

form

atio

n in

to th

e te

xt

sele

ctiv

ely

and

purp

osef

ully

to m

aint

ain

the

flow

of

idea

s, w

hile

follo

win

g a

stan

dard

cita

tion

form

at a

nd

avoi

ding

pla

giar

ism

and

ove

rrel

ianc

e on

any

one

so

urce

. (W

.8)

C.

Dra

w e

vide

nce

from

lite

rary

or i

nfor

mat

iona

l tex

ts

to s

uppo

rt an

alys

is, r

eflec

tion

and

rese

arch

, in

tegr

atin

g in

form

atio

n fro

m d

iver

se s

ourc

es in

to a

co

here

nt u

nder

stan

ding

of a

n id

ea o

r eve

nt, n

otin

g di

scre

panc

ies

and

agre

emen

t am

ong

sour

ces.

(W.9

)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 7

SPEA

KIN

G A

ND

LIS

TEN

ING

DIS

CU

SSIO

N:

Initi

ate

and

parti

cipa

te e

ffect

ivel

y in

a ra

nge

of d

iscu

ssio

ns, r

espo

ndin

g th

ough

tfully

to d

iver

se p

ersp

ectiv

es, a

nd e

xpre

ssin

g id

eas

clea

rly a

nd p

ersu

asiv

ely.

(cc

SLA

1)

A.

Exp

licitl

y dr

aw o

n te

xts

and

othe

r inf

orm

atio

n kn

own

abou

t the

topi

c to

exp

lore

idea

s un

der

disc

ussi

on. (

SL.

1a)

B.

Follo

w a

gree

d-up

on ru

les

for d

iscu

ssio

ns a

nd

carr

y ou

t ass

igne

d ro

les.

(SL.

1b)

C.

Pos

e an

d re

spon

d to

spe

cific

que

stio

ns b

y m

akin

g co

mm

ents

that

con

tribu

te to

the

disc

ussi

on a

nd e

labo

rate

on

the

rem

arks

of

othe

rs. (

SL.

1c)

A.

Ref

er to

evi

denc

e on

the

topi

c, te

xt o

r iss

ue to

pr

obe

and

refle

ct o

n id

eas

unde

r dis

cuss

ion,

an

d ac

know

ledg

e ev

iden

ce p

rese

nted

by

othe

rs. (

SL.

1a,d

)

B.

Follo

w ru

les

for c

olle

gial

dis

cuss

ions

and

de

cisi

on-m

akin

g, tr

ack

prog

ress

tow

ard

goal

s an

d de

adlin

es, a

nd d

efine

indi

vidu

al ro

les

as

need

ed. (

SL.

1b)

A.

Ref

er to

evi

denc

e fro

m te

xts

and

othe

r re

sear

ch o

n th

e to

pic

or is

sue

to s

timul

ate

a th

ough

tful,

wel

l-rea

sone

d ex

chan

ge o

f ide

as.

(SL.

1a)

B.

Ope

rate

effe

ctiv

ely

in a

gro

up to

pro

mot

e a

civi

l exc

hang

e of

idea

s th

at p

robe

s re

ason

ing

and

evid

ence

. (S

L.1b

,c)

C.

Res

pond

thou

ghtfu

lly to

div

erse

per

spec

tives

;

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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D.

Rev

iew

the

key

idea

s ex

pres

sed

and

draw

co

nclu

sion

s in

ligh

t of i

nfor

mat

ion

and

know

ledg

e ga

ined

from

the

disc

ussi

ons.

(S

L.1d

)

E.

Sum

mar

ize

a w

ritte

n te

xt re

ad a

loud

or

info

rmat

ion

pres

ente

d in

div

erse

med

ia a

nd

form

ats,

incl

udin

g vi

sual

ly, q

uant

itativ

ely,

and

or

ally.

(SL.

2)

F.

Sum

mar

ize

the

poin

ts a

spe

aker

mak

es

and

expl

ain

how

eac

h cl

aim

is s

uppo

rted

by

reas

ons

and

evid

ence

. (S

L.3;

L.3

)

C.

Pos

e qu

estio

ns th

at c

onne

ct th

e id

eas

of

seve

ral s

peak

ers

and

resp

ond

to o

ther

s’

ques

tions

and

com

men

ts w

ith re

leva

nt

evid

ence

, obs

erva

tions

, and

idea

s. (S

L.1c

)

D.

Ana

lyze

the

purp

ose

of in

form

atio

n pr

esen

ted

in d

iver

se fo

rmat

s an

d m

edia

and

eva

luat

e th

e m

otiv

es b

ehin

d its

pre

sent

atio

n. (S

L.2)

E.

Del

inea

te a

spe

aker

’s a

rgum

ent a

nd c

laim

s,

eval

uatin

g th

e so

undn

ess

of re

ason

ing,

su

ffici

ency

of e

vide

nce,

and

iden

tify

whe

n irr

elev

ant e

vide

nce

is in

trodu

ced.

(SL.

3; L

.3)

synt

hesi

ze c

omm

ents

, cla

ims,

and

evi

denc

e m

ade

on a

ll si

des

of a

n is

sue;

reso

lve

cont

radi

ctio

ns w

hen

poss

ible

; and

det

erm

ine

wha

t add

ition

al in

form

atio

n or

rese

arch

is

requ

ired

to d

eepe

n th

e in

vest

igat

ion

or

com

plet

e th

e ta

sk. (

SL.

1d)

D.

Inte

grat

e m

ultip

le s

ourc

es o

f inf

orm

atio

n pr

esen

ted

in d

iver

se fo

rmat

s an

d m

edia

to

mak

e in

form

ed d

ecis

ions

and

sol

ve p

robl

ems.

(S

L.2)

E.

Eva

luat

e a

spea

ker’s

poi

nt o

f vie

w, r

easo

ning

, an

d us

e of

evi

denc

e an

d rh

etor

ic. (

SL.

3; L

.3)

Eng

lish

Lang

uage

Arts

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 8

SPEA

KIN

G A

ND

LIS

TEN

ING

PR

ESEN

TATI

ON

:P

rese

nt in

form

atio

n, fi

ndin

gs, a

nd s

uppo

rting

evi

denc

e, c

onve

ying

a c

lear

and

dis

tinct

per

spec

tive

(CC

SLA

4)

A.

Rep

ort o

n a

topi

c or

text

or p

rese

nt a

n op

inio

n, s

eque

ncin

g id

eas

logi

cally

and

usi

ng

appr

opria

te fa

cts

and

rele

vant

, des

crip

tive

deta

ils to

sup

port

mai

n id

eas

or th

emes

. (S

L.4)

B.

Spe

ak c

lear

ly a

t an

unde

rsta

ndab

le p

ace.

(S

L.4)

C.

Incl

ude

mul

timed

ia a

nd v

isua

l dis

play

s in

pr

esen

tatio

ns. (

SL.

5)

D.

Ada

pt s

peec

h to

a v

arie

ty o

f con

text

s an

d ta

sks.

(SL.

6; L

.3)

E.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

grad

e-ap

prop

riate

ge

nera

l aca

dem

ic a

nd d

omai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

and

phr

ases

, inc

ludi

ng th

ose

that

si

gnal

con

trast

, add

ition

, and

oth

er lo

gica

l re

latio

nshi

ps (L

.6)

A.

Pre

sent

cla

im a

nd fi

ndin

gs in

a fo

cuse

d,

cohe

sive

man

ner,

emph

asiz

ing

salie

nt p

oint

s an

d re

leva

nt e

vide

nce.

(SL.

4)

B.

Use

app

ropr

iate

eye

con

tact

, ade

quat

e vo

lum

e, a

nd c

lear

pro

nunc

iatio

n. (S

L.4)

C.

Inte

grat

e m

ultim

edia

and

vis

ual d

ispl

ays

into

pr

esen

tatio

ns. (

SL.

5)

D.

Ada

pt s

peec

h to

a v

arie

ty o

f con

text

s an

d ta

sks.

(SL.

6; L

.3)

E.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

grad

e-ap

prop

riate

ge

nera

l aca

dem

ic a

nd d

omai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

an

d ph

rase

s; g

athe

r voc

abul

ary

know

ledg

e w

hen

cons

ider

ing

a w

ord

or p

hras

e im

porta

nt

to c

ompr

ehen

sion

or e

xpre

ssio

n. (L

.6)

A.

Dev

elop

a c

lear

line

of r

easo

ning

that

ad

dres

ses

alte

rnat

ive

or o

ppos

ing

pers

pect

ives

. (S

L.4)

B.

Use

app

ropr

iate

org

aniz

atio

n, d

evel

opm

ent,

styl

e, a

nd s

ubst

ance

app

ropr

iate

to a

rang

e of

pu

rpos

es a

nd a

udie

nces

for b

oth

form

al a

nd

info

rmal

task

s. (S

L.4)

C.

Mak

e st

rate

gic

use

of d

igita

l med

ia in

pr

esen

tatio

ns. (

SL.

5)

D.

Ada

pt s

peec

h to

a v

arie

ty o

f con

text

s an

d ta

sks.

(SL.

6; L

.3)

E.

Acq

uire

and

use

acc

urat

ely

gene

ral a

cade

mic

an

d do

mai

n-sp

ecifi

c w

ords

and

phr

ases

, su

ffici

ent f

or s

peak

ing

and

liste

ning

at t

he

colle

ge- a

nd c

aree

r-re

adin

ess

leve

l. (L

.6)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Mat

hem

atic

sS

ampl

e G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ards

and

Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

A.

Und

erst

and

the

plac

e va

lue

syst

em. (

CC

SS

K

.CC

.A-C

, K.N

BT.

A.1

, 1.N

BT.

A-B

, 2.N

BT.

A,

4.N

BT.

A, 5

.NB

T.A

.1-3

)

B.

Use

pla

ce v

alue

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd

prop

ertie

s of

ope

ratio

ns to

add

and

su

btra

ct. (

CC

SS

1.N

BT.

C, 2

.NB

T.B

)

C.

Use

pla

ce v

alue

und

erst

andi

ng a

nd

prop

ertie

s of

ope

ratio

ns to

per

form

mul

ti-di

git a

rithm

etic

. (C

CS

S 3

.NB

T.A

, 4.N

BT.

B)

D.

Und

erst

and

fract

ions

as

num

bers

and

ex

plai

n fra

ctio

n eq

uiva

lenc

e an

d or

derin

g.

(CC

SS

3.N

F.A

, 4.N

F.A

)

E.

Use

equ

ival

ent f

ract

ions

as

a st

rate

gy to

ad

d an

d su

btra

ct fr

actio

ns. (

CC

SS

5.N

F.A

)

F.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d un

ders

tand

ings

of

oper

atio

ns o

n w

hole

num

bers

to b

uild

fra

ctio

ns fr

om u

nit f

ract

ions

. (C

CS

S 4

.NF.

B)

G.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d un

ders

tand

ings

of

mul

tiplic

atio

n an

d di

visi

on to

mul

tiply

and

di

vide

frac

tions

. (C

CS

S 5

.NF.

B)

Mat

hem

atic

s G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ard

1

NU

MB

ER A

ND

QU

AN

TITY

Rea

son

and

mod

el q

uant

itativ

ely,

usi

ng u

nits

and

num

ber s

yste

ms

to s

olve

pro

blem

s.

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

A.

Und

erst

and

ratio

con

cept

s an

d us

e ra

tio

reas

onin

g to

sol

ve p

robl

ems.

(CC

SS

6.R

P.A

)

B.

Ana

lyze

pro

porti

onal

rela

tions

hips

and

use

th

em to

sol

ve re

al-w

orld

and

mat

hem

atic

al

prob

lem

s. (C

CS

S 7

.RP.

A)

C.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d pr

evio

us u

nder

stan

ding

s of

m

ultip

licat

ion

and

divi

sion

to d

ivid

e fra

ctio

ns b

y fra

ctio

ns. (

CC

SS

6.N

S.A

)

D.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d pr

evio

us u

nder

stan

ding

s of

nu

mbe

rs to

the

syst

em o

f rat

iona

l num

bers

. (C

CS

S 6

.NS

.C)

E.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d pr

evio

us u

nder

stan

ding

s of

ope

ratio

ns w

ith fr

actio

ns to

add

, sub

tract

, m

ultip

ly, a

nd d

ivid

e ra

tiona

l num

bers

. (C

CS

S

7.N

S.A

)

A.

Ext

end

the

prop

ertie

s of

exp

onen

ts to

ratio

nal

expo

nent

s. (C

CS

S H

SN

.RN

.A)

B.

Use

the

prop

ertie

s of

ratio

nal a

nd ir

ratio

nal

num

bers

. (C

CS

S H

SN

.RN

.B)

C.

Rea

son

quan

titat

ivel

y an

d us

e un

its to

sol

ve

prob

lem

s. (C

CS

S H

SN

.Q.A

)

D.

Per

form

arit

hmet

ic o

pera

tions

with

com

plex

nu

mbe

rs. (

CC

SS

HS

N.C

N.A

.1-2

)

E.

Use

com

plex

num

bers

in p

olyn

omia

l ide

ntiti

es

and

equa

tions

. (C

CS

S H

SN

.CN

.C.7

)

Bas

ed o

n C

omm

on C

ore

Sta

te S

tand

ards

in M

athe

mat

ics

(CC

SS

, 201

0). U

sing

the

Ken

tuck

y D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion’

s “P

rogr

ess

to H

igh

Sch

ool C

once

ptua

l Cat

egor

ies”

flow

cha

rt, d

omai

ns w

ithin

K-8

wer

e em

bedd

ed in

the

orig

inal

five

hig

h sc

hool

dom

ains

and

inte

rpre

ted

as s

tand

ards

with

in th

is p

rofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

lear

ning

mod

el. C

itatio

ns fo

llow

a d

istin

ct fo

rmat

: gra

de le

vel,

dom

ain,

sta

ndar

d, a

nd in

som

e ca

ses,

de

scrip

tor n

umbe

rs. M

odel

ing

is e

mbe

dded

with

in th

e co

nten

t sta

ndar

ds a

s su

gges

ted

in th

e C

CS

S d

ocum

ent.

© 2

013

This

wor

k is

lice

nsed

und

er a

Cre

ativ

e C

omm

ons

Attr

ibut

ion-

Non

Com

mer

cial

-Sha

reA

like

3.0

Unp

orte

d Li

cens

e.

Mai

ne D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

and

Gre

at S

choo

ls P

artn

ersh

ip.

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H.

Use

dec

imal

not

atio

n fo

r fra

ctio

ns a

nd

com

pare

dec

imal

frac

tions

. (C

CS

S 4

.NF.

C)

Mat

hem

atic

s G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ard

2

ALG

EBR

A In

terp

ret,

repr

esen

t, cr

eate

and

sol

ve a

lgeb

raic

exp

ress

ions

.

A.

Rep

rese

nt a

nd s

olve

pro

blem

s in

volv

ing

addi

tion,

sub

tract

ion,

mul

tiplic

atio

n, a

nd

divi

sion

(CC

SS

1.O

A.A

-C, 2

.OA

.A, 3

.OA

.A)

B.

Und

erst

and

and

appl

y pr

oper

ties

of o

pera

tions

an

d th

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n ad

ditio

n,

subt

ract

ion,

mul

tiplic

atio

n, a

nd d

ivis

ion.

(CC

SS

2.

OA

.B-C

, 3.O

A.B

-D)

C.

Iden

tify

fact

ors

and

mul

tiple

s of

who

le

num

bers

. (C

CS

S 4

.OA

.B)

D.

Use

the

four

ope

ratio

ns w

ith w

hole

num

bers

to

solv

e pr

oble

ms.

(CC

SS

4.O

A.A

)

E.

