PARCC Paper PBA Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document
ELA/Literacy: Grade 6
Items 1-7
Task: Literary Analysis (LAT)
Passage 1: from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon
Item Number
Answer(s)
1
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: A
2
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: B
Part B: D
3
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Part B: C and D
Passage 2: “Emancipation: A Life Fable” by Kate Chopin
4
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: B
Part B: D
5
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: B
Part B: D
6
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: D
Passage 1: from Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon and Passage 2: “Emancipation: A Life Fable” by Kate Chopin
7
Item Type: PCR
Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric
Items 8-17
Task: Research Simulation (RST)
Passage 1: “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams
Item Number
Answer(s)
8
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: B
9
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: B, C, G
10
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: C
Part B: D
Passage 2: “The Zoos Go Wild” from No More Dodos by Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis
11
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Standards
Alignment
RL1; RL4
RL1; RL5
RL1; RL3
RL1; RL4
RL1: RL5
RL1; RL2
RL1; RL9;
W2; W4-10
Standards
Alignment
RI1; L4; RI4
RI1; RI2;
RI3
RI1; RI6
RI1; L4
Part B: B
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI3
Part A: C
Part B: B
Passage 1: “The Stripes will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams and Passage 2: “The Zoos Go Wild” from No More Dodos by
Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis
13
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI2;
Part A: D
RI9
Part B: B, F
Passage 3: from “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment” by Alicia Powers
14
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI4
Part A: B
Part B: C
Passage 1: “The Stripes will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams and Passage 3: from “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They
Need Enrichment” by Alicia Powers
15
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI2;
Part A: C
RI3
Part B: A, E
Passage 3: from “Our Beautiful Macaws and Why They Need Enrichment” by Alicia Powers
16
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI6
Part A: C
Part B: A
Passage 1: “The Stripes Will Survive” by Jacqueline Adams, Passage 2: “The Zoos Go Wild” from No More Dodos by
Nicholas Nirgiotis and Theodore Nirgiotis, and Passage 3: “Behind the Scenes at the National Zoo’s Lion Cub” (video)
17
Item Type: PCR
RI1; RI8;
Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric
RI9; W2;
W4-10
Items 18-23
Task: Narrative (NWT)
Passage: from Magic Elizabeth by Norma Kassirer
Item Number
Answer(s)
Standards
Alignment
18
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL2
Part A: C
Part B: B
19
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL5
Part A: B
Part B: C
20
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL3
Part A: C
Part B: D and F
21
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL5
Part A: D
Part B: A
22
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL5
Part A: A
Part B: D
23
Item Type: PCR
W3-10
Refer to Grade 6-11 Scoring Rubric
12