2023 Released Tests

Aligned to the Standards

CONTENT BUILDER FOR THE PLC

Social Studies
Grade 8
Learn more
Exploration and Colonization
8.2 History. The student understands the causes of exploration and colonization eras.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.3, 8.7, 8.11, 8.12, 8.15, 8.23, 8.25
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.2(A) RC 1

8.2(A) identify reasons for English, Spanish, and French exploration and colonization of North America Analysis of Assessed Standards
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
2023 – Q6 Subcluster
Reasons for Exploration
and Early Colonization
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 34

B 12

C 5

D* 49

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.3(A) RC 1

8.3(A) explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the
Analysis of Assessed Standards
colonial period
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
Representative
2023 – Q25 Subcluster Government and Its
Growth
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 33

B 15

C 30

D 22

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.3(C) RC 1

8.3(C) escribe how religion and virtue contributed to the growth of representative government in the
Analysis of Assessed Standards
American colonies
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
Representative
2023 – Q15 Subcluster Government and Its
Growth
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Inline Choice (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 20

No Credit 40

Partial Credit 41

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (experiences of individuals, democratic feelings)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.10(A) RC 2

8.10(A) locate places and regions directly related to major eras and turning points in the United States
Analysis of Assessed Standards
during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
Physical and Human
2023 – Q12 Subcluster Geography of the Colonial
Regions
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 9

B 23

C 31

D* 38

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.11(A) RC 2

8.11(A) analyze how physical characteristics of the environment influenced population distribution,
Analysis of Assessed Standards
settlement patterns, and economic activities in the United States
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
Physical and Human
2023 – Q10 Subcluster Geography of the Colonial
Regions
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 13

B 30

C* 43

D 13

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.12(B) RC 4

8.12(B) explain reasons for the development of the plantation system, the transatlantic slave trade, and
Analysis of Assessed Standards
the spread of slavery
Exploration and
Cluster
Colonization
2023 – Q5 Subcluster
Economics of the Colonial
Regions
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 13

B* 63

C 13

D 11

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)

American Revolution
8.4 History. The student understands significant political and economic issues of the revolutionary and Constitutional eras.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.15, 8.19, 8.20, 8.22, 8.23

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.1(A) RC 1

8.1(A) identify the major eras in U.S. history through 1877, including colonization, revolution, creation
and ratification of the Constitution, early republic, the Age of Jackson, westward expansion, reform Analysis of Assessed Standards
movements, sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction, and describe their causes and effects
Cluster American Revolution
2023 – Q19 Subcluster Causes of the Revolution
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 12

B 14

C* 50

D 24

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.4(A) RC 1

8.4(A) analyze causes of the American Revolution, including the Proclamation of 1763, the Intolerable
Acts, the Stamp Act, mercantilism, lack of representation in Parliament, and British economic policies Analysis of Assessed Standards
following the French and Indian War
Cluster American Revolution
2023 – Q7 Subcluster Causes of the Revolution
Content Readiness

Process
Short Constructed
Item Type
Response (2 pts)
Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 18

No Credit 58

Partial Credit 23

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (Correct answers include references to any two:

Proclamation of 1763: The British restricted/prevented westward expansion and settlement.
Stamp Act: All colonists had to pay taxes on documents and paper. Taxes had to be paid in
silver, which was difficult to acquire.
Unfair taxation/lack of representation in Parliament: Colonists had to pay taxes that were
created by a government in which they did not have representation.
British economic policies following the French and Indian War: The British used taxes from
the colonies to pay off debt from the war.

)
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.4(C) RC 1

8.4(C) explain the issues surrounding important events of the American Revolution, including declaring
independence; fighting the battles of Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, and Yorktown; enduring the Analysis of Assessed Standards
winter at Valley Forge; and signing the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Cluster American Revolution
2023 – Q35 Subcluster Revolutionary War
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 41

B 20

C 24

D 15

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

Constitution
8.15 Government. The student understands the American beliefs and principles reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the
U.S. Constitution, and other important historic documents.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.4, 8.7, 8.16, 8.17, 8.18, 8.19, 8.21, 8.25
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.4(D) RC 1

8.4(D) analyze the issues of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, including the Great Compromise and
Analysis of Assessed Standards
the Three-Fifths Compromise
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q4 The Articles and the
Subcluster
Constitutional Convention
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 10

B 36

C 9

D* 45

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.15(B) RC 3

8.15(B) summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q13 The Articles and the
Subcluster
Constitutional Convention
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Drag and Drop (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 13

No Credit 35

Partial Credit 52

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (All states had to approve amendments. States coined their own money.)
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.15(C) RC 3

8.15(C) identify colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those
Analysis of Assessed Standards
grievances were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q8 Subcluster Government/Citizenship
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 44

B 29

C 16

D 11

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.15(D) RC 3

8.15(D) analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism,
Analysis of Assessed Standards
checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q27 Subcluster Government/Citizenship
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Drag and Drop (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 16