Gen

erat

e an

d an

alyz

e pa

ttern

s an

d re

latio

nshi

ps. (

CC

SS

4.O

A.C

; 5.O

A.B

)

F.

Writ

e an

d in

terp

ret n

umer

ical

exp

ress

ions

. (C

CS

S 5

.OA

.A)

A.

App

ly a

nd e

xten

d pr

evio

us u

nder

stan

ding

s of

ar

ithm

etic

to a

lgeb

raic

exp

ress

ions

. (C

CS

S

6.E

E.A

)

B.

Use

pro

perti

es o

f ope

ratio

ns to

gen

erat

e eq

uiva

lent

exp

ress

ions

. (C

CS

S 7

.EE

.A)

C.

Sol

ve re

al-li

fe a

nd m

athe

mat

ical

pro

blem

s us

ing

num

eric

al a

nd a

lgeb

raic

exp

ress

ions

an

d eq

uatio

ns. (

CC

SS

7.E

E.B

)

D.

Rep

rese

nt a

nd a

naly

ze q

uant

itativ

e re

latio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

depe

nden

t and

in

depe

nden

t var

iabl

es. (

CC

SS

6.E

E.C

)

E.

Wor

k w

ith ra

dica

ls a

nd in

tege

r exp

onen

ts.

(CC

SS

8.E

E.A

)

F.

Ana

lyze

and

sol

ve li

near

equ

atio

ns a

nd p

airs

of

sim

ulta

neou

s lin

ear e

quat

ions

. (C

CS

S

8.E

E.B

)

G.

Und

erst

and

the

conn

ectio

ns b

etw

een

prop

ortio

nal r

elat

ions

hips

, lin

es, a

nd li

near

eq

uatio

ns. (

8.E

E.C

)

A.

Inte

rpre

t the

stru

ctur

e of

exp

ress

ions

. (C

CS

S

HS

A.S

SE

.A)

B.

Writ

e ex

pres

sion

s in

equ

ival

ent f

orm

s to

sol

ve

prob

lem

s. (C

CS

S H

SA

.SS

E.B

)

C.

Per

form

arit

hmet

ic o

pera

tions

on

poly

nom

ials

. (C

CS

S H

SA

.AP

R.A

)

D.

Und

erst

and

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

zero

s an

d fa

ctor

s of

pol

ynom

ials

. (C

CS

S H

SA

.A

PR

.B)

E.

Use

pol

ynom

ial i

dent

ities

to s

olve

pro

blem

s.

(CC

SS

HS

A.A

PR

.C.4

)

F.

Rew

rite

ratio

nal e

xpre

ssio

ns. (

CC

SS

HS

A.

AP

R.D

.6)

G.

Cre

ate

equa

tions

that

des

crib

e nu

mbe

rs o

r re

latio

nshi

ps. (

CC

SS

HS

A.C

ED

.A)

H.

Und

erst

and

solv

ing

equa

tions

as

a pr

oces

s of

re

ason

ing

and

expl

ain

the

reas

onin

g. (C

CS

S

HS

A.R

EI.A

)

I. S

olve

equ

atio

ns a

nd in

equa

litie

s in

one

va

riabl

e. (C

CS

S H

SA

.RE

I.B)

J.

Sol

ve s

yste

ms

of e

quat

ions

. (C

CS

S H

SA

.R

EI.C

.5-7

)

K.

Rep

rese

nt a

nd s

olve

equ

atio

ns a

nd

ineq

ualit

ies

grap

hica

lly. (

CC

SS

HS

A.R

EI.D

)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Mat

hem

atic

s G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ard

3

FUN

CTI

ON

SIn

terp

ret,

anal

yze,

con

stru

ct, a

nd s

olve

line

ar, q

uadr

atic

, and

trig

onom

etric

func

tions

.

Not

app

licab

leA

. D

efine

, eva

luat

e an

d co

mpa

re fu

nctio

ns.

(CC

SS

8.F

.A)

B.

Use

func

tions

to m

odel

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n qu

antit

ies.

(CC

SS

8.F

.B)

A.

Und

erst

and

the

conc

ept o

f a fu

nctio

n an

d us

e fu

nctio

n no

tatio

n. (C

CS

S H

SF.

IF.A

)

B.

Inte

rpre

t fun

ctio

ns th

at a

rise

in a

pplic

atio

ns in

te

rms

of th

e co

ntex

t. (C

CS

S H

SF.

IF.B

)

C.

Ana

lyze

func

tions

usi

ng d

iffer

ent

repr

esen

tatio

ns. (

CC

SS

HS

F.IF

.C.7

A-C

,E,8

-9)

D.

Bui

ld a

func

tion

that

mod

els

a re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n tw

o qu

antit

ies.

(CC

SS

HS

F.B

F.A

.1A

-B,2

)

E.

Bui

ld n

ew fu

nctio

ns fr

om e

xist

ing

func

tions

. (C

CS

S H

SF.

BF.

B.3

,4A

)

F.

Con

stru

ct a

nd c

ompa

re li

near

, qua

drat

ic,

and

expo

nent

ial m

odel

s an

d so

lve

prob

lem

s.

(CC

SS

HS

F.LE

.A)

G.

Inte

rpre

t exp

ress

ions

for f

unct

ions

in te

rms

of

the

situ

atio

n th

ey m

odel

. (C

CS

S H

SF.

LE.B

)

H.

Ext

end

the

dom

ain

of tr

igon

omet

ric fu

nctio

ns

usin

g th

e un

it ci

rcle

. (C

CS

S H

SF.

TF.A

.1-2

)

I. M

odel

per

iodi

c ph

enom

ena

with

trig

onom

etric

fu

nctio

ns. (

CC

SS

HS

F.TF

.B.5

)

J.

Pro

ve a

nd a

pply

trig

onom

etric

iden

titie

s.

(CC

SS

HS

F.TF

.C8)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Mat

hem

atic

s G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ard

4

GEO

MET

RY:

Pro

ve, u

nder

stan

d, a

nd m

odel

geo

met

ric c

once

pts,

theo

rem

s, a

nd c

onst

ruct

ions

to s

olve

pro

blem

s.

A.

Iden

tify

and

desc

ribe

shap

es. (

CC

SS

K.G

.A)

B.

Ana

lyze

, com

pare

, cre

ate

and

com

pose

sha

pes.

(C

CS

S K

.G.B

)

C.

Rea

son

with

sha

pes

and

thei

r attr

ibut

es. (

CC

SS

1.

G.A

, 2.G

.A, 3

.G.A

)

D.

Dra

w a

nd id

entif

y lin

es a

nd a

ngle

s, a

nd c

lass

ify

shap

es b

y pr

oper

ties

of th

eir l

ines

and

ang

les.

(C

CS

S 4

.G.A

)

E.

Gra

ph p

oint

s on

the

coor

dina

te p

lane

to s

olve

re

al-w

orld

and

mat

hem

atic

al p

robl

ems.

(CC

SS

5.

G.A

)

F.

Cla

ssify

two-

dim

ensi

onal

figu

res

into

cat

egor

ies

base

d on

thei

r pro

perti

es. (

CC

SS

5.G

.B)

A.

Sol

ve re

al-w

orld

and

mat

hem

atic

al p

robl

ems

invo

lvin

g ar

ea, s

urfa

ce a

rea,

vol

ume,

and

an

gle

mea

sure

. (C

CS

S 6

.G.A

, 7.G

.B)

B.

Sol

ve re

al-w

orld

and

mat

hem

atic

al p

robl

ems

invo

lvin

g vo

lum

e of

cyl

inde

rs, c

ones

, and

sp

here

s. (C

CS

S 8

.G.C

)

C.

Dra

w, c

onst

ruct

, and

des

crib

e ge

omet

rical

fig

ures

and

des

crib

e th

e re

latio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

them

. (C

CS

S 7

.G.A

)

D.

Und

erst

and

cong

ruen

ce a

nd s

imila

rity

usin

g ph

ysic

al m

odel

s, tr

ansp

aren

cies

, or g

eom

etry

so

ftwar

e. (C

CS

S 8

.G.A

)

E.

Und

erst

and

and

appl

y P

ytha

gore

an T

heor

em.

(CC

SS

8.G

.B)

A.

Exp

erim

ent w

ith tr

ansf

orm

atio

ns in

the

plan

e.

(CC

SS

HS

G.C

O.A

)

B.

Und

erst

and

cong

ruen

ce in

term

s of

rigi

d m

otio

ns.

(CC

SS

HS

G.C

O.B

)

C.

Pro

ve g

eom

etric

theo

rem

s. (C

CS

S H

SG

.CO

.C)

D.

Mak

e ge

omet

ric c

onst

ruct

ions

. (C

CS

S H

SG

.CO

.D)

E.

Und

erst

and

sim

ilarit

y in

term

s of

sim

ilarit

y tra

nsfo

rmat

ions

. (C

CS

S H

SG

.SR

T.A

)

F.

Pro

ve th

eore

ms

invo

lvin

g si

mila

rity.

(CC

SS

HS

G.

SR

T.B

)

G.

Defi

ne tr

igon

omet

ric ra

tios

and

solv

e pr

oble

ms

invo

lvin

g rig

ht tr

iang

les.

(CC

SS

HS

G.S

RT.

C)

H.

Und

erst

and

and

appl

y th

eore

ms

abou

t circ

les.

(C

CS

S H

SG

.C.A

.1-3

)

I. Fi

nd a

rc le

ngth

s an

d ar

eas

of s

ecto

rs o

f circ

les.

(C

CS

S H

SG

.C.B

)

J.

Tran

slat

e be

twee

n th

e ge

omet

ric d

escr

iptio

n an

d th

e eq

uatio

n fo

r a c

onic

sec

tion.

(CC

SS

HS

G.

GP

E.A

.1-2

)

K.

Use

coo

rdin

ates

to p

rove

sim

ple

geom

etric

th

eore

ms

alge

brai

cally

. (C

CS

S H

SG

.GP

E.B

)

L.

Exp

lain

vol

ume

form

ulas

and

use

them

to s

olve

pr

oble

ms.

(CC

SS

HS

G.G

MD

.A.1

,3)

M.

Visu

aliz

e re

latio

nshi

ps b

etw

een

two-

dim

ensi

onal

an

d th

ree-

dim

ensi

onal

obj

ects

. (C

CS

S H

SG

.GM

D.B

)

N.

App

ly g

eom

etric

con

cept

s in

mod

elin

g si

tuat

ions

. (H

SG

.MG

.A)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Mat

hem

atic

s G

radu

atio

n S

tand

ard

5

STAT

ISTI

CS

& P

RO

BA

BIL

ITY:

Inte

rpre

t, in

fer a

nd a

pply

sta

tistic

s an

d pr

obab

ility

to a

naly

ze d

ata

and

reac

h an

d ju

stify

con

clus

ions

.

A.

Mea

sure

, com

pare

and

est

imat

e le

ngth

s in

le

ngth

uni

ts a

nd s

tand

ard

units

. (C

CS

S K

.MD

.A,

1.M

D.A

, 2.M

D.A

-B)

B.

Rep

rese

nt a

nd in

terp

ret d

ata.

(CC

SS

K.M

D.B

, 1.

MD

.C, 2

.MD

.D, 3

.MD

.B, 4

.MD

.B, 5

.MD

.B)

C.

Tell

and

writ

e tim

e. (C

CS

S 1

.MD

.B, 2

.MD

.C.7

)

D.

Sol

ve w

ord

prob

lem

s in

volv

ing

mon

ey.

(CC

SS

2.

MD

.C.8

)

E.

Geo

met

ric m

easu

rem

ent:

reco

gniz

e pe

rimet

er

as a

n at

tribu

te o

f pla

ne fi

gure

s an

d di

stin

guis

h be

twee

n lin

ear a

nd a

rea

mea

sure

s. (C

CS

S

3.M

D.D

)

F.

Geo

met

ric m

easu

rem

ent:

unde

rsta

nd c

once

pts

of a

rea

and

volu

me

and

rela

te to

mul

tiplic

atio

n an

d to

add

ition

. (C

CS

S 3

.MD

.C, 5

.MD

.C.3

-4)

G.

Geo

met

ric m

easu

rem

ent:

unde

rsta

nd c

once

pts

of a

ngle

and

mea

sure

ang

les.

(CC

SS

4.M

D.C

)

H.

Sol

ve p

robl

ems

invo

lvin

g m

easu

rem

ent a

nd

estim

atio

n of

inte

rval

s of

tim

e, li

quid

vol

umes

, an

d m

asse

s of

obj

ects

. (C

CS

S 3

.MD

.A)

I. S

olve

pro

blem

s in

volv

ing

mea

sure

men

t and

co

nver

sion

of m

easu

rem

ents

with

in a

giv

en

mea

sure

men

t sys

tem

. (C

CS

S 4

.MD

.A, 5

.MD

.A)

A.

Dev

elop

und

erst

andi

ng o

f sta

tistic

al v

aria

bilit

y.

(CC

SS

6.S

P.A

)

B.

Sum

mar

ize

and

desc

ribe

dist

ribut

ions

. (C

CS

S

6.S

P.B

)

C.

Use

rand

om s

ampl

ing

to d

raw

infe

renc

es

abou

t a p

opul

atio

n. (C

CS

S 7

.SP.

B)

D.

Inve

stig

ate

chan

ce p

roce

sses

and

dev

elop

, us

e, a

nd e

valu

ate

prob

abili

ty m

odel

s. (C

CS

S

7.S

P.C

)

E.

Inve

stig

ate

patte

rns

of a

ssoc

iatio

n in

biv

aria

te

data

. (C

CS

S 8

.SP.

A)

A.

Sum

mar

ize,

repr

esen

t, an

d in

terp

ret d

ata

on a

si

ngle

cou

nt o

r mea

sure

men

t var

iabl

e. (C

CS

S

HS

S.ID

.A)

B.

Sum

mar

ize,

repr

esen

t, an

d in

terp

ret d

ata

on tw

o ca

tego

rical

and

qua

ntita

tive

varia

bles

. (C

CS

S

HS

S.ID

.B)

C.

Inte

rpre

t lin

ear m

odel

s. (C

CS

S H

SS

.ID.C

)

D.

Und

erst

and

and

eval

uate

rand

om p

roce

sses

un

derly

ing

stat

istic

al e

xper

imen

ts. (

CC

SS

HS

S.

IC.A

)

E.

Mak

e in

fere

nces

and

just

ify c

oncl

usio

ns fr

om

sam

ple

surv

eys,

exp

erim

ents

, and

obs

erva

tiona

l st

udie

s. (C

CS

S H

SS

.IC.B

)

F.

Und

erst

and

inde

pend

ence

and

con

ditio

nal

prob

abili

ty a

nd u

se th

em to

inte

rpre

t dat

a. (C

CS

S

HS

S.C

P.A

)

G.

Use

the

rule

s of

pro

babi

lity

to c

ompu

te

prob

abili

ties

of c

ompo

und

even

ts in

a u

nifo

rm

prob

abili

ty m

odel

. (C

CS

S H

SS

.CP.

B.6

-7)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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nce

Sam

ple

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

ds a

nd P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

A.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns to

con

stru

ct a

n ev

iden

ce-

base

d ac

coun

t on

how

an

obje

ct m

ade

of a

sm

all s

et o

f pie

ces

can

be d

isas

sem

bled

and

m

ade

into

a n

ew o

bjec

t. (2

-PS

1-3)

B.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

that

mat

ter i

s m

ade

of p

artic

les

too

smal

l to

be s

een.

(5-P

S1-

1)

C.

