Alignment Calibration Training

Rating social studies items in Economics and U.S. History by Cognitive Complexity

(RBT) and Depth-of-Knowledge (DOK)

Ratings Criteria & Coding SchemeCodes

R1

U1 U2 U3 U4

AP1 AP2 AP3 AP4

AN1 AN2 AN3 AN4

E3 E4

C1 C2 C3 C4

RBT COGNITIVE PROCESS

DOK LEVEL 1 DOK LEVEL 2 DOK LEVEL 3 DOK LEVEL 4

REMEMBER

R1 R2 R3 R4

UNDERSTAND

U1 U2 U3 U4

APPLY

AP1 AP2 AP3 AP4

ANALYZE

AN1 AN2 AN3 AN4

EVALUATE

E1 E2 E3 E4

CREATE

C1 C2 C3 C4

Hess Cognitive Rigor Code Sheet:Place the item numbers in the appropriate cells to indicate your ratings.

U.S. History: Item #1

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot

endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be

dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to

be divided.

                                                                   — Abraham Lincoln, 1858

What did Abraham Lincoln mean in this speech?

A. The South should be allowed to separate from the United States.

B. The government should support slavery in the South.

C. Sometime in the future slavery would disappear from the

United States.

D. Americans would not be willing to fight a war over slavery.

U.S. History: Item #2

Which group of Americans followed what has become known as the

"Trail of Tears“ when they were forced to leave their homes?

A. Japanese Americans

B. Irish Americans

C. Cherokee Indians

D. Mormons

U.S. History: Item #3Sojourner Truth said these words in 1852.

I hears talk about the constitution and rights of man. I come up and I takes holdof this constitution. It looks mighty big. And I feels for my rights, but they notthere.

What did Sojourner Truth want to communicate with her words?

A. Poor people did not know what was written in the Constitution.B. African Americans were not allowed to read the Constitution.C. The Constitution did not talk about the rights of African Americans.D. The Constitution needed to talk about the rights of Native Americans.

U.S. History: Item #4Map A shows the southern colonies, and Map B shows the New Englandcolonies.  

Based on the maps, what is one product that the southern colonies had that theNew England colonies did not have?[Why didn't the New England colonies have the product you identified? Use themaps and what you know about American history to help you answer thequestion.]

U.S. History: Item #5

Four events are listed below.

A  Colonists meet in Philadelphia and declare independence.

B  Roanoke Island is settled by English settlers.

C  George Washington becomes the first President.

D  English Parliament passes Stamp Act.

Write the letters that are next to the four events in the circles on the time line

below in the order that the events happened, from earliest to latest. Be sure

that you put only one letter in each circle.

U.S. History: Item #6

When the United States entered the Second World War, which country was

one of its allies?

A. Germany

B. Japan

C. the Soviet Union

D. Italy

U.S. History: Item #7

 There passed by here about 200 men who marched down to the powder-

house, took the gunpowder, and carried it into the other town and hid it. The

reason they gave for taking it was that we had so many Tories here, they dared

not trust the town with the gunpowder.

                                                                                             — Abigail Adams

The quotation above provides evidence for which statement?

A. Abigail Adams was a supporter of the British.

B. British soldiers stole gunpowder from Abigail Adams' town.

C. Many people in Abigail Adams' town did not support the Revolution.

D. A large number of American soldiers were quartered in Abigail Adams' town.

VIDEO ARCADE RENTAL FEES AND SALES

The owner of a video arcade pays a monthly rental fee for each video-game machine. She wants to add an additional game to the arcade. Based on the information above, which video-game machine gives the arcadeowner the greatest incentive to place it in her arcade? A. DanceHopperB. MaxiBlastC. FantasyRingD. RaceCarRoute

Economics: Item #8Name of 

Game  Machine

Rental Fee per Month (in dollars)

Sales per Month (in dollars)

DanceHopper 1,800 2,200

MaxiBlast 1,200 2,100

FantasyRing 800 1,500

RaceCarRoute 400 1,200

Economics: Item #9

What will most likely happen when consumers increase their purchases of

goods and services?

A. Businesses will increase production and workers will receive more

income.

B. Businesses will increase production and workers will receive less

income.

C. Businesses will decrease production and workers will receive more

income.

D. Businesses will decrease production and workers will receive less

income.

Economics: Item #10

The owners of Grass Cutters, a lawn-mowing service, decide to purchase

four additional mowers because demand for their services is increasing. The

owners make this decision projecting that the output, total costs, and total

revenues of their business will change in which of the following ways?

Output Total Costs Total Revenues

A. Increase Increase Increase

B. Increase Increase Decrease

C. Increase Decrease Increase

D. Decrease Decrease Increase

Economics: Item #11

Which of the following best describes the primary role of an economic system?

A. to respond to market failure

B. to address equity concerns to improve fairness

C. to determine the allocation of limited resources

D. to protect domestic producers from foreign competition

History: Item #12

In one paragraph, briefly describe the events leading to the Spanish-

American War. In a second paragraph, explain the effect that war had on

the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt?

 

Round One: Individual Ratings

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Round Two: Reconciliation

Item # Rater 1-Cog

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Totals % Agree