Smarter Balanced

Assessment Consortium:
Mathematics Practice Test Scoring Guide
Grade 7

08/14/2019
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About the Practice Test Scoring Guides
The Smarter Balanced Mathematics Practice Test Scoring Guides provide details about the items,
student response types, correct responses, and related scoring considerations for the Smarter
Balanced Practice Test items. The items selected for the Practice Test are designed to reflect
 a broad coverage of claims and targets that closely mirror the summative blueprint.
 a range of student response types.
 a breadth of difficulty levels across the items, ranging from easier to more difficult items.
It is important to note that all student response types are not fully represented on every practice test,
but a distribution can be observed across all the practice tests. The items presented are reflective of
refinements and adjustments to language based on pilot test results and expert recommendations
from both content and accessibility perspectives.
Within this guide, each item is presented with the following information1:
 Claim: statement derived from evidence about college and career readiness
 Domain: a broad content area that contains related targets and standards (i.e., Geometry)
 Target: statement that bridges the content standards and the assessment evidence that
supports the claim
 Depth of Knowledge (DOK): measure of complexity considering the student’s cognitive
process in response to an item. There are four DOK levels, a 4 being the highest level.
 Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Content (CCSS-MC)
 Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice (CCSS-MP)
 Static presentation of the item: static presentation of item from test administration system
 Static presentation of student response field(s): static presentation of response field from
test administration system
 Answer key or exemplar: expected student response or example response from score point
value
 Rubric and applicable score points for each item: score point representations for student
responses

The following items are representative of the kinds of items that students can expect to experience
when taking the Computer Adaptive Test (CAT) portion of the summative assessment for grade 7. A
separate document is available that provides a grade 7 sample performance task and scoring guide.

1 Most of these terms (Claim, Domain, Target, DOK, etc.) are defined in various other Smarter Balanced
documents, as well as the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Refer to the Content Specifications
for the Summative Assessment of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics for more information.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#1 1 EE D 1 7.EE.B.3 N/A

Key: 45
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct value.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#2 1 NS B 1 7.NS.A.1d N/A

Key: 70
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the difference between the temperatures.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#3 1 EE C 1 7.EE.A.1 7

Key: D
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the equivalent expression.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#4 1 EE C 2 7.EE.A.1 7

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects both
equivalent expressions.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#5 1 NS B 1 7.NS.A.2d N/A

Key: 1.375
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the decimal equivalent.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#6 1 EE C 1 7.EE.A.1 N/A

Key: –13.78
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct value.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#7 1 NS B 1 7.NS.A.2 N/A

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the equivalent values.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#8 1 SP G 1 7.SP.A.1 N/A

Key: A
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects an appropriate sample.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#9 1 EE D 2 7.EE.B.4 N/A

Key: 4
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the minimum number of lawns.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#10 1 RP A 2 7.RP.A.1 N/A

Key: 3.5 or equivalent

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the number of grams of peanuts.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#11 1 SP I 1 7.SP.C.5 N/A

Key: T, F, F, T
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly identifies the statements as true or false.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#12 2 EE C 2 7.EE.B.4 2

Key: 14
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the maximum number of candies David can buy.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#13 1 RP A 2 7.RP.A.3 N/A

Key: 7.50 or equivalent

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of dollars.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#14 3 RP A 2 7.RP.A.2 3

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects all three correct

combinations.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#15 1 G E 2 7.G.A.1 N/A

Key: 21.75 or 21¾

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the value of x.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#16 3 EE E 2 7.EE.A.1 3, 7

Key: B
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct step and expression.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#17 1 RP A 2 7.RP.A.2 N/A

Key: F, T, T
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly identifies the statements as true and false.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#18 1 G F 2 7.G.B.6 N/A

Key: 1375
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the area of the figure.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#19 3 RP C 2 7.RP.A.3, 1, 2
6.RP.A.3

Key: B
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct statement.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#20 1 RP A 2 7.RP.A.2 N/A

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the tables that
represent the given relationship.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#21 1 G F 2 7.G.B.4 N/A

Key: 6
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the radius of the circle.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#22 1 EE D 2 7.EE.B.4b N/A

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student adds the
correct arrow to the number line.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#23 3 NS A 2 6.NS.C.7 2, 3

Key: 6/35, 13/70, or any fraction between 1/7 and 1/5

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a fraction between 1/5 and 1/7 that does not have a
denominator of 6.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#24 4 G D 2 7.G.B.6 1, 4, 7

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Key: Part A: 100

Part B: 96
Rubric: (2 points) The student enters the correct value for Part A AND Part B.
(1 point) The student enters the correct value for Part A OR Part B.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#25 2 RP A 2 7.RP.A.3 1, 7

Key: 11,500
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct price.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#26 4 RP F 3 7.RP.A.3 2, 5, 7

Key: 144
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct distance.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#27 2 G A 2 7.G.B.6 1, 7

Key: 42
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the minimum number of times Johnny needs to use the
wheelbarrow.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#28 1 RP A 2 7.RP.A.2 N/A

Key: c = (10/3)g or equivalent

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a correct equation.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#29 3 RP D 3 6.RP.A.3 7

Exemplar: (shown below)

Rubric: (1 point) The student selects all three statements that describe the situation.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#30 4 EE E 3 7.EE.B.4 1, 4

Key: 2.25 or equivalent

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the total distance.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#31 1 EE D 2 7.EE.B.4 4

Key: 4500 > 1500 + 30m or equivalent

Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a correct inequality.

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Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP

#32 3 NS F 2 7.NS.A.1 7, 8

Exemplar: (shown at right)

Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly evaluates
each expression.

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