Mea

sure

and

gra

ph q

uant

ities

to p

rovi

de

evid

ence

that

rega

rdle

ss o

f the

type

of c

hang

e th

at o

ccur

s w

hen

heat

ing,

coo

ling,

or m

ixin

g su

bsta

nces

, the

tota

l wei

ght o

f mat

ter i

s co

nser

ved.

(5-P

S1-

2)

D.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t inv

estig

atio

ns, m

ake

obse

rvat

ions

and

mea

sure

men

ts to

iden

tify

mat

eria

ls b

ased

on

thei

r (ob

serv

able

) pro

perti

es

(2-P

S1-

1 A

ND

5-P

S1-

3)

E.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent w

ith e

vide

nce

that

som

e ch

ange

s ca

used

by

heat

ing

or c

oolin

g ca

n be

re

vers

ed a

nd s

ome

cann

ot.(2

-PS

1-4)

F.

Con

duct

an

inve

stig

atio

n to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

th

e m

ixin

g of

two

or m

ore

subs

tanc

es re

sults

in

new

sub

stan

ces.

(5-P

S1-

4)

Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 1

PHYS

ICA

L SC

IEN

CES

: STR

UC

TUR

E/PR

OPE

RTI

ES O

F M

ATTE

R, F

OR

CES

, AN

D IN

TER

AC

TIO

NS

Und

erst

and

and

anal

yze

mat

ter,

reac

tions

and

phy

sica

l sys

tem

s as

dem

onst

rate

d th

roug

h th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c an

d en

gine

erin

g pr

actic

es

and

cros

s-cu

tting

con

cept

s (P

S 1

+ P

S 2

)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

A.

Dev

elop

mod

els

to d

escr

ibe

the

atom

ic

com

posi

tion

of s

impl

e m

olec

ules

and

ext

ende

d st

ruct

ures

. (M

S-P

S1-

1)

B.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a on

the

prop

ertie

s of

sub

stan

ces

befo

re a

nd a

fter t

he s

ubst

ance

s in

tera

ct to

det

erm

ine

if a

chem

ical

reac

tion

has

occu

rred

. (M

S-P

S1-

2)

C.

Gat

her a

nd m

ake

sens

e of

info

rmat

ion

to

desc

ribe

that

syn

thet

ic m

ater

ials

com

e fro

m

natu

ral r

esou

rces

and

impa

ct s

ocie

ty.

(MS

-PS

1-3)

D.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

that

pre

dict

s an

d de

scrib

es

chan

ges

in p

artic

le m

otio

n, te

mpe

ratu

re, a

nd

stat

e of

a p

ure

subs

tanc

e w

hen

ther

mal

ene

rgy

is a

dded

or r

emov

ed. (

MS

-PS

1-4)

E.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

how

the

tota

l num

ber o

f ato

ms

does

not

cha

nge

in a

ch

emic

al re

actio

n an

d th

us m

ass

is c

onse

rved

. (M

S-P

S1-

5)

F.

Pla

n an

inve

stig

atio

n to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e th

at

the

chan

ge in

an

obje

ct’s

mot

ion

depe

nds

on

the

sum

of t

he fo

rces

on

the

obje

ct a

nd th

e

A.

Use

the

perio

dic

tabl

e as

a m

odel

to p

redi

ct th

e re

lativ

e pr

oper

ties

of e

lem

ents

bas

ed o

n th

e pa

ttern

s of

ele

ctro

ns in

the

oute

rmos

t ene

rgy

leve

l of a

tom

s. (H

S-P

S1-

1)

B.

Con

stru

ct a

nd re

vise

an

expl

anat

ion

for t

he

outc

ome

of a

sim

ple

chem

ical

reac

tion

base

d on

th

e ou

term

ost e

lect

ron

stat

es o

f ato

ms,

tren

ds in

th

e pe

riodi

c ta

ble,

and

kno

wle

dge

of th

e pa

ttern

s of

che

mic

al p

rope

rties

. (H

S-P

S1-

2)

C.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

gat

her

evid

ence

to c

ompa

re th

e st

ruct

ure

of s

ubst

ance

s at

the

bulk

sca

le to

infe

r the

stre

ngth

of e

lect

rical

fo

rces

bet

wee

n pa

rticl

es. (

HS

-PS

1-3)

D.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

that

the

rele

ase

or

abso

rptio

n of

ene

rgy

from

a c

hem

ical

reac

tion

syst

em d

epen

ds u

pon

the

chan

ges

in to

tal b

ond

ener

gy. (

HS

-PS

1-4)

E.

App

ly s

cien

tific

prin

cipl

es a

nd e

vide

nce

to p

rovi

de

an e

xpla

natio

n ab

out t

he e

ffect

s of

cha

ngin

g th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

r con

cent

ratio

n of

the

reac

ting

parti

cles

on

the

rate

at w

hich

a re

actio

n oc

curs

. (H

S-P

S1-

5)

© 2

013

This

wor

k is

lice

nsed

und

er a

Cre

ativ

e C

omm

ons

Attr

ibut

ion-

Non

Com

mer

cial

-Sha

reA

like

3.0

Unp

orte

d Li

cens

e.

Mai

ne D

epar

tmen

t of E

duca

tion

and

Gre

at S

choo

ls P

artn

ersh

ip.

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s of

the

obje

ct. (

MS

-PS

2-2)

G.

Ask

que

stio

ns a

bout

dat

a to

det

erm

ine

the

fact

ors

that

affe

ct th

e st

reng

th o

f ele

ctric

and

m

agne

tic fo

rces

. (M

S-P

S2-

3)

H.

Con

stru

ct a

nd p

rese

nt a

rgum

ents

usi

ng

evid

ence

to s

uppo

rt th

e cl

aim

that

gra

vita

tiona

l in

tera

ctio

ns a

re a

ttrac

tive

and

depe

nd o

n th

e m

asse

s of

inte

ract

ing

obje

cts.

(MS

-PS

2-4)

I. C

ondu

ct a

n in

vest

igat

ion

and

eval

uate

the

expe

rimen

tal d

esig

n to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e th

at

field

s ex

ist b

etw

een

obje

cts

exer

ting

forc

es o

n ea

ch o

ther

eve

n th

ough

the

obje

cts

are

not i

n co

ntac

t. (M

S-P

S2-

5)

G.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

com

pare

th

e ef

fect

s of

diff

eren

t stre

ngth

s of

diff

eren

t di

rect

ions

of p

ushe

s an

d pu

lls (K

-PS

2-1)

AN

D

cond

uct a

nd in

vest

igat

ion

to p

rovi

de e

vide

nce

of th

e ef

fect

s of

bal

ance

d an

d un

bala

nced

fo

rces

on

the

mot

ion

of a

n ob

ject

. (3-

PS

2-1)

H.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns a

nd/o

r mea

sure

men

ts o

f an

obj

ect’s

mot

ion

to p

rovi

de e

vide

nce

that

a

patte

rn c

an b

e us

ed to

pre

dict

futu

re m

otio

n.

(3-P

S2-

2)

I. A

sk q

uest

ions

to d

eter

min

e ca

use

and

effe

ct

rela

tions

hips

of e

lect

ric o

r mag

netic

inte

ract

ions

be

twee

n tw

o ob

ject

s no

t in

cont

act w

ith e

ach

othe

r. (3

-PS

2-3)

J.

Sup

port

an a

rgum

ent t

hat t

he g

ravi

tatio

nal

forc

e ex

erte

d by

Ear

th o

n ob

ject

s is

dire

cted

do

wn.

(5-P

S2-

1)

F.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt th

e cl

aim

that

ato

ms,

and

ther

efor

e m

ass,

are

co

nser

ved

durin

g a

chem

ical

reac

tion.

(HS

-PS

1-7)

G.

Dev

elop

mod

els

to il

lust

rate

the

chan

ges

in th

e co

mpo

sitio

n of

the

nucl

eus

of th

e at

om a

nd th

e en

ergy

rele

ased

dur

ing

the

proc

esse

s of

fiss

ion,

fu

sion

, and

radi

oact

ive

deca

y. (H

S-P

S1-

8)

H.

Ana

lyze

dat

a to

sup

port

the

clai

m th

at

New

ton’

s se

cond

law

of m

otio

n de

scrib

es th

e m

athe

mat

ical

rela

tions

hip

amon

g th

e ne

t for

ce

on a

mac

rosc

opic

obj

ect,

its m

ass,

and

its

acce

lera

tion.

(HS

-PS

2-1)

I. U

se m

athe

mat

ical

repr

esen

tatio

ns to

sup

port

the

clai

m th

at th

e to

tal m

omen

tum

of a

sys

tem

of

obje

cts

is c

onse

rved

whe

n th

ere

is n

o ne

t for

ce

on th

e sy

stem

. (H

S-P

S2-

2)

J.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

of N

ewto

n’s

Law

of G

ravi

tatio

n an

d C

oulo

mb’

s La

w to

de

scrib

e an

d pr

edic

t the

gra

vita

tiona

l and

el

ectro

stat

ic fo

rces

bet

wee

n ob

ject

s. (H

S-P

S2-

4)

K.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

pro

vide

ev

iden

ce th

at a

n el

ectri

c cu

rren

t can

pro

duce

a

mag

netic

fiel

d an

d th

at a

cha

ngin

g m

agne

tic fi

eld

can

prod

uce

an e

lect

ric c

urre

nt. (

HS

-PS

2-5)

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ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 2

PHYS

ICA

L SC

IEN

CES

: EN

ERG

Y, W

AVES

, AN

D E

LEC

TRO

MA

GN

ETIC

RA

DIA

TIO

NU

nder

stan

d an

d an

alyz

e en

ergy

and

the

char

acte

ristic

s an

d dy

nam

ics

of w

aves

as

dem

onst

rate

d th

roug

h th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c an

d en

gine

erin

g pr

actic

es a

nd c

ross

-cut

ting

conc

epts

(PS

3 +

PS

4)

A.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns to

det

erm

ine

the

effe

ct o

f su

nlig

ht o

n E

arth

’s s

urfa

ce. (

K-P

S3-

1)

B.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t inv

estig

atio

ns to

pro

vide

ev

iden

ce th

at v

ibra

ting

mat

eria

ls c

an m

ake

soun

d an

d th

at s

ound

can

mak

e m

ater

ials

vi

brat

e. (1

-PS

4-1)

C.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

de

term

ine

the

effe

ct o

f pla

cing

obj

ects

mad

e w

ith d

iffer

ent m

ater

ials

in th

e pa

th o

f a b

eam

of

ligh

t. (1

-PS

4-3)

D.

Use

evi

denc

e to

con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n re

latin

g th

e sp

eed

of a

n ob

ject

to th

e en

ergy

of

that

obj

ect.

(4-P

S3-

1)

E.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e th

at

ener

gy c

an b

e tra

nsfe

rred

from

pla

ce to

pla

ce

by s

ound

, lig

ht, h

eat,

and

elec

tric

curr

ents

. (4

-PS

3-2)

F.

Ask

que

stio

ns a

nd p

redi

ct o

utco

mes

abo

ut th

e ch

ange

s in

ene

rgy

that

occ

ur w

hen

obje

cts

colli

de. (

4-P

S3-

3)

G.

Use

mod

els

to d

escr

ibe

that

ene

rgy

in a

nim

als’

fo

od (u

sed

for b

ody

repa

ir, g

row

th, m

otio

n,

and

to m

aint

ain

body

war

mth

) was

onc

e en

ergy

from

the

sun.

(5-P

S3-

1)

H.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

of w

aves

to d

escr

ibe

patte

rns

in te

rms

of a

mpl

itude

and

wav

elen

gth

and

that

wav

es c

an c

ause

obj

ects

to m

ove.

(4

-PS

4-1)

I. M

ake

obse

rvat

ions

to c

onst

ruct

an

evid

ence

-

A.

Con

stru

ct a

nd in

terp

ret g

raph

ical

dis

play

s of

da

ta to

des

crib

e th

e re

latio

nshi

ps o

f kin

etic

en

ergy

to th

e m

ass

of a

n ob

ject

and

to th

e sp

eed

of a

n ob

ject

. (M

S-P

S3-

1)

B.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

that

whe

n th

e ar

rang

emen

t of o

bjec

ts in

tera

ctin

g at

a

dist

ance

cha

nges

, diff

eren

t am

ount

s of

po

tent

ial e

nerg

y ar

e st

ored

in th

e sy

stem

. (M

S-P

S3-

2)

C.

Pla

n an

inve

stig

atio

n to

det

erm

ine

the

rela

tions

hips

am

ong

the

ener

gy tr

ansf

erre

d,

the

type

of m

atte

r, th

e m

ass,

and

the

chan

ge

in th

e av

erag

e ki

netic

ene

rgy

of th

e pa

rticl

es

as m

easu

red

by th

e te

mpe

ratu

re o

f the

sa

mpl

e. (M

S-P

S3-

4)

D.

Con

stru

ct, u

se, a

nd p

rese

nt a

rgum

ents

to

supp

ort t

he c

laim

that

whe

n th

e ki

netic

ene

rgy

of a

n ob

ject

cha

nges

, ene

rgy

is tr

ansf

erre

d to

or

from

the

obje

ct. (

MS

-PS

3-5)

E.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to d

escr

ibe

a si

mpl

e m

odel

for w

aves

that

incl

udes

how

th

e am

plitu

de o

f a w

ave

is re

late

d to

the

ener

gy in

a w

ave.

(MS

-PS

4-1)

F.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

that

w

aves

are

refle

cted

, abs

orbe

d, o

r tra

nsm

itted

th

roug

h va

rious

mat

eria

ls. (

MS

-PS

4-2)

G.

Inte

grat

e qu

alita

tive

scie

ntifi

c an

d te

chni

cal

info

rmat

ion

to s

uppo

rt th

e cl

aim

that

dig

itize

d si

gnal

s ar

e a

mor

e re

liabl

e w

ay to

enc

ode

and

trans

mit

info

rmat

ion

than

ana

log

sign

als.

(M

S-P

S4-

3)

A.

Cre

ate

a co

mpu

tatio

nal m

odel

to c

alcu

late

th

e ch

ange

in th

e en

ergy

of o

ne c

ompo

nent

in

a s

yste

m w

hen

the

chan

ge in

ene

rgy

of th

e ot

her c

ompo

nent

(s) a

nd e

nerg

y flo

ws

in a

nd

out o

f the

sys

tem

are

kno

wn.

(HS

-PS

3-1)

B.

Dev

elop

and

use

mod

els

to il

lust

rate

that

en

ergy

at t

he m

acro

scop

ic s

cale

can

be

acco

unte

d fo

r as

eith

er m

otio

ns o

f par

ticle

s or

en

ergy

sto

red

in fi

elds

. (H

S-P

S3-

2)

C.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

pro

vide

ev

iden

ce th

at th

e tra

nsfe

r of t

herm

al e

nerg

y w

hen

two

com

pone

nts

of d

iffer

ent t

empe

ratu

re

are

com

bine

d w

ithin

a c

lose

d sy

stem

resu

lts

in a

mor

e un

iform

ene

rgy

dist

ribut

ion

amon

g th

e co

mpo

nent

s in

the

syst

em (s

econ

d la

w o

f th

erm

odyn

amic

s). (

HS

-PS

3-4)

D.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

of t

wo

obje

cts

inte

ract

ing

thro

ugh

elec

tric

or m

agne

tic fi

elds

to

illu

stra

te th

e fo

rces

bet

wee

n ob

ject

s an

d th

e ch

ange

s in

ene

rgy

of th

e ob

ject

s du

e to

the

inte

ract

ion.

(HS

-PS

3-5)

E.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt a

clai

m re

gard

ing

rela

tions

hips

am

ong

the

frequ

ency

, wav

elen

gth,

and

spe

ed o

f wav

es

trave

ling

in v

ario

us m

edia

. (H

S-P

S4-

1)

F.

