Smarter Balanced
08/14/2019
Assessment Consortium:
Mathematics Practice Test Scoring Guide
Grade 3
Grade 3 Mathematics
Smarter Balanced Grade 3 Mathematics Practice Test Scoring Guide 2
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 information
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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 3. A
separate document is available that provides a grade 3 sample performance task and scoring guide.
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Most of these terms (Claim, Domain, Target, DOK, etc.) are further 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.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#1 1 OA D 2 3.OA.D.8 N/A
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Key: 52
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of cookies.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#2 1 NBT E 1 3.NBT.A.2 N/A
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Key: 809
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#3 1 OA A 1 3.OA.A.3 N/A
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Key: 15
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of trading cards.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#4 3 OA F 2 3.OA.B 2, 4
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Key: D
Rubric: (1 point) The student identifies the correct expression and reason.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#5 1 OA A 1 3.OA.A.3 N/A
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Key: 6
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of fish.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#6 1 MD G 1 3.MD.A.1 N/A
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Key: D
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct time.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#7 2 NBT C 2 3.NBT.A.2 1, 2
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Key: B
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct teacher.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#8 1 MD J 1 3.MD.D.8 N/A
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Key: 60
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct perimeter of the shape.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#9 1 NF F 1 3.NF.A.3 N/A
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Key: 5 or equivalent
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a correct number.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#10 3 NF D 2 3.NF.A.1 3
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Key: C
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct statement.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#11 1 OA A 1 3.OA.A.4 N/A
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Key: 48
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#12 1 OA B 1 3.OA.B.6 N/A
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Key: C
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct equation.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#13 1 OA D 2 3.OA.D.9 N/A
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Key: 20 in the first row and 25 in the second row
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct numbers.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#14 1 OA C 1 3.OA.C.7 N/A
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Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly identifies
the true equations.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#15 1 OA C 1 3.OA.C.7 N/A
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Key: 40 and 56
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct products.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#16 3 MD F 2 3.MD.A.1 4
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Key: B
Rubric: (1 point) The student identifies the correct number line.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#17 1 MD I 2 3.MD.C 4, 6
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Key: A
Rubric: (1 point) The student selects the correct number of square feet.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#18 2 OA A 2 3.OA.D.8 1
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Key: 58
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of cherries.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#19 3 OA E 2 3.OA.B.5 7
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Key: C
Rubric: (1 point) The student identifies the correct statement.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#20 4 OA C 2 3.OA.D.8 1
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Key: 4
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the fewest number of cars needed.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#21 3 NF D 2 3.NF.A.3 2
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Key: For the first fraction equal to 1: 2/2, 3/3, 4/4, 6/6, or 8/8
For the second fraction less than 1: 2/3, 2/4, 2/6, 2/8, 3/4, 3/6, 3/8, 4/6, 4/8, or 6/8
For the third fraction greater than 1: 3/2, 4/2, 6/2, 8/2, 4/3, 6/3, 8/3, 6/4, 8/4, or 8/6
Rubric: (2 points) The student completes all three comparisons correctly.
(1 point) The student completes only two comparisons correctly.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#22 2 OA C 2
3.OA.A,
6
2.
OA.C
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Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly identifies
which groups can be formed using all the pens.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#23 4 MD D 3 3.MD.B.3 5
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Key: 3 or 4
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a possible number of students each star could represent.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#24 1 MD H 2 3.MD.B.4 4
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Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly
completes the line plot.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#25 4 OA E 2 3.OA.D.8 7
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Key: first and third equations
Rubric: (1 point) The student identifies the correct equations.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#26 3 NF B 3 3.NF.A.3 6
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Key: Any fraction between 2/6 and 2/3; for example, 2/4, 3/5, 4/10, etc. Decimal equivalents for
the fractions are also acceptable.
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters an acceptable fraction or decimal.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#27 1 OA D 2 3.OA.D.8 N/A
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Key: 39
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters the correct number of beads.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#28 1 NF F 2 3.NF.A.2 4
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Key: 7/8 or equivalent
Rubric: (1 point) The student enters a correct fraction represented by Point A.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#29 3 NF A 2 3.NF.A.3 3
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Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (2 points) The student clicks on the
correct number of 1/3 and 1/4 pieces in
Part A and clicks on “Yes” and drags “>” into
the box in Part B.
(1 point) The student correctly completes
either Part A or Part B, but not both.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#30 1 G K 2 3.G.A.2 4
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Exemplar: (one possible solution shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly shades 1/4 of the
rectangle.
Grade 3 Mathematics
Item Claim Domain Target DOK CCSS-MC CCSS-MP
#31 1 OA B 1 3.OA.B.5 7
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Exemplar: (shown at right)
Rubric: (1 point) The student correctly identifies the
equal expressions.
