PARCC Paper EOY Practice Test Answer and Alignment Document
ELA/Literacy: Grade 10
Items 1-5: Literary S/M
Passage: from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Item Number Answer(s)
Standards Alignment
1
Item Type: EBSR
RL1, RL3
Part A: D
Part B: C
2
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL3
Part A: A
Part B: C
3
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL4
Part A: B
Part B: D, F
4
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL5
Part A: B
Part B: D
5
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL2
Part A: D
Part B: D
Items 6-11: Paired Passage Set
Passage 1: from Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta, translated by Wayne P. Lammers
6
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL4
Part A: C
Part B: B, F
7
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL3
Part A: D
Part B: D
8
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL5
Part A: D
Part B: C, D, F
Passage 2: from “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett
9
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL2
Part A: A
Part B: C, D
10
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL3
Part A: B
Part B: B, C, G
Passage 1: from Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta, translated by Wayne P. Lammers; Passage 2: from “A
White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett
11
Item Type: EBSR
RL1; RL2
Part A: C
Part B: C, F
Items 12-16: Informational S/M
Passage: from “The Sinews of Peace” by Winston Churchill
12
Item Type: EBSR
RI1; RI6
Part A: C
Part B: A
13
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Part B: C
14
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: C
Part B: C
15
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: C
Part B: D
16
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: D
Items 17-22: Informational M/L
Passage: from “Plastic: A Toxic Love Story” by Susan Freinkel
17
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Part B: A
18
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Part B: D
19
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: A
Part B: C
20
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: B
Part B: B
21
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: D
Part B: D
22
Item Type: EBSR
Part A: C
Part B: B
RI1; RI4
RI1; RI6
RI1; RI6
RI1; RI8
RI1; RI4; RI6
RI1; RI2
RI1; RI5; RI6
RI1; RI4
RI1; RI6
RI1; RI3