Eva

luat

e qu

estio

ns a

bout

the

adva

ntag

es o

f us

ing

a di

gita

l tra

nsm

issi

on a

nd s

tora

ge o

f in

form

atio

n. (H

S-P

S4-

2)

G.

Eva

luat

e th

e cl

aim

s, e

vide

nce,

and

reas

onin

g be

hind

the

idea

that

ele

ctro

mag

netic

radi

atio

n ca

n be

des

crib

ed e

ither

by

a w

ave

mod

el o

r

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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base

d ac

coun

t tha

t obj

ects

can

be

seen

onl

y w

hen

illum

inat

ed (1

-PS

4-2)

AN

D d

evel

op a

m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

that

ligh

t refl

ectin

g fro

m

obje

cts

and

ente

ring

the

eye

allo

ws

obje

cts

to

be s

een.

(4-P

S4-

2)

a pa

rticl

e m

odel

, and

that

for s

ome

situ

atio

ns

one

mod

el is

mor

e us

eful

than

the

othe

r.

(HS

-PS

4-3)

H.

Eva

luat

e th

e va

lidity

and

relia

bilit

y of

cla

ims

in

publ

ishe

d m

ater

ials

of t

he e

ffect

s th

at d

iffer

ent

frequ

enci

es o

f ele

ctro

mag

netic

radi

atio

n ha

ve

whe

n ab

sorb

ed b

y m

atte

r. (H

S-P

S4-

4)

Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 3

LIFE

SC

IEN

CES

: STR

UC

TUR

E, F

UN

CTI

ON

, AN

D IN

FOR

MAT

ION

PR

OC

ESSI

NG

Und

erst

and

and

anal

yze

mol

ecul

ar, s

truct

ural

, and

che

mic

al b

iolo

gy a

s de

mon

stra

ted

thro

ugh

the

inte

grat

ion

of s

cien

tific

and

engi

neer

ing

prac

tices

and

cr

oss-

cutti

ng c

once

pts

(LS

1)

A.

Use

obs

erva

tions

to d

escr

ibe

patte

rns

of w

hat

plan

ts a

nd a

nim

als

(incl

udin

g hu

man

s) n

eed

to

surv

ive.

( K

-LS

1-1.

)

B.

Rea

d te

xts

and

use

med

ia to

det

erm

ine

patte

rns

in b

ehav

ior o

f par

ents

and

offs

prin

g th

at h

elp

offs

prin

g su

rviv

e. (1

-LS

1-2.

)

C.

Dev

elop

mod

els

to d

escr

ibe

that

org

anis

ms

have

uni

que

and

dive

rse

life

cycl

es b

ut a

ll ha

ve in

com

mon

birt

h, g

row

th, r

epro

duct

ion,

an

d de

ath.

(3-L

S1-

1)

D.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent t

hat p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s ha

ve in

tern

al a

nd e

xter

nal s

truct

ures

that

fu

nctio

n to

sup

port

surv

ival

, gro

wth

, beh

avio

r, an

d re

prod

uctio

n. (4

-LS

1-1)

E.

Use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

that

ani

mal

s re

ceiv

e di

ffere

nt ty

pes

of in

form

atio

n th

roug

h th

eir

sens

es, p

roce

ss th

e in

form

atio

n in

thei

r bra

in,

and

resp

ond

to th

e in

form

atio

n in

diff

eren

t w

ays.

(4-L

S1-

2)

F.

Sup

port

an a

rgum

ent t

hat p

lant

s ge

t the

m

ater

ials

they

nee

d fo

r gro

wth

chi

efly

from

air

and

wat

er. (

5-LS

1-1)

A.

Con

duct

an

inve

stig

atio

n to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e th

at li

ving

thin

gs a

re m

ade

of c

ells

; eith

er o

ne

cell

or m

any

diffe

rent

num

bers

and

type

s of

ce

lls. (

MS

-LS

1-1)

B.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

func

tion

of a

cel

l as

a w

hole

, and

the

way

s pa

rts o

f cel

ls c

ontri

bute

to th

e fu

nctio

n.

(MS

-LS

1-2)

C.

Use

arg

umen

t sup

porte

d by

evi

denc

e fo

r how

th

e bo

dy is

a s

yste

m o

f int

erac

ting

subs

yste

ms

com

pose

d of

gro

ups

of c

ells

. (M

S-L

S1-

3)

D.

Use

arg

umen

t bas

ed o

n em

piric

al e

vide

nce

and

scie

ntifi

c re

ason

ing

to s

uppo

rt an

ex

plan

atio

n fo

r how

cha

ract

eris

tic a

nim

al

beha

vior

s an

d sp

ecia

lized

pla

nt s

truct

ures

af

fect

the

prob

abili

ty o

f suc

cess

ful

repr

oduc

tion

of a

nim

als

and

plan

ts

resp

ectiv

ely.

(MS

-LS

1-4)

E.

Con

stru

ct a

sci

entifi

c ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on

evid

ence

for h

ow e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd g

enet

ic

fact

ors

influ

ence

the

grow

th o

f org

anis

ms.

(M

S-L

S1-

5)

A.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

for h

ow th

e st

ruct

ure

of D

NA

dete

rmin

es th

e st

ruct

ure

of p

rote

ins,

whi

ch c

arry

out

the

esse

ntia

l fun

ctio

ns o

f life

thro

ugh

syst

ems

of

spec

ializ

ed c

ells

. (H

S-L

S1-

1)

B.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

the

hier

arch

ical

org

aniz

atio

n of

inte

ract

ing

syst

ems

that

pro

vide

spe

cific

func

tions

with

in

mul

ticel

lula

r org

anis

ms.

(HS

-LS

1-2)

C.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

pro

vide

ev

iden

ce th

at fe

edba

ck m

echa

nism

s m

aint

ain

hom

eost

asis

. (H

S-L

S1-

3)

D.

Use

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

the

role

of c

ellu

lar

divi

sion

(mito

sis)

and

diff

eren

tiatio

n in

pr

oduc

ing

and

mai

ntai

ning

com

plex

or

gani

sms.

(HS

-LS

1-4)

E.

Use

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

how

pho

tosy

nthe

sis

trans

form

s lig

ht e

nerg

y in

to s

tore

d ch

emic

al

ener

gy. (

HS

-LS

1-5)

F.

Con

stru

ct a

nd re

vise

an

expl

anat

ion

base

d on

evi

denc

e fo

r how

car

bon,

hyd

roge

n, a

nd

oxyg

en fr

om s

ugar

mol

ecul

es m

ay c

ombi

ne

with

oth

er e

lem

ents

to fo

rm a

min

o ac

ids

and/

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

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cato

rs

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F.

Con

stru

ct a

sci

entifi

c ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on

evid

ence

for t

he ro

le o

f pho

tosy

nthe

sis

in th

e cy

clin

g of

mat

ter a

nd fl

ow o

f ene

rgy

into

and

ou

t of o

rgan

ism

s. (M

S-L

S1-

6)

G.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

how

food

is

rear

rang

ed th

roug

h ch

emic

al re

actio

ns

form

ing

new

mol

ecul

es th

at s

uppo

rt gr

owth

an

d/or

rele

ase

ener

gy a

s th

is m

atte

r mov

es

thro

ugh

an o

rgan

ism

. (M

S-L

S1-

7)

H.

Gat

her a

nd s

ynth

esiz

e in

form

atio

n th

at

sens

ory

rece

ptor

s re

spon

d to

stim

uli b

y se

ndin

g m

essa

ges

to th

e br

ain

for i

mm

edia

te

beha

vior

or s

tora

ge a

s m

emor

ies.

(MS

-LS

1-8)

or o

ther

larg

e ca

rbon

-bas

ed m

olec

ules

. (H

S-L

S1-

6)

G.

Use

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

that

cel

lula

r re

spira

tion

is a

che

mic

al p

roce

ss w

here

by

the

bond

s of

food

mol

ecul

es a

nd o

xyge

n m

olec

ules

are

bro

ken

and

the

bond

s in

new

co

mpo

unds

are

form

ed re

sulti

ng in

a n

et

trans

fer o

f ene

rgy.

(HS

-LS

1-7)

Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 4

LIFE

SC

IEN

CES

: MAT

TER

AN

D E

NER

GY

IN O

RG

AN

ISM

S A

ND

EC

OSY

STEM

SU

nder

stan

d an

d an

alyz

e th

e ch

arac

teris

tics,

func

tions

, and

beh

avio

ral i

nter

actio

ns w

ithin

an

ecos

yste

m a

s de

mon

stra

ted

thro

ugh

the

inte

grat

ion

of s

cien

tific

and

engi

neer

ing

prac

tices

and

cro

ss-c

uttin

g co

ncep

ts (L

S 2

)

A.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n to

det

erm

ine

if pl

ants

nee

d su

nlig

ht a

nd w

ater

to g

row

. (2-

LS2-

1)

B.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent t

hat s

ome

anim

als

form

gr

oups

that

hel

p m

embe

rs s

urvi

ve. (

3-LS

2-1)

C.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

mov

emen

t of

mat

ter a

mon

g pl

ants

, ani

mal

s, d

ecom

pose

rs,

and

the

envi

ronm

ent.

(5-L

S2-

1)

A.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e fo

r the

effe

cts

of re

sour

ce a

vaila

bilit

y on

or

gani

sms

and

popu

latio

ns o

f org

anis

ms

in a

n ec

osys

tem

. (M

S-L

S2-

1)

B.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n th

at p

redi

cts

patte

rns

of in

tera

ctio

ns a

mon

g or

gani

sms

acro

ss

mul

tiple

eco

syst

ems.

(MS

-LS

2-2)

C.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

cycl

ing

of

mat

ter a

nd fl

ow o

f ene

rgy

amon

g liv

ing

and

nonl

ivin

g pa

rts o

f an

ecos

yste

m. (

MS

-LS

2-3)

D.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent s

uppo

rted

by

empi

rical

evi

denc

e th

at c

hang

es to

phy

sica

l or

biol

ogic

al c

ompo

nent

s of

an

ecos

yste

m a

ffect

po

pula

tions

. (M

S-L

S2-

4)

A.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al a

nd/o

r com

puta

tiona

l re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt ex

plan

atio

ns

of fa

ctor

s th

at a

ffect

car

ryin

g ca

paci

ty o

f ec

osys

tem

s at

diff

eren

t sca

les.

(HS

-LS

2-1)

B.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt an

d re

vise

exp

lana

tions

bas

ed o

n ev

iden

ce

abou

t fac

tors

affe

ctin

g bi

odiv

ersi

ty a

nd

popu

latio

ns in

eco

syst

ems

of d

iffer

ent s

cale

s.

(HS

-LS

2-2)

C.

Con

stru

ct a

nd re

vise

an

expl

anat

ion

base

d on

ev

iden

ce fo

r the

cyc

ling

of m

atte

r and

flow

of

ener

gy in

aer

obic

and

ana

erob

ic c

ondi

tions

. (H

S-L

S2-

3)

D.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt cl

aim

s fo

r the

cyc

ling

of m

atte

r and

flow

of

ener

gy a

mon

g or

gani

sms

in a

n ec

osys

tem

. (H

S-L

S2-

4)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

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cato

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E.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

the

role

of

phot

osyn

thes

is a

nd c

ellu

lar r

espi

ratio

n in

th

e cy

clin

g of

car

bon

amon

g th

e bi

osph

ere,

at

mos

pher

e, h

ydro

sphe

re, a

nd g

eosp

here

. (H

S-L

S2-

5)

F.

Eva

luat

e th

e cl

aim

s, e

vide

nce,

and

reas

onin

g th

at th

e co

mpl

ex in

tera

ctio

ns in

eco

syst

ems

mai

ntai

n re

lativ

ely

cons

iste

nt n

umbe

rs a

nd

type

s of

org

anis

ms

in s

tabl

e co

nditi

ons,

but

ch

angi

ng c

ondi

tions

may

resu

lt in

a n

ew

ecos

yste

m. (

HS

-LS

2-6)

G.

Eva

luat

e th

e ev

iden

ce fo

r the

role

of g

roup

be

havi

or o

n in

divi

dual

and

spe

cies

’ cha

nces

to

surv

ive

and

repr

oduc

e. (H

S-L

S2-

8)

Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 5

LIFE

SC

IEN

CES

: GR

OW

TH, D

EVEL

OPM

ENT,

AN

D R

EPR

OD

UC

TIO

N O

F O

RG

AN

ISM

S, N

ATU

RA

L SE

LEC

TIO

N, A

ND

AD

APT

ATIO

NS

Und

erst

and

and

anal

yze

gene

tics,

ada

ptat

ion,

and

bio

dive

rsity

as

dem

onst

rate

d th

roug

h th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c an

d en

gine

erin

g pr

actic

es a

nd c

ross

-cut

ting

conc

epts

(LS

3 +

LS

4)

A.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns to

con

stru

ct a

n ev

iden

ce-

base

d ac

coun

t tha

t you

ng p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s ar

e lik

e, b

ut n

ot e

xact

ly li

ke, t

heir

pare

nts.

(1

-LS

3-1)

B.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns o

f pla

nts

and

anim

als

to c

ompa

re th

e di

vers

ity o

f life

in d

iffer

ent

habi

tats

. (2-

LS4-

1)

C.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e th

at p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s ha

ve tr

aits

inhe

rited

fro

m p

aren

ts a

nd th

at v

aria

tion

of th

ese

traits

ex

ists

in a

gro

up o

f sim

ilar o

rgan

ism

s. (3

-LS

3-1)

D.

Use

evi

denc

e to

sup

port

the

expl

anat

ion

that

tra

its c

an b

e in

fluen

ced

by th

e en

viro

nmen

t. (3

-LS

3-2)

E.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a fro

m fo

ssils

to

prov

ide

evid

ence

of t

he o

rgan

ism

s an

d th

e

A.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

why

st

ruct

ural

cha

nges

to g

enes

(mut

atio

ns)

loca

ted

on c

hrom

osom

es m

ay a

ffect

pro

tein

s an

d m

ay re

sult

in h

arm

ful,

bene

ficia

l, or

ne

utra

l effe

cts

to th

e st

ruct

ure

and

func

tion

of

the

orga

nism

. (M

S-L

S3-

1)

B.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

why

as

exua

l rep

rodu

ctio

n re

sults

in o

ffspr

ing

with

iden

tical

gen

etic

info

rmat

ion

and

sexu

al

repr

oduc

tion

resu

lts in

offs

prin

g w

ith g

enet

ic

varia

tion.

(MS

-LS

3-2)

C.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a fo

r pat

tern

s in

the

foss

il re

cord

that

doc

umen

t the

exi

sten

ce,

dive

rsity

, ext

inct

ion,

and

cha

nge

of li

fe fo

rms

thro

ugho

ut th

e hi

stor

y of

life

on

Ear

th u

nder

th

e as

sum

ptio

n th

at n

atur

al la

ws

oper

ate

toda

y as

in th

e pa

st. (

MS

-LS

4-1)

A.

Ask

que

stio

ns to

cla

rify

rela

tions

hips

abo

ut

the

role

of D

NA

and

chro

mos

omes

in c

odin

g th

e in

stru

ctio

ns fo

r cha

ract

eris

tic tr

aits

pas

sed

from

par

ents

to o

ffspr

ing.

(HS

-LS

3-1)

B.

Mak

e an

d de

fend

a c

laim

bas

ed o

n ev

iden

ce

that

inhe

ritab

le g

enet

ic v

aria

tions

may

resu

lt fro

m:

(1) n

ew g

enet

ic c

ombi

natio

ns th

roug

h m

eios

is, (

2) v

iabl

e er

rors

occ

urrin

g du

ring

repl

icat

ion,

and

/or (

3) m

utat

ions

cau

sed

by

envi

ronm

enta

l fac

tors

. (H

S-L

S3-

2)

C.