No Credit 40

Partial Credit 44

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (Legislative Branch: Makes laws, Declares war, Executive Branch: Enforces the
laws, Commands armed forces, Judicial Branch: Interprets the laws, Declares laws
unconstitutional)
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.17(A) RC 3

8.17(A) analyze the arguments of the Federalists and Anti-Federalists, including those of Alexander
Analysis of Assessed Standards
Hamilton, Patrick Henry, James Madison, and George Mason
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q24 Subcluster Ratification Debate

Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multipart (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 47

No Credit 39

Partial Credit 14

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B, D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.21(B) RC 3

8.21(B) describe the importance of free speech and press in a constitutional republic Analysis of Assessed Standards
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q38 Subcluster Bill of Rights
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 13

B 19

C* 57

D 11

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.25(C) RC 2

8.25(C) analyze the impact of the First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom on the American way
Analysis of Assessed Standards
of life
Cluster Constitution
2023 – Q1 Subcluster Bill of Rights
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 75

B 10

C 11

D 5

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

Early Republic
8.5 Hstory. The student understands the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders in the early years of the republic
and the Age of Jackson.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.6, 8.13, 8.18, 8.20, 8.22

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.14(A) RC 4

8.14(A) explain why a free enterprise system of economics developed in the new nation, including
Analysis of Assessed Standards
minimal government regulation, taxation, and property rights
Cluster Early Republic
2023 – Q16 Domestic Issues of the
Subcluster
Early Republic
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 24

B 21

C 30

D* 25

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.14(B) RC 4

8.14(B) describe the characteristics and the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system through 1877 Analysis of Assessed Standards
Cluster Early Republic
2023 – Q31 Domestic Issues of the
Subcluster
Early Republic
Content Supporting

Process

Short Constructed
Item Type
Response (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 51

No Credit 25

Partial Credit 23

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (Correct answers include a reference to BOTH price of wheat (The price of wheat
went up. Wheat was more expensive.) AND reason price increased (When there was less wheat,
more people wanted to buy it, so sellers raised their prices. When there was less wheat, it had to
be imported from other areas, so the price increased.))
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.18(B) RC 3

8.18(B) summarize the issues, decisions, and significance of landmark Supreme Court cases, including
Analysis of Assessed Standards
Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, and Gibbons v. Ogden
Cluster Early Republic
2023 – Q22 Domestic Issues of the
Subcluster
Early Republic
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiselect (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 12

No Credit 38

Partial Credit 49

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B, E)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.22(A) RC 3

8.22(A) analyze the leadership qualities of elected and appointed leaders of the United States such as
Analysis of Assessed Standards
George Washington, John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln
Cluster Early Republic
2023 – Q37 Setting the Precedent: The
Subcluster
First Six Presidents
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Hot Text (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 66

No Credit 34

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most [harmful
enemies] of Republican Government)
Age of Jackson
8.5 History The student understands the challenges confronted by the government and its leaders in the early years of the republic
and the Age of Jackson.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.7, 8.17, 8.23

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.5(C) RC 1

8.5(C) explain the origin and development of American political parties Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Age of Jackson

2023 – Q2 Subcluster Jacksonian Democracy

Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 9

B 15

C* 64

D 12

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.17(B) RC 3

8.17(B) explain constitutional issues arising over the issue of states' rights, including the Nullification
Analysis of Assessed Standards
Crisis and the Civil War
Cluster Age of Jackson
2023 – Q23 Subcluster Conflicts and Compromise
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 56

B 17

C 11

D 17

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

Westward Expansion
8.6 History. The student understands westward expansion and its effects on the political, economic, and social development of the
nation.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.7, 8.11, 8.20, 8.27

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.6(B) RC 1

8.6(B) analyze the westward growth of the nation, including the Louisiana Purchase and Manifest
Analysis of Assessed Standards
Destiny
Cluster Westward Expansion
2023 – Q21 Conflicts Arising from
Subcluster
Westward Expansion
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 22

B* 32

C 27

D 18

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.6(C) RC 1

8.6(C) explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War and their impact on the United States Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Westward Expansion

2023 – Q30 Conflicts Arising from
Subcluster
Westward Expansion
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 16

B 12

C 10

D* 62

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.12(A) RC 4

8.12(A) identify economic differences among different regions of the United States Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Westward Expansion

2023 – Q36 Factors Contributing to
Subcluster
Settlement
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 20

B 18

C 21

D* 40

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

Industrialization
8.13 Economics. The student understands how various economic forces resulted in the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.5, 8.12, 8.14, 8.23, 8.27, 8.28
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.10(C) RC 2

8.10(C) analyze the effects of physical and human geographic factors such as weather, landforms,
Analysis of Assessed Standards
waterways, transportation, and communication on major historical events in the United States
Cluster Industrialization
2023 – Q34 Subcluster Effects of Industrialization

Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 13

B 8

C 14

D* 65

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.13(B) RC 4

8.13(B) identify the economic factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Industrialization
2023 – Q11 Subcluster Factors of Industrialization
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 16

B 12

C 15

D* 57

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.23(A) RC 2

8.23(A) identify racial, ethnic, and religious groups that settled in the United States and explain their
Analysis of Assessed Standards
reasons for immigration
Cluster Industrialization
2023 – Q28 Subcluster Factors of Industrialization
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 20

B 10

C 13

D* 56

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.28(B) RC 4

8.28(B) identify examples of how industrialization changed life in the United States Analysis of Assessed Standards
Cluster Industrialization
2023 – Q18 Subcluster Effects of Industrialization
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 37

B 12

C* 27

D 24

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

Reform and Culture
8.24 Culture. The student understands the major reform movements of the 19th century.

8.26 Culture. The student understands the relationship between the arts and the times during which they were created.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.22, 8.23, 8.25

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.20(B) RC 3

8.20(B) analyze reasons for and the impact of selected examples of civil disobedience in U.S. history
Analysis of Assessed Standards
such as the Boston Tea Party and Henry David Thoreau's refusal to pay a tax
Cluster Reform and Culture
2023 – Q29 Subcluster American Culture
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 24

B 15

C* 21

D 40

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.23(E) RC 2

8.23(E) identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women to American society Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Reform and Culture

2023 – Q20 Subcluster Reform Movements
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Drag and Drop (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 38

No Credit 42

Partial Credit 20

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (Harriet Beecher Stowe: Wrote about the hardships of slavery, Dorothea Dix:
Worked to improve conditions for the mentally ill, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Led efforts to promote
women’s right to vote)
IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.24(A) RC 2

8.24(A) describe and evaluate the historical development of the abolitionist movement Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Reform and Culture

2023 – Q3 Subcluster Reform Movements

Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multipart (2 pts)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

Full Credit 67

No Credit 27

Partial Credit 6

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C, D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.24(B) RC 2

8.24(B) evaluate the impact of reform movements, including educational reform, temperance, the
Analysis of Assessed Standards
women's rights movement, prison reform, the labor reform movement, and care of the disabled
Cluster Reform and Culture
2023 – Q32 Subcluster Reform Movements
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A* 63

B 11

C 22

D 4

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (A)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.26(B) RC 2

8.26(B) analyze the relationship between the arts and continuity and change in the American way of life Analysis of Assessed Standards

Cluster Reform and Culture

2023 – Q26 Subcluster American Culture
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 19

B* 59

C 13

D 9

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)

Civil War
8.7 History. The student understands how political, economic, and social factors led to the growth of sectionalism and the Civil War.

8.8 History. The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the Civil War.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.17, 8.18, 8.22, 8.23, 8.26

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.7(B) RC 1

8.7(B) compare the effects of political, economic, and social factors on slaves and free blacks Analysis of Assessed Standards
Cluster Civil War
2023 – Q40 Subcluster Expansion of Slavery
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 7

B* 76

C 6

D 10

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.7(D) RC 1

8.7(D) analyze the impact of slavery on different sections of the United States Analysis of Assessed Standards
Cluster Civil War
2023 – Q33 Subcluster Sectionalism
Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 22

B 29

C* 33

D 16

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.8(B) RC 1

8.8(B) explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over
Analysis of Assessed Standards
states' rights, and the Civil War
Cluster Civil War
2023 – Q9 Subcluster Sectionalism
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 7

B 12

C 18

D* 62

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts

▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (D)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.8(C) RC 1

8.8(C) explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of
Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender at Appomattox Analysis of Assessed Standards
Court House; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Cluster Civil War
2023 – Q17 Subcluster The Civil War
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 6

B* 63

C 14

D 17

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.8(D) RC 1

8.8(D) analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his
first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas Analysis of Assessed Standards
contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address
Cluster Civil War
2023 – Q39 Subcluster The Civil War

Content Supporting

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 21

B 10

C* 54

D 15

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (C)

Reconstruction
8.9 History. The student understands the effects of Reconstruction on the political, economic, and social life of the nation.

Connected Knowledge and Skills 8.7, 8.8, 8.16, 8.19, 8.26

IQ Analysis | Investigating the Question 8.9(C) RC 1

8.9(C) explain the economic, political, and social problems during Reconstruction and evaluate their
Analysis of Assessed Standards
impact on different groups
Cluster Reconstruction
2023 – Q14 Subcluster Problems and Impacts
Content Readiness

Process

Item Type Multiple Choice (1 pt)

Stimulus

Data Analysis

Item State Local

A 19

B* 60

C 11

D 10

Error Analysis
▢ Guessing ▢ Mixed Up Concepts
▢ Careless Error ▢ Stopped Too Early

Learning from Mistakes

Instructional Implications

*Correct Answer (B)