App

ly c

once

pts

of s

tatis

tics

and

prob

abili

ty

to e

xpla

in th

e va

riatio

n an

d di

strib

utio

n of

ex

pres

sed

traits

in a

pop

ulat

ion.

(HS

-LS

3-3)

D.

Com

mun

icat

e sc

ient

ific

info

rmat

ion

that

co

mm

on a

nces

try a

nd b

iolo

gica

l evo

lutio

n ar

e su

ppor

ted

by m

ultip

le li

nes

of e

mpi

rical

ev

iden

ce. (

HS

-LS

4-1)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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envi

ronm

ents

in w

hich

they

live

d lo

ng a

go.

(3-L

S4-

1)

F.

Use

evi

denc

e to

con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n fo

r ho

w th

e va

riatio

ns in

cha

ract

eris

tics

amon

g in

divi

dual

s of

the

sam

e sp

ecie

s m

ay p

rovi

de

adva

ntag

es in

sur

vivi

ng, fi

ndin

g m

ates

, and

re

prod

ucin

g. (3

-LS

4-2)

G.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent w

ith e

vide

nce

that

in a

pa

rticu

lar h

abita

t som

e or

gani

sms

can

surv

ive

wel

l, so

me

surv

ive

less

wel

l, an

d so

me

cann

ot

surv

ive

at a

ll. (3

-LS

4-3)

D.

App

ly s

cien

tific

idea

s to

con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n fo

r the

ana

tom

ical

sim

ilarit

ies

and

diffe

renc

es a

mon

g m

oder

n or

gani

sms

and

betw

een

mod

ern

and

foss

il or

gani

sms

to in

fer

evol

utio

nary

rela

tions

hips

. (M

S -L

S4-

2)

E.

Ana

lyze

dis

play

s of

pic

toria

l dat

a to

com

pare

pa

ttern

s of

sim

ilarit

ies

in th

e em

bryo

logi

cal

deve

lopm

ent a

cros

s m

ultip

le s

peci

es to

id

entif

y re

latio

nshi

ps n

ot e

vide

nt in

the

fully

fo

rmed

ana

tom

y. (M

S -L

S4-

3)

F.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

that

des

crib

es h

ow g

enet

ic v

aria

tions

of t

raits

in

a p

opul

atio

n in

crea

se s

ome

indi

vidu

als’

pr

obab

ility

of s

urvi

ving

and

repr

oduc

ing

in a

sp

ecifi

c en

viro

nmen

t. (M

S -L

S4-

4)

G.

Gat

her a

nd s

ynth

esiz

e in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

tech

nolo

gies

that

hav

e ch

ange

d th

e w

ay

hum

ans

influ

ence

the

inhe

ritan

ce o

f des

ired

traits

in o

rgan

ism

s. (M

S -L

S4-

5)

H.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al re

pres

enta

tions

to s

uppo

rt ex

plan

atio

ns o

f how

nat

ural

sel

ectio

n m

ay le

ad

to in

crea

ses

and

decr

ease

s of

spe

cific

trai

ts in

po

pula

tions

ove

r tim

e. (M

S -L

S4-

6)

E.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

that

the

proc

ess

of e

volu

tion

prim

arily

resu

lts

from

four

fact

ors:

(1) t

he p

oten

tial f

or a

spe

cies

to

incr

ease

in n

umbe

r, (2

) the

her

itabl

e ge

netic

var

iatio

n of

indi

vidu

als

in a

spe

cies

du

e to

mut

atio

n an

d se

xual

repr

oduc

tion,

(3

) com

petit

ion

for l

imite

d re

sour

ces,

and

(4)

the

prol

ifera

tion

of th

ose

orga

nism

s th

at a

re

bette

r abl

e to

sur

vive

and

repr

oduc

e in

the

envi

ronm

ent.

(HS

-LS

4-2)

F.

App

ly c

once

pts

of s

tatis

tics

and

prob

abili

ty to

su

ppor

t exp

lana

tions

that

org

anis

ms

with

an

adva

ntag

eous

her

itabl

e tra

it te

nd to

incr

ease

in

pro

porti

on to

org

anis

ms

lack

ing

this

trai

t. (H

S-L

S4-

3)

G.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

for h

ow n

atur

al s

elec

tion

lead

s to

ada

ptat

ion

of

popu

latio

ns. (

HS

-LS

4-4)

H.

Eva

luat

e th

e ev

iden

ce s

uppo

rting

cla

ims

that

cha

nges

in e

nviro

nmen

tal c

ondi

tions

m

ay re

sult

in: (

1) in

crea

ses

in th

e nu

mbe

r of

indi

vidu

als

of s

ome

spec

ies,

(2) t

he

emer

genc

e of

new

spe

cies

ove

r tim

e, a

nd (3

) th

e ex

tinct

ion

of o

ther

spe

cies

. (H

S-L

S4-

5)

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Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 6

EAR

TH A

ND

SPA

CE

SCIE

NC

ES: E

AR

TH, S

PAC

E, A

ND

TH

E U

NIV

ERSE

Und

erst

and

and

anal

yze

the

orig

ins,

inte

ract

ions

and

rela

tions

hips

bet

wee

n an

d am

ong

the

earth

, our

sol

ar s

yste

m, a

nd th

e un

iver

se a

s de

mon

stra

ted

thro

ugh

the

inte

grat

ion

of s

cien

tific

and

engi

neer

ing

prac

tices

and

cro

ss-c

uttin

g co

ncep

ts (E

SS

1)

A.

Use

obs

erva

tions

of t

he s

un, m

oon,

and

sta

rs

to d

escr

ibe

patte

rns

that

can

be

pred

icte

d.

(1-E

SS

1-1)

B.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns a

t diff

eren

t tim

es o

f yea

r to

rela

te th

e am

ount

of d

aylig

ht to

the

time

of

year

. (1-

ES

S1-

2)

C.

Use

info

rmat

ion

from

sev

eral

sou

rces

to

prov

ide

evid

ence

that

Ear

th e

vent

s ca

n oc

cur

quic

kly

or s

low

ly. (2

-ES

S1-

1)

D.

Iden

tify

evid

ence

from

pat

tern

s in

rock

fo

rmat

ions

and

foss

ils in

rock

laye

rs to

sup

port

an e

xpla

natio

n fo

r cha

nges

in a

land

scap

e ov

er ti

me.

(4-E

SS

1-1)

E.

Sup

port

an a

rgum

ent t

hat d

iffer

ence

s in

the

appa

rent

brig

htne

ss o

f the

sun

com

pare

d to

ot

her s

tars

is d

ue to

thei

r rel

ativ

e di

stan

ces

from

the

Ear

th. (

5-E

SS

1-1)

F.

Rep

rese

nt d

ata

in g

raph

ical

dis

play

s to

re

veal

pat

tern

s of

dai

ly c

hang

es in

leng

th a

nd

dire

ctio

n of

sha

dow

s, d

ay a

nd n

ight

, and

the

seas

onal

app

eara

nce

of s

ome

star

s in

the

nigh

t sky

. (5-

ES

S1-

2)

A.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

of t

he E

arth

-sun

-m

oon

syst

em to

des

crib

e th

e cy

clic

pat

tern

s of

lu

nar p

hase

s, e

clip

ses

of th

e su

n an

d m

oon,

an

d se

ason

s. (M

S-E

SS

1-1)

B.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

role

of

gra

vity

in th

e m

otio

ns w

ithin

gal

axie

s an

d th

e so

lar s

yste

m. (

MS

-ES

S1-

2)

C.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a to

det

erm

ine

scal

e pr

oper

ties

of o

bjec

ts in

the

sola

r sys

tem

. (M

S-E

SS

1-3)

D.

Con

stru

ct a

sci

entifi

c ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

from

rock

stra

ta fo

r how

the

geol

ogic

tim

e sc

ale

is u

sed

to o

rgan

ize

Ear

th’s

4.

6-bi

llion

-yea

r-ol

d hi

stor

y. (M

S-E

SS

1-4)

A.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

bas

ed o

n ev

iden

ce to

ill

ustra

te th

e lif

e sp

an o

f the

sun

and

the

role

of

nuc

lear

fusi

on in

the

sun’

s co

re to

rele

ase

ener

gy th

at e

vent

ually

reac

hes

Ear

th in

the

form

of r

adia

tion.

(HS

-ES

S1-

1)

B.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n of

the

Big

Ban

g th

eory

bas

ed o

n as

trono

mic

al e

vide

nce

of

light

spe

ctra

, mot

ion

of d

ista

nt g

alax

ies,

and

co

mpo

sitio

n of

mat

ter i

n th

e un

iver

se.

(HS

-ES

S1-

2)

C.

Com

mun

icat

e sc

ient

ific

idea

s ab

out t

he w

ay

star

s, o

ver t

heir

life

cycl

e, p

rodu

ce e

lem

ents

. (H

S-E

SS

1-3)

D.

Use

mat

hem

atic

al o

r com

puta

tiona

l re

pres

enta

tions

to p

redi

ct th

e m

otio

n of

or

bitin

g ob

ject

s in

the

sola

r sys

tem

.

(HS

-ES

S1-

4)

E.

Eva

luat

e ev

iden

ce o

f the

pas

t and

cur

rent

m

ovem

ents

of c

ontin

enta

l and

oce

anic

cru

st

and

the

theo

ry o

f pla

te te

cton

ics

to e

xpla

in th

e ag

es o

f cru

stal

rock

s. (H

S-E

SS

1-5)

F.

App

ly s

cien

tific

reas

onin

g an

d ev

iden

ce fr

om

anci

ent E

arth

mat

eria

ls, m

eteo

rites

, and

oth

er

plan

etar

y su

rface

s to

con

stru

ct a

n ac

coun

t of

Ear

th’s

form

atio

n an

d ea

rly h

isto

ry.

(HS

-ES

S1-

6)

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 7

EAR

TH A

ND

SPA

CE

SCIE

NC

ES: E

AR

TH S

YSTE

MS

Und

erst

and

and

anal

yze

earth

’s s

yste

ms

and

the

rela

tions

hip

betw

een

hum

an a

ctiv

ity a

nd th

e ea

rth a

s de

mon

stra

ted

thro

ugh

the

inte

grat

ion

of s

cien

tific

and

engi

-ne

erin

g pr

actic

es a

nd c

ross

-cut

ting

conc

epts

(ES

S 2

+ E

SS

3)

A.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent s

uppo

rted

by e

vide

nce

for h

ow p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s (in

clud

ing

hum

ans)

ca

n ch

ange

the

envi

ronm

ent t

o m

eet t

heir

need

s. (

K-E

SS

2-2.

)

B.

Use

a m

odel

to re

pres

ent t

he re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n th

e ne

eds

of d

iffer

ent p

lant

s or

an

imal

s (in

clud

ing

hum

ans)

and

the

plac

es

they

live

. ( K

-ES

S3-

1.)

C.

Ask

que

stio

ns to

obt

ain

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

pu

rpos

e of

wea

ther

fore

cast

ing

to p

repa

re fo

r, an

d re

spon

d to

, sev

ere

wea

ther

(K-E

SS

2-1)

A

ND

repr

esen

t dat

a in

tabl

es a

nd g

raph

ical

di

spla

ys to

des

crib

e ty

pica

l wea

ther

con

ditio

ns

expe

cted

dur

ing

a pa

rticu

lar s

easo

n. (3

-ES

S2-

1)

D.

Obt

ain

and

com

bine

info

rmat

ion

to d

escr

ibe

clim

ates

in d

iffer

ent r

egio

ns o

f the

wor

ld. (

3-E

SS

2-2.

)

E.

Obt

ain

info

rmat

ion

to id

entif

y w

here

wat

er

is fo

und

on E

arth

and

that

it c

an b

e so

lid o

r liq

uid.

(2-E

SS

2-3)

F.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

, usi

ng a

n ex

ampl

e, to

de

scrib

e w

ays

the

geos

pher

e, b

iosp

here

, hy

dros

pher

e, a

nd/o

r atm

osph

ere

inte

ract

. (5-

ES

S2-

1)

G.

Des

crib

e an

d gr

aph

the

amou

nts

and

perc

enta

ges

of w

ater

and

fres

h w

ater

in

vario

us re

serv

oirs

to p

rovi

de e

vide

nce

abou

t th

e di

strib

utio

n of

wat

er o

n E

arth

(5-E

SS

2-2)

A.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

cycl

ing

of

Ear

th’s

mat

eria

ls a

nd th

e flo

w o

f ene

rgy

that

dr

ives

this

pro

cess

. (M

S-E

SS

2-1)

B.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

for h

ow g

eosc

ienc

e pr

oces

ses

have

cha

nged

E

arth

’s s

urfa

ce a

t var

ying

tim

e an

d sp

atia

l sc

ales

. (M

S-E

SS

2-2)

C.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a on

the

dist

ribut

ion

of fo

ssils

and

rock

s, c

ontin

enta

l sha

pes,

and

se

afloo

r stru

ctur

es to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e of

the

past

pla

te m

otio

ns. (

MS

-ES

S2-

3)

D.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

cycl

ing

of

wat

er th

roug

h E

arth

’s s

yste

ms

driv

en b

y en

ergy

from

the

sun

and

the

forc

e of

gra

vity

. (M

S-E

SS

2-4)

E.

Col

lect

dat

a to

pro

vide

evi

denc

e fo

r how

th

e m

otio

ns a

nd c

ompl

ex in

tera

ctio

ns o

f ai

r mas

ses

resu

lts in

cha

nges

in w

eath

er

cond

ition

s. (M

S-E

SS

2-5)

F.

Dev

elop

and

use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

how

un

equa

l hea

ting

and

rota

tion

of th

e E

arth

ca

use

patte

rns

of a

tmos

pher

ic a

nd o

cean

ic

circ

ulat

ion

that

det

erm

ine

regi

onal

clim

ates

. (M

S-E

SS

2-6)

G.

Con

stru

ct a

sci

entifi

c ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on

evid

ence

for h

ow th

e un

even

dis

tribu

tions

of

Ear

th’s

min

eral

, ene

rgy

and

grou

ndw

ater

re

sour

ces

are

the

resu

lt of

pas

t and

cur

rent

ge

osci

ence

pro

cess

es. (

MS

-ES

S3-

1)

A.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

to il

lust

rate

how

Ear

th’s

in

tern

al a

nd s

urfa

ce p

roce

sses

ope

rate

at

diffe

rent

spa

tial a

nd te

mpo

ral s

cale

s to

form

co

ntin

enta

l and

oce

an-fl

oor f

eatu

res.

(H

S-E

SS

2-1)

B.

Ana

lyze

geo

scie

nce

data

to m

ake

the

clai

m

that

one

cha

nge

to E

arth

’s s

urfa

ce c

an c

reat

e fe

edba

cks

that

cau

se c

hang

es to

oth

er E

arth

sy

stem

s (H

S-E

SS

2-2)

C.

Dev

elop

a m

odel

bas

ed o

n ev

iden

ce o

f Ear

th’s

in

terio

r to

desc

ribe

the

cycl

ing

of m

atte

r by

ther

mal

con

vect

ion.

(HS

-ES

S2-

3)

D.

Use

a m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

how

var

iatio

ns in

the

flow

of e

nerg

y in

to a

nd o

ut o

f Ear

th’s

sys

tem

s re

sult

in c

hang

es in

clim

ate.

(HS

-ES

S2-

4)

E.

Pla

n an

d co

nduc

t an

inve

stig

atio

n of

the

prop

ertie

s of

wat

er a

nd it

s ef

fect

s on

Ear

th

mat

eria

ls a

nd s

urfa

ce p

roce

sses

.

(HS

-ES

S2-

5)

F.

Dev

elop

a q

uant

itativ

e m

odel

to d

escr

ibe

the

cycl

ing

of c

arbo

n am

ong

the

hydr

osph

ere,

at

mos

pher

e, g

eosp

here

, and

bio

sphe

re.

(HS

-ES

S2-

6)

G.

Con

stru

ct a

n ar

gum

ent b

ased

on

evid

ence

ab

out t

he s

imul

tane

ous

coev

olut

ion

of E

arth

’s

syst

ems

and

life

on E

arth

. (H

S-E

SS

2-7)

H.

Con

stru

ct a

n ex

plan

atio

n ba

sed

on e

vide

nce

for h

ow th

e av

aila

bilit

y of

nat

ural

reso

urce

s,

occu

rren

ce o

f nat

ural

haz

ards

, and

cha

nges

in

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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H.

Mak

e ob

serv

atio

ns a

nd/o

r mea

sure

men

ts to

pr

ovid

e ev

iden

ce o

f the

effe

cts

of w

eath

erin

g or

the

rate

of e

rosi

on b

y w

ater

, ice

, win

d, o

r ve

geta

tion.

(4-E

SS

2-1)

I. D

evel

op a

mod

el to

repr

esen

t the

sha

pes

and

kind

s of

land

and

bod

ies

of w

ater

in a

n ar

ea (2

-E

SS

2-2)

AN

D A

naly

ze a

nd in

terp

ret d

ata

from

m

aps

to d

escr

ibe

patte

rns

of E

arth

’s fe

atur

es.

(4-E

SS

2-2)

J.

Obt

ain

and

com

bine

info

rmat

ion

to d

escr

ibe

that

ene

rgy

and

fuel

s ar

e de

rived

from

nat

ural

re

sour

ces

and

thei

r use

s af

fect

the

envi

ronm

ent.

(4-E

SS

3-1)

K.

Obt

ain

and

com

bine

info

rmat

ion

abou

t way

s in

divi

dual

com

mun

ities

use

sci

ence

idea

s to

pr

otec

t the

Ear

th’s

reso

urce

s an

d en

viro

nmen

t. (5

-ES

S3-

1)

H.

Ana

lyze

and

inte

rpre

t dat

a on

nat

ural

haz

ards

to

fore

cast

futu

re c

atas

troph

ic e

vent

s an

d in

form

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f tec

hnol

ogie

s to

m

itiga

te th

eir e

ffect

s. (M

S-E

SS

3-2)

I. C

onst

ruct

and

arg

umen

t sup

porte

d by

ev

iden

ce fo

r how

incr

ease

s in

hum

an

popu

latio

n an

d pe

r-ca

pita

con

sum

ptio

n of

na

tura

l res

ourc

es im

pact

Ear

th’s

sys

tem

s.

(MS

-ES

S3-

4)

J.

Ask

que

stio

ns to

cla

rify

evid

ence

of t

he

fact

ors

that

hav

e ca

used

the

rise

in g

loba

l te

mpe

ratu

res

over

the

past

cen

tury

.

(MS

-ES

S3-

5)

clim

ate

have

influ

ence

d hu

man

act

ivity

. (H

S-E

SS

3-1)

I. C

reat

e a

com

puta

tiona

l sim

ulat

ion

to il

lust

rate

th

e re

latio

nshi

ps a

mon

g m

anag

emen

t of

natu

ral r

esou

rces

, the

sus

tain

abili

ty o

f hum

an

popu

latio

ns, a

nd b

iodi

vers

ity. (

HS

-ES

S3-

3)

J.

Ana

lyze

geo

scie

nce

data

and

the

resu

lts fr

om

glob

al c

limat

e m

odel

s to

mak

e an

evi

denc

e-ba

sed

fore

cast

of t

he c

urre

nt ra

te o

f glo

bal o

r re

gion

al c

limat

e ch

ange

and

ass

ocia

ted

futu

re

impa

cts

to E

arth

sys

tem

s. (H

S-E

SS

3-5)

K.

Use

a c

ompu

tatio

nal r

epre

sent

atio

n to

ill

ustra

te th

e re

latio

nshi

ps a

mon

g E

arth

sy

stem

s an

d ho

w th

ose

rela

tions

hips

are

be

ing

mod

ified

due

to h

uman

act

ivity

. (H

S-E

SS

3-6)

Sci

ence

Gra

duat

ion

Sta

ndar

d 8

ENG

INEE

RIN

G, T

ECH

NO

LOG

Y, A

ND

APP

LIC

ATIO

N O

F SC

IEN

CE

Dem

onst

rate

eng

inee

ring

conc

epts

acr

oss

mul

tiple

dis

cipl

ines

and

nov

el s

ituat

ions

as

dem

onst

rate

d th

roug

h th

e in

tegr

atio

n of

sci

entifi

c an

d en

gine

erin

g pr

actic

es a

nd c

ross

-cut

ting

conc

epts

(ETS

). W

hile

per

form

ance

indi

cato

rs th

at e

nd w

ith a

n *

wer

e or

igin

ally

ass

igne

d to

an

earli

er s

tand

ard

(DC

I) by

N

GS

S, t

hey

are

liste

d he

re b

ecau

se th

ey d

emon

stra

te a

pplic

atio

n of

eng

inee

ring.

The

se p

erfo

rman

ce in

dica

tors

may

als

o se

rve

to in

form

whe

ther

st

uden

ts c

an d

emon

stra

te p

rofic

ienc

y in

the

parti

cula

r con

tent

sta

ndar

d in

whi

ch th

ey w

ere

orig

inal

ly a

ssig

ned.

Defi

ne a

nd d

elim

it en

gine

erin

g pr

oble

ms

Ask

que

stio

ns, m

ake

obse

rvat

ions

and

gat

her i

n-fo

rmat

ion

abou

t a s

ituat

ion

peop

le w

ant t

o ch

ange

to

defi

ne a

sim

ple

prob

lem

that

can

be

solv

ed

thro

ugh

deve

lopm

ent o

f a n

ew o

bjec

t or t

ool,

AN

D

defin

e a

sim

ple

desi

gn p

robl

em re

flect

ing

a ne

ed

or w

ant t

hat i

nclu

des

spec

ified

crit

eria

for s

ucce

ss

and

cons

train

ts o

n m

ater

ials

, tim

e, o

r cos

t. (K

-2-

ETS

1-1;

3-5

-ETS

1-1)

A.

Ana

lyze

dat

a to

det

erm

ine

if a

desi

gn s

olut

ion

wor

ks a

s in

tend

ed to

cha

nge

the

spee

d or

Defi

ne a

nd d

elim

it en

gine

erin

g pr

oble

ms

Defi

ne th

e cr

iteria

and

con

stra

ints

of a

des

ign

prob

lem

with

suf

ficie

nt p

reci

sion

to e

nsur

e a

suc-

cess

ful s

olut

ion,

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt re

leva

nt s

cien

-tifi

c pr

inci

ples

and

pot

entia

l im

pact

s on

peo

ple

and

the

natu

ral e

nviro

nmen

t tha

t may

lim

it po

ssib

le

solu

tions

. (M

S-E

TS1-

1)

A.

App

ly s

cien

tific

prin

cipl

es to

des

ign,

con

stru

ct,

and

test

a d

evic

e th

at e

ither

min

imiz

es o

r m

axim

izes

ther

mal

ene

rgy

trans

fer.*

(MS

-P

S3-

3)

Defi

ne a

nd d

elim

it en

gine

erin

g pr

oble

ms

Ana

lyze

a m

ajor

glo

bal c

halle

nge

to s

peci

fy

qual

itativ

e an

d qu

antit

ativ

e cr

iteria

and

con

stra

ints

fo

r sol

utio

ns th

at a

ccou

nt fo

r soc

ieta

l nee

ds a

nd

wan

ts. (

HS

-ETS

1-1)

A.

App

ly s

cien

tific

and

engi

neer

ing

idea

s to

de

sign

, eva

luat

e, a

nd re

fine

a de

vice

that

m

inim

izes

the

forc

e on

a m

acro

scop

ic o

bjec

t du

ring

a co

llisi

on.*

(HS

-PS

2-3)

B.

Des

ign,

bui

ld, a

nd re

fine

a de

vice

that

wor

ks

Fifth

-Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Eig

hth-

Gra

de P

erfo

rman

ce In

dica

tors

Hig

h S

choo

l Per

form

ance

Indi

cato

rs

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dire

ctio

n of

an

obje

ct w

ith a

pus

h or

a p

ull.*

(K-

PS

2-2)

B.

Ask

que

stio

ns to

obt

ain

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

pu

rpos

e of

wea

ther

fore

cast

ing

to p

repa

re fo

r, an

d re

spon

d to

, sev

ere

wea

ther

.* (K

-ES

S3-

2)

C.

Defi

ne a

sim

ple

desi

gn p

robl

em th

at c

an

be s

olve

d by

app

lyin

g sc

ient

ific

idea

s ab

out

mag

nets

.* (3

-PS

2-4)

D.

App

ly s

cien

tific

idea

s to

des

ign,

test

, and

refin

e a

devi

ce th

at c

onve

rts e

nerg

y fro

m o

ne fo

rm to

an

othe

r.* (4

-PS

3-4)

B.

App

ly N

ewto

n’s

Third

Law

to d

esig

n a

solu

tion

to a

pro

blem

invo

lvin

g th

e m

otio

n of

two

colli

ding

obj

ects

.* (M

S-P

S2-

1)

C.

App

ly s

cien

tific

prin

cipl

es to

des

ign

a m

etho

d fo

r mon

itorin

g an

d m

inim

izin

g a

hum

an im

pact

on

the

envi

ronm

ent.*

(MS

-ES

S3-

3)

with

in g

iven

con

stra

ints

to c

onve

rt on

e fo

rm

of e

nerg

y in

to a

noth

er fo

rm o

f ene

rgy.

* (H

S-

PS

3-3)

C.

Com

mun

icat

e sc

ient

ific

and

tech

nica

l in

form

atio

n ab

out w

hy th

e m

olec

ular

-leve

l st

ruct

ure

is im

porta

nt in

the

func

tioni

ng o

f de

sign

ed m

ater

ials

.* (H

S-P

S2-

6)

D.

Com

mun

icat

e te

chni

cal i

nfor

mat

ion

abou

t how

so

me

tech

nolo

gica

l dev

ices

use

the

prin

cipl

es

of w

ave

beha

vior

and

wav

e in

tera

ctio

ns w

ith

mat

ter t

o tra

nsm

it an

d ca

ptur

e in

form

atio

n an

d en

ergy

.* (H

S-P

S4-

5)

Dev

elop

pos

sibl

e so

lutio

ns

Dev

elop

sim

ple

sket

ches

, dra

win

gs o

r phy

sica

l m

odel

s to

sho

w h

ow a

n ob

ject

’s s

hape

hel

ps it

fu

nctio

n to

sol

ve a

pro

blem

; AN

D g

ener

ate

and

com

pare

mul

tiple

pos

sibl

e so

lutio

ns to

a p

robl

em

base

d on

how

wel

l eac

h is

like

ly to

mee

t the

crit

e-ria

and

con

stra

ints

of t

he p

robl

em. (

K-2

-ETS

1-2;

3-

5-E

TS1-

2)

E.

Use

tool

s an

d m

ater

ials

to d

esig

n an

d bu

ild a

st

ruct

ure

that

will

redu

ce th

e w

arm

ing

effe

ct o

f su

nlig

ht o

n an

are

a.*

(K-P

S3-

2)

F.

Com

mun

icat

e so

lutio

ns th

at w

ill re

duce

the

impa

ct o

f hum

ans

on th

e la

nd, w

ater

, air,

and

/or

oth

er li

ving

thin

gs in

the

loca

l env

ironm

ent.*

(K

-ES

S3-

3)

G.

Use

tool

s an

d m

ater

ials

to d

esig

n an

d bu

ild

a de

vice

that

use

s lig

ht o

r sou

nd to

sol

ve th

e pr

oble

m o

f com

mun

icat

ing

over

a d

ista

nce.

* (1

-PS

4-4)

H.

Use

mat

eria

ls to

des

ign

a so

lutio

n to

a h

uman

pr

oble

m b

y m

imic

king

how

pla

nts

and/

or

anim

als

use

thei

r ext

erna

l par

ts to

hel

p th

em

surv

ive,

gro

w, a

nd m

eet t

heir

need

s.*(

1-L

S1-

1)

I. D

evel

op a

sim

ple

mod

el th

at m

imic

s th

e

Dev

elop

pos

sibl

e so

lutio

ns

Eva

luat

e co

mpe

ting

desi

gn s

olut

ions

usi

ng a

sys

-te

mat

ic p

roce

ss to

det

erm

ine

how

wel

l the

y m

eet

the

crite

ria a

nd c

onst

rain

ts o

f the

pro

blem

. (M

S-

ETS

1-2)

AN

D d

evel

op m

odel

s to

gen

erat

e da

ta

for i

tera

tive

test

ing

and

mod

ifica

tion

of a

pro

pose

d ob

ject

, too

l, or

pro

cess

suc

h th

at a

n op

timal

des

ign

can

be a

chie

ved.

(MS

-ETS

1-4)

D.

Und

erta

ke a

des

ign

proj

ect t

o co

nstru

ct, t

est,

and

mod

ify a

dev

ice

that

eith

er re

leas

es

or a

bsor

bs th

erm

al e

nerg

y by

che

mic

al

proc

esse

s.*

(MS

-PS

1-6)

E.

App

ly s

cien

tific

prin

cipl

es to

des

ign,

con

stru

ct,

and

test

a d

evic

e th

at e

ither

min

imiz

es o

r m

axim

izes

ther

mal

ene

rgy

trans

fer.*

(MS

-P

S3-

3)

F.

Eva

luat

e co

mpe

ting

desi

gn s

olut

ions

for

mai

ntai

ning

bio

dive

rsity

and

eco

syst

em

serv

ices

.* (M

S-L

S2-

5)

Dev

elop

pos

sibl

e so

lutio

ns

Eva

luat

e a

solu

tion

to a

com

plex

real

-wor

ld p

rob-

lem

bas

ed o

n pr

iorit

ized

crit

eria

and

trad

e-of

fs th

at

acco

unt f

or a

rang

e of

con

stra

ints

, inc

ludi

ng c

ost,

safe

ty, r

elia

bilit

y, a

nd a

esth

etic

s, a

s w

ell a

s po

s-si

ble

soci

al, c

ultu

ral,

and

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

s (H

S-E

TS1-

3) A

ND

use

a c

ompu

ter s

imul

atio

n to

mod

el th

e im

pact

of p

ropo

sed

solu

tions

to a

co

mpl

ex re

al-w

orld

pro

blem

with

num

erou

s cr

iteria

an

d co

nstra

ints

on

inte

ract

ions

with

in a

nd b

etw

een

syst

ems

rele

vant

to th

e pr

oble

m. (

HS

-ETS

1-4)

E.

Des

ign,

eva

luat

e, a

nd re

fine

a so

lutio

n fo

r re

duci

ng th

e im

pact

s of

hum

an a

ctiv

ities

on

the

envi

ronm

ent a

nd b

iodi

vers

ity.*

(HS

- LS

2-7)

F.

Cre

ate

or re

vise

a s

imul

atio

n to

test

a s

olut

ion

to m

itiga

te a

dver

se im

pact

s of

hum

an a

ctiv

ity

on b

iodi

vers

ity.*

(HS

-LS

4-6)

G.

Eva

luat

e co

mpe

ting

desi

gn s

olut

ions

for

deve

lopi

ng, m

anag

ing,

and

util

izin

g en

ergy

an

d m

iner

al re

sour

ces

base

d on

cos

t-ben

efit

ratio

s.*

(HS

-ES

S3-

2)

H.

Eva

luat

e or

refin

e a

tech

nolo

gica

l sol

utio

n th

at

redu

ces

impa

cts

of h

uman

act

iviti

es o

n na

tura

l sy

stem

s.*

(HS

-ES

S3-

4)

I. U

se a

com

pute

r sim

ulat

ion

to m

odel

the

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func

tion

of a

n an

imal

in d

ispe

rsin

g se

eds

or

polli

natin

g pl

ants

.* (2

-LS

2-2)

J.

Mak

e a

clai

m a

bout

the

mer

it of

a s

olut

ion

to a

pro

blem

cau

sed

whe

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t ch

ange

s an

d th

e ty

pes

of p

lant

s an

d an

imal

s th

at li

ve th

ere

may

cha

nge.

(3 -L

S4-

4)

K.

Gen

erat

e an

d co

mpa

re m

ultip

le s

olut

ions

to

redu

ce th

e im

pact

s of

nat

ural

Ear

th p

roce

sses

on

hum

ans.

* (4

-ES

S3-

2)

impa

ct o

f pro

pose

d so

lutio

ns to

a c

ompl

ex

real

-wor

ld p

robl

em w

ith n

umer

ous

crite

ria a

nd

cons

train

ts o

n in

tera

ctio

ns w

ithin

and

bet

wee

n sy

stem

s re

leva

nt to

the

prob

lem

. (H

S-E

TS1-

4)

Opt

imiz

e th

e D

esig

n So

lutio

n

Ana

lyze

dat

a fro

m te

sts

of tw

o ob

ject

s de

sign

ed to

so

lve

the

sam

e pr

oble

m to

com

pare

the

stre

ngth

s an

d w

eakn

ess

of h

ow e

ach

perfo

rm, A

ND

pla

n an

d ca

rry

out f

air t

ests

and

ana

lyze

dat

a fro

m te

sts

to d

eter

min

e if

a de

sign

sol

utio

n w

orks

as

inte

nded

an

d co

mpa

re th

e st

reng

ths

and

wea

knes

ses

of

how

eac

h pe

rform

s. (

K-2

-ETS

1-3;

3-5

-ETS

1-3)

L.

Ana

lyze

dat

a ob

tain

ed fr

om te

stin

g di

ffere

nt

mat

eria

ls to

det

erm

ine

whi

ch m

ater

ials

hav

e th

e pr

oper

ties

that

are

bes

t sui

ted

for a

n in

tend

ed p

urpo

se.*

(2-P

S1-

2)

M.

Com

pare

mul

tiple

sol

utio

ns d

esig

ned

to s

low

or

pre

vent

win

d or

wat

er fr

om c

hang

ing

the

shap

e of

the

land

.* (2

-ES

S2-

1)

N.

Gen

erat

e an

d co

mpa

re m

ultip

le s

olut

ions

that

us

e pa

ttern

s to

tran

sfer

info

rmat

ion.

* (4

-PS

4-3)

Opt

imiz

e th

e D

esig

n So

lutio

n

Ana

lyze

dat

a fro

m te

sts

to d

eter

min

e si

mila

ritie

s an

d di

ffere

nces

am

ong

seve

ral d

esig

n so

lutio

ns

to id

entif

y th

e be

st c

hara

cter

istic

s of

eac

h th

at c

an

be c

ombi

ned

into

a n

ew s

olut

ion

to b

ette

r mee

t the

cr

iteria

for s

ucce

ss. (

MS

-ETS

1-3)

AN

D d

evel

op

mod

els

to g

ener

ate

data

for i

tera

tive

test

ing

and

mod

ifica

tion

of a

pro

pose

d ob

ject

, too

l, or

pro

cess

su

ch th

at a

n op

timal

des

ign

can

be a

chie

ved.

(MS

-E

TS1-

4)

G.

Und

erta

ke a

des

ign

proj

ect t

o co

nstru

ct, t

est,

and

mod

ify a

dev

ice

that

eith

er re

leas

es

or a

bsor

bs th

erm

al e

nerg

y by

che

mic

al

proc

esse

s.*

(MS

-PS

1-6)

Opt

imiz

e th

e D

esig

n So

lutio

n

Des

ign

a so

lutio

n to

a c

ompl

ex re

al w

orld

pro

blem

by

bre

akin

g it

dow

n in

to s

mal

ler,

mor

e m

anag

e-ab

le p

robl

ems

that

can

be

solv

ed th

roug

h en

gi-

neer

ing.

(HS

-ETS

1-2)

J.

Refi

ne th

e de

sign

of a

che

mic

al s

yste

m b

y sp

ecify

ing

a ch

ange

in c

ondi

tions

that

wou

ld

prod

uce

incr

ease

d am

ount

s of

pro

duct

s at

eq

uilib

rium

.* (H

S-P

S1-

6)

K.

App

ly s

cien

tific

and

engi

neer

ing

idea

s to

de

sign

, eva

luat

e, a

nd re

fine

a de

vice

that

m

inim

izes

the

forc

e on

a m

acro

scop

ic o

bjec

t du

ring

a co

llisi

on.*

(HS

-PS

2-3)

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Pro

ficie

ncy-

Bas

ed T

rans

crip

t D

ES

IGN

FE

ATU

RE

S +

CO

NS

IDE

RA

TIO

NS

Pr

oble

m S

tate

men

t Tr

aditi

onal

ly, h

igh

scho

ol tr

ansc

ripts

hav

e be

en u

sed

by c

olle

ge a

dmis

sion

s pr

ofes

sion

als

to c

ompa

re s

tude

nts,

di

scrim

inat

e am

ong

leve

ls o

f aca

dem

ic a

ccom

plis

hmen

t, an

d m

ake

adm

issi

ons

deci

sion

s ba

sed

on w

hat s

tude

nts

have

ac

hiev

ed re

lativ

e to

oth

er s

tude

nts

in th

eir s

choo

l or o

ther

sch

ools

. In

addi

tion,

tran

scrip

ts a

re ty

pica

lly h

omeg

row

n do

cum

ents

that

var

y w

idel

y in

des

ign,

lang

uage

, and

pur

pose

, whi

ch o

ften

mak

e it

diffi

cult

for a

dmis

sion

s pr

ofes

sion

als

to

deci

pher

indi

vidu

al s

choo

l sys

tem

s, p

artic

ular

ly n

on-c

onve

ntio

nal s

yste

ms.

Con

sequ

ently

, com

mon

den

omin

ator

s—su

ch a

cl

ass

rank

, Adv

ance

Pla

cem

ent c

ours

es, S

AT

scor

es—

are

ofte

n re

lied

on d

urin

g th

e de

cisi

on-m

akin

g pr

oces

s be

caus

e th

ey p

rovi

de a

fairl

y co

nsis

tent

ben

chm

ark,

from

stu

dent

to s

tude

nt a

nd s

choo

l to

scho

ol, f

or e

valu

atin

g pe

rform

ance

. W

ith th

e m

ove

to a

pro

ficie

ncy-

base

d sy

stem

of t

each

ing,

ass

essi

ng, g

radi

ng, a

nd re

porti

ng, s

choo

ls w

ill b

e ab

le to

si

gnifi

cant

ly in

crea

se b

oth

the

educ

atio

nal a

chie

vem

ent a

nd p

repa

ratio

n of

thei

r gra

duat

es, a

s w

ell a

s th

e co

nsis

tenc

y an

d re

liabi

lity

of th

eir r

epor

ting.

Yet

pro

ficie

ncy-

base

d re

porti

ng s

yste

ms

may

als

o re

duce

the

amou

nt o

f com

para

tive

info

rmat

ion

avai

labl

e to

col

lege

adm

issi

ons

prof

essi

onal

s. C

onse

quen

tly, s

choo

ls e

ither

nee

d to

sup

plem

ent t

he lo

st

info

rmat

ion

(the

aban

donm

ent o

f tra

cked

cou

rses

, cla

ss ra

nk, e

tc.)

or c

olle

ge a

dmis

sion

s pr

ofes

sion

als

will

look

to

wha

teve

r com

para

tive

info

rmat

ion

they

can

obt

ain—

such

as,

for e

xam

ple,

sta

ndar

dize

d-te

st s

core

s—to

sor

t, ra

nk, o

r di

scrim

inat

e am

ong

appl

ican

ts.

Our

Mis

sion

Id

entif

y th

e cr

itica

l tra

nscr

ipt f

eatu

res

that

will

giv

e ad

mis

sion

s pr

ofes

sion

als

the

info

rmat

ion

they

nee

d to

mak

e th

e rig

ht

choi

ce, w

hile

als

o ho

norin

g an

d va

luin

g pr

ofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

syst

ems

that

are

des

igne

d to

incr

ease

edu

catio

nal e

quity

and

co

llege

read

ines

s, a

s w

ell a

s m

akin

g ac

adem

ic re

porti

ng m

ore

valid

, rel

iabl

e, a

nd a

ccur

ate.

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Des

ign

Feat

ures

G

ener

al D

esig

n R

ecom

men

datio

ns

—C

lear

vis

ual s

epar

atio

n of

crit

ical

ele

men

ts—

do n

ot c

lum

p in

form

atio

n to

geth

er.

—U

se s

tand

ard

lette

r-si

ze p

aper

—co

llege

s of

ten

copy

/sca

n an

d di

strib

ute

inte

rnal

ly, a

nd le

tter-s

ized

pap

er m

akes

it

easi

er.

Scho

ol P

rofil

e (o

ne o

r tw

o pa

ges

max

) D

escr

ibe

the

acad

emic

pro

gram

cle

arly

and

con

cise

ly:

1.

Sta

tem

ent o

n th

e sc

hool

’s a

ppro

ach

to p

edag

ogy,

lear

ning

sta

ndar

ds, a

nd c

urric

ular

rigo

r. 2.

D

escr

iptio

n of

the

purp

ose

of p

rofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

inst

ruct

ion.

3.

D

escr

iptio

n of

how

the

curr

icul

um w

orks

and

how

cha

lleng

ing

it is

(inc

lude

link

to o

nlin

e pr

ogra

m o

f stu

dies

and

ot

her r

elev

ant d

ocum

ents

, if a

pplic

able

). 4.

D

escr

iptio

n of

the

grad

ing

syst

em (i

nclu

de li

nk to

mor

e de

taile

d on

line

desc

riptio

n, if

nee

ded

or a

pplic

able

). 5.

D

escr

iptio

n of

gra

duat

ion

requ

irem

ents

and

how

pro

ficie

ncy

is d

eter

min

ed (i

nclu

de li

nk to

mor

e de

taile

d on

line

desc

riptio

n, if

nee

ded

or a

pplic

able

). 6.

C

ritic

al s

choo

l dat

a: g

radu

atio

n ra

tes,

col

lege

-goi

ng ra

tes,

col

lege

-per

sist

ence

rate

s.

7.

Col

lege

s an

d un

iver

sitie

s w

here

gra

duat

es h

ave

mat

ricul

ated

or b

een

acce

pted

in th

e pa

st th

ree

or fi

ve y

ears

. 8.

Th

e pe

rcen

tage

s of

stu

dent

s w

ho h

ave

been

acc

epte

d to

and

who

hav

e m

atric

ulat

ed in

to tw

o- a

nd fo

ur-y

ear

colle

giat

e pr

ogra

ms

in th

e pa

st th

ree

or fi

ve y

ears

(rep

orte

d as

a ro

lling

ave

rage

). 9.

D

escr

iptio

n of

“hab

its o

f wor

k” g

radi

ng a

nd p

rofic

ienc

y (if

app

licab

le).

10. S

tude

nt d

emog

raph

ic in

form

atio

n w

ith s

ubgr

oup

dist

ribut

ions

.

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Cla

ss P

rofil

e (o

ne p

age

max

) D

escr

ibe

the

achi

evem

ent o

f the

gra

duat

ing

clas

s—th

e di

strib

utio

n of

gra

des

and/

or a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts—

to p

rovi

de a

co

ntex

tual

fram

ewor

k fo

r und

erst

andi

ng in

divi

dual

stu

dent

ach

ieve

men

t. 1.

P

erce

ntag

e of

stu

dent

s m

eetin

g st

anda

rds

by c

onte

nt a

reas

and

cro

ss-c

urric

ular

ski

lls.

2.

Med

ian

prof

icie

ncy

atta

inm

ent l

evel

s by

con

tent

are

as a

nd c

ross

-cur

ricul

ar s

kills

. 3.

P

erce

ntag

e/nu

mbe

r of s

tude

nts

purs

uing

and

com

plet

ing

hono

rs o

ptio

ns/c

halle

nges

. 4.

P

erce

ntag

e/nu

mbe

r of s

tude

nts

atta

inin

g ho

nors

in e

ach

of th

e th

ree

hono

r lev

els:

cum

laud

e, m

agna

, sum

ma

5.

Per

cent

age/

num

ber o

f stu

dent

s co

mpl

etin

g ex

tend

ed le

arni

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties

(dua

l-enr

ollm

ent,

inte

rnsh

ips,

etc

.).

6.

Per

cent

age/

num

ber o

f stu

dent

s co

mpl

etin

g A

P a

nd IB

cou

rses

. 7.

S

tand

ardi

zed-

test

sco

res

for t

he c

lass

rela

tive

to s

tate

/nat

iona

l ave

rage

s.

Stud

ent N

arra

tive

(opt

iona

l) In

add

ition

to th

e fo

rmal

tran

scrip

t and

sch

ool a

nd c

lass

pro

files

, sch

ools

may

ele

ct to

pro

vide

a d

escr

iptiv

e na

rrat

ive

of

stud

ents

and

thei

r ind

ivid

ual a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts. I

f a s

tude

nt n

arra

tive

is p

rovi

ded,

it s

houl

d (1

) be

brie

f, (2

) be

writ

ten

by

teac

hers

or o

ther

adu

lts k

now

ledg

eabl

e ab

out t

he s

tude

nt, a

nd (3

) foc

us o

n ac

adem

ic a

ccom

plis

hmen

ts, u

niqu

e le

arni

ng

attri

bute

s, a

nd o

ther

info

rmat

ion

that

will

hel

p co

llege

adm

issi

ons

dete

rmin

e w

hat k

ind

of le

arne

r the

stu

dent

is.

Stud

ent T

rans

crip

t Fea

ture

s (o

ne o

r tw

o pa

ges

max

) C

ours

es

Cou

rse

nam

es, a

s th

ey a

ppea

r on

the

trans

crip

t, sh

ould

be

desc

riptiv

e—in

term

of b

oth

cont

ent a

rea

and

leve

l of

acad

emic

cha

lleng

e/rig

or. A

bbre

viat

ions

sho

uld

be a

void

ed. C

ours

e tit

les

shou

ld b

e in

depe

nden

tly re

cogn

izab

le a

nd

unde

rsta

ndab

le, a

nd a

n ea

sy-to

-und

erst

and

lege

nd, k

ey, o

r glo

ssar

y sh

ould

be

incl

uded

if a

bbre

viat

ions

or m

ultip

le

cour

se le

vels

are

use

d. In

het

erog

eneo

us c

ours

es, i

ndiv

idua

l ach

ieve

men

t—ac

cele

rate

d at

tain

men

t of s

tand

ards

, co

mpl

etio

n of

an

hono

rs o

ptio

n—sh

ould

be

desc

ribed

.

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Alte

rnat

ive

Lear

ning

Ach

ieve

men

ts

Add

ition

al le

arni

ng a

chie

vem

ents

—su

ch a

s th

e co

mpl

etio

n of

a d

ual-e

nrol

lmen

t cou

rse,

cre

dit-b

earin

g in

tern

ship

, or

serv

ice-

lear

ning

requ

irem

ent—

shou

ld b

e re

porte

d on

the

trans

crip

t and

cle

arly

des

crib

ed, e

spec

ially

if s

tude

nts

are

grad

ed a

nd e

arn

cred

it or

sat

isfy

gra

duat

ion

requ

irem

ents

. G

radi

ng S

yste

m

The

grad

ing

syst

em, p

artic

ular

ly th

e di

stin

ctio

ns b

etw

een

grad

es a

nd a

ttain

men

t lev

els,

sho

uld

be c

lear

ly a

nd s

ucci

nctly

ex

plai

ned

on th

e tra

nscr

ipt.

The

desc

riptio

n sh

ould

als

o ad

dres

s ho

w g

rade

s ar

e de

term

ined

. The

gra

ding

sys

tem

sho

uld

be b

ased

on

a re

cogn

izab

le s

cale

, suc

h as

a 4

.0 s

cale

, to

faci

litat

e un

ders

tand

ing.

If s

pace

is a

n is

sue,

incl

ude

a lin

k to

a

mor

e de

taile

d on

line

desc

riptio

n of

the

grad

ing

syst

em. T

he G

reat

Sch

ools

Par

tner

ship

stro

ngly

reco

mm

ends

that

sch

ools

ad

opt a

pro

ficie

ncy-

base

d gr

adin

g sy

stem

that

is b

ased

on

a 4.

0 sc

ale.

G

PA

The

GP

A is

alig

ned

to th

e pr

ofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

scal

e.

Cla

ss R

ank,

Hon

ors,

Aw

ards

, Aca

dem

ic D

istin

ctio

ns

Tran

scrip

ts s

houl

d re

port

acad

emic

hon

ors

and

nota

ble

acad

emic

aw

ards

and

dis

tinct

ions

. Whi

le s

ome

scho

ols

or

scho

lars

hip

prog

ram

s m

ay re

quire

trad

ition

al c

lass

rank

ing,

the

Gre

at S

choo

ls P

artn

ersh

ip s

trong

ly re

com

men

ds th

at

scho

ols

adop

t a L

atin

hon

ors

syst

em th

at re

ports

thre

e le

vels

of a

chie

vem

ent:

Sum

ma

Cum

Lau

de, M

agna

Cum

Lau

de,

and

Cum

Lau

de.

Cre

dits

or G

radu

atio

n R

equi

rem

ents

C

lear

ly in

dica

te.

Hon

ors

Opt

ions

A

chie

vem

ent o

f hon

ors

optio

ns a

nd o

ther

adv

ance

d co

urse

wor

k in

het

erog

eneo

usly

gro

uped

cou

rses

sho

uld

be c

lear

ly

indi

cate

d an

d de

scrib

ed.

Hab

its o

f Wor

k

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If a

scho

ol u

ses

“hab

its o

r wor

k” (o

r HO

W) s

tand

ards

and

gra

des,

the

syst

em s

houl

d be

des

crib

ed in

the

scho

ol p

rofil

e.

Sch

ools

may

not

wan

t to

repo

rt H

OW

gra

des

on th

e tra

nscr

ipt.

Prop

osed

Cou

rse

Ach

ieve

men

t Rep

ortin

g M

odel

W

hen

tradi

tiona

lly s

truct

ured

sch

ools

mov

e to

pro

ficie

ncy-

base

d sy

stem

s, th

eir t

rans

crip

ts w

ill lo

ok re

lativ

ely

fam

iliar

to

colle

ge a

dmis

sion

s pr

ofes

sion

als.

The

follo

win

g co

ncep

tual

tran

scrip

t des

ign—

for d

iscu

ssio

n pu

rpos

es—

is fo

r sch

ools

th

at u

se:

� P

rofic

ienc

y-ba

sed

teac

hing

, ass

essm

ent,

grad

ing,

and

repo

rting

. �

Het

erog

eneo

usly

gro

uped

cou

rses

with

out t

iere

d ac

adem

ic tr

acks

. �

Mul

tiple

pat

hway

s in

whi

ch s

tude

nts

can

achi

eve

lear

ning

sta

ndar

ds a

nd s

atis

fy g

radu

atio

n re

quire

men

ts o

utsi

de o

f tra

ditio

nal a

cade

mic

cou

rses

. �

Mor

e fle

xibl

e ap

proa

ches

to ti

me

in w

hich

stu

dent

s ca

n ta

ke s

horte

r or l

onge

r per

iods

of t

ime

to a

chie

ve s

tand

ards

.

Expe

rienc

e D

escr

iptio

n G

rade

C

redi

t D

urat

ion

Atta

inm

ent

Enric

hmen

t C

ours

e E

nglis

h 10

3.

5 1.

00

Yea

r A

ccel

erat

ed

Hon

ors

Cou

rse

Eng

lish

11

3.0

1.00

Y

ear

Mee

ts

Inde

pend

ent

Inte

rnsh

ip

Loca

l N

ewsp

aper

4.

0 .5

0 S

emes

ter

Exc

eeds

Expe

rienc

e: In

dica

tes

the

type

of l

earn

ing

expe

rienc

e st

uden

ts c

ompl

eted

(e.g

., ac

adem

ic c

ours

e, d

ual-e

nrol

lmen

t co

urse

, ind

epen

dent

stu

dy, i

nter

nshi

p, a

ppre

ntic

eshi

p, e

tc.).

A k

ey s

houl

d be

incl

uded

to d

escr

ibe

in m

ore

deta

il w

hat t

he

shor

t-han

d te

rms,

suc

h as

Cou

rse

or In

tern

ship

, spe

cific

ally

mea

n. F

or e

xam

ple:

Cou

rse

� D

ual e

nrol

lmen

t �

Ind

epen

dent

Int

erns

hip

� A

ppre

ntic

eshi

p D

escr

iptio

n: C

ours

e til

e or

brie

f des

crip

tion

of th

e le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e. A

key

to a

ll te

rms

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed.

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Gra

de: F

inal

gra

de a

chie

ved.

A k

ey d

escr

ibin

g th

e gr

adin

g sy

stem

sho

uld

be in

clud

ed.

Cre

dit:

Gra

duat

ion

cred

its e

arne

d.

Dur

atio

n: G

ener

al le

ngth

of t

he le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

e. A

key

to a

ll te

rms

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed, i

f nec

essa

ry. F

or e

xam

ple:

Yea

r �

Sem

este

r �

Trim

este

r �

Sum

mer

(ses

sion

) �

Win

ter (

sess

ion)

A

ttain

men

t: In

dica

tes

whe

n or

to w

hat d

egre

e st

uden

ts h

ave

achi

eved

lear

ning

sta

ndar

ds in

a c

ours

e or

oth

er le

arni

ng

expe

rienc

e. F

or e

xam

ple,

stu

dent

s m

ay a

chie

ve s

tand

ards

in a

n ac

cele

rate

d fa

shio

n (A

ccel

erat

ed, H

ighl

y A

ccel

erat

ed) o

r th

ey m

ay e

xcee

d st

anda

rds

at m

ultip

le le

vels

(Exc

eede

d, H

ighl

y E

xcee

ded)

. Onl

y po

sitiv

e or

adv

ance

d ac

hiev

emen

t sh

ould

be

repr

esen

ted

(i.e.

, a b

lank

spa

ce w

ill in

dica

te th

at s

tude

nts

met

sta

ndar

ds o

n tim

e, o

ver a

long

er p

erio

d of

tim

e,

or w

ith a

dditi

onal

sup

port)

. A k

ey to

all

term

s sh

ould

be

incl

uded

. For

exa

mpl

e:

� A

ccel

erat

ed

� H

ighl

y ac

cele

rate

d �

Mee

ts

� E

xcee

ds

� H

ighl

y E

xcee

ds

En

richm

ent:

Indi

cate

s w

hen

stud

ents

hav

e el

ecte

d to

pur

sue

mor

e ch

alle

ngin

g st

anda

rds,

cou

rsew

ork,

or l

earn

ing

with

in

the

cont

ext o

f the

lear

ning

exp

erie

nce.

A k

ey to

all

term

s sh

ould

be

incl

uded

. For

exa

mpl

e:

� H

onor

s (o

ptio

n)

� I

ndep

ende

nt (s

tudy

) �

Onl

ine

(lear

ning

exp

erie

nce)

Ser

vice

(lea

rnin

g ex

perie

nce)

Cap

ston

e (p

roje

ct)

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Level of Proficiency

Duration Type

English 9 3.5 Year Honors

History 9 3.0 Year Course

Internship4.0 Semester

Bigelow High School Student Personal Information

Mountain Rd., Dead River, Maine 04000

Phone: Website:

GPA: 3.75

2012-13

1.0 - Does not meet standards2.0 - Partially meets standards3.0 - Meets standards3.25 - 3.50 - Exceeds standards3.75 - 4.0 - Exceeds standards with honors

AddressContact Info

Date of Birth:Parent/Guardian:

Date of Graduation:

Magna Cum Laude

SAT ScoresAcademic AwardsAcademic Recognition

3.5 Year Course

4.0 Year Honors

4.0 Semester

2011-12

2010-11

2009-10

Course4.0 Semester

Dual Enrollment4.0 SemesterInternship3.5 Semester

3.5 Semester Honors

3.0 Year Independent

3.5 Semester

Graduation Cross-Curricular Skills

Clear and effective communicator

Self-directed and lifelong learner

Creative and practical problem solver

Responsible and involved citizen

Integrative and informed thinker

Learning Experience

Additional Graduation Requirements

Senior Project

Capstone Experience

Service Learning Requirement

Maine Learning Results Guiding Principles

3.0

3.25

3.50

3.75

4.0

Geometry 3.0 Year Course

SAMPLE

Academic Summary

Demonstrated Proficiency -

Maine Guiding Principles

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Science and Technology

Social Studies

Health Education and Physical Education

World Languages

Visual and Performing Arts

Career Education and Development

Grading System

Graduation Requirements3.5 Semester

Date of Enrollment:

Student Proficiency is verified by numerous demonstratrions pertaining to these skills, not one time events

Level of Proficiency

Course

Course

Course

Spanish I

Earth Science

Art 1

English 10

History 10

Algebra II

Spanish II

Chemistry

Drama

Language + Composition (AP)

US History

Calculus

Spanish III

PhysicsSoftware Development, Inc.

English 101

Mountain Daily Sun (Newspaper)

Physical Education

Spanish IV

HealthPyschology (AP)

4.0

4.0Semester

Semester

3.5

3.0

3.0

Year

Year

Year

Course

Course

Course

3.5

4.0

4.0

Year

Year

Semester

Course

Honors

Course

3.5 Semester

3.5 Semester

Course

Internship

CourseHonors

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Bigelow High SchoolTranscript Key

Type of Learning Experience

Course: Learning took place in and was verified by a certified teacher in a regular high school course.

Honors: Learning took place in and was verified by a certified teacher in a regular high school course in which the student opted to engage in more rigorous course work.

Dual Enrollment: Learning took place in a college course that enabled the student to demonstrate proficiency of one or more graduation standards.

Independent: Learning took place in a student-designed and teacher-supported learning experience. The teacher verified the students’ proficiency of one of more graduation standards.

Internship: Learning took place in a work-enviornment after which a certified teacher verified proficiency of one or more graduation standards.

Graduation Standards Performance SummaryEnglish Language Arts

Reading Comprehension

Reading Interpretation

Writing Range

Writing Research

Discussion

Presentation

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

3.0

Level of Proficiency

Mathematics

Numbers and Quantity

Algebra

Functions

Geometry

Statistics and Probablity

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

SocialStudies

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

Standard 4

Standard 5

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

Visual and Performing Arts

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

3.0

3.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

World Languages

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

Standard 4

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

Level of Proficiency

Career and Education Development

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

Standard 4

Standard 5

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

Science and Technology

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

Standard 4

Standard 5

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

Health Education and Physical Education

Standard 1

Standard 2

Standard 3

3.0

3.0

3.5

Level of Proficiency

SAMPLE

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COLLEGIATE ENDORSEMENT OFPROFICIENCY-BASED

EDUCATION & GRADUATION

Joining other institutions of higher education and the New England Secondary School Consortium to support of stronger academic preparation for postsecondary study, leading to increased collegiate enrollments and higher completion rates in our degree programs, we, the undersigned:

1. Endorse proficiency-based approaches to instruction, assessment, reporting, and graduation that establish universally high learning standards and expectations for all students in K–12 schools.

2. Accept a wide range of student transcripts if they meet our stated admissions requirements and provide a full and accurate presentation of what an applicant has learned and accomplished.

3. Pledge that applicants to our institutions with proficiency-based transcripts will not be disadvantaged in any way.

This endorsement recognizes that strong educational preparation benefits our students, our faculty, and our institution, and toward these ends we strongly support proficiency-based teaching practices, assessments, report cards, graduation decisions, and other strategies that can increase student preparation for higher education, modern careers, and lives of active, informed citizenship.

Agreed on this DayOctober 24, 2012

New England Secondary School Consortium

••

University of MaineUniversity of Maine at Augusta

University of Maine at FarmingtonUniversity of Maine at Fort KentUniversity of Maine at Machias

University of Maine at Presque IsleUniversity of Southern Maine

Rosa S. Redonnett Executive Director of Student Affairs

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MaineHusson University

Thomas College

University of Maine

University of Maine at Augusta

ConnecticutAsnuntuck Community College

Capital Community College

Central Connecticut State University

Charter Oak State College

Home » Endorsement

Collegiate Endorsement of Proficiency-BasedEducation and Graduation

New England Colleges and Universities Support Stronger Student Preparation

Over the past decade, the movement to adopt proficiency-based approaches to teaching, learning, and graduating hasgained momentum in New England, and throughout the country, as more educators, parents, business leaders, and electedofficials recognize that high educational standards and strong academic preparation are essential to success in today'sworld.

With some parents wondering about the effects that proficiency-based education will have on their children or the college-admissions process, the Consortium reached out to higher education institutions throughout the region. We asked themdirectly about their support of proficiency-based learning, and their response has been both affirming and inspiring.

To capture the sentiment of higher education, we developed the Collegiate Endorsement of Proficiency-Based Education andGraduation, which has been signed by a significant—and growing—number of colleges and universities. The text andprovisions of the endorsement are as follows:

The EndorsementJoining other institutions of higher education and the New England Secondary School Consortium in support of strongeracademic preparation for postsecondary study, leading to increased collegiate enrollments and higher completion rates inour degree programs, we, the undersigned:

1. Endorse proficiency-based approaches to instruction, assessment, reporting, and graduation that establishuniversally high learning standards and expectations for all students in K–12 schools.

2. Accept a wide range of transcripts if the students meet our stated admissions requirements and the transcriptsprovide a full and accurate presentation of what an applicant has learned and accomplished.

3. Pledge that applicants to our institutions with proficiency-based transcripts will not be disadvantaged in any way.

This endorsement recognizes that strong educational preparation benefits our students, our faculty, and our institution, andtoward these ends we strongly support proficiency-based teaching practices, assessments, report cards, graduationdecisions, and other strategies that can increase student preparation for higher education, modern careers, and lives ofactive, informed citizenship.

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University of Maine at Machias

University of Maine at Presque Isle

University of Southern Maine

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Great Bay Community College

Keene State College

Lakes Region Community College

Manchester Community College

Nashua Community College

NHTI-Concord's Community College

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University of New Hampshire

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