ELA G08 MCAS 2025 CBT released answer key - Computer-Based Released Operational Items - Grade 8 English Language Arts Spring 2025

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Grade 8 MCAS English Language Arts Spring 2025 released items explain the knowledge and skills students are expected to demonstrate through computer-based and paper-based test formats. The release includes operational items with reporting category, standards, item type, item description, and correct answers for selected-response questions only. It also notes that most operational items are the same across modes, with technology-enhanced items adapted for paper testing. Scoring and sample guidance for essay items are referenced for later posting.

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Computer-Based Released Items

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Computer-Based Released Operational Items

Computer-Based Released Items Grade 8 MCAS English Language Arts Spring 2025 The spring 2025 grade 8 English Language Arts (ELA) test was administered in two formats: a computer-based version and a paper-based version. Most students took the computer-based test. The paper-based test was offered as an accommodation for eligible students who were unable to use a computer. More information can be found on the MCASTest Administration Resources page [at](at www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/admin.html)[ ](at www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/admin.html)[www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/admin.html](at www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/admin.html). The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is releasing items from both versions of the test to provide information about the knowledge and skills that students are expected to demonstrate. • Released items from the computer-based test are available online [at](at mcas.onlinehelp.cognia.org/released-items)[ ](at mcas.onlinehelp.cognia.org/released-items)[mcas.onlinehelp.cognia.org/released-items](at mcas.onlinehelp.cognia.org/released-items). • Released items from the paper-based test are available in PDF format on the Department’s website at [www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/release.html](www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/release.html). This document provides information about each released and unreleased operational item from the computer-based test, including the following: reporting category, standard(s) covered, item type, item description, and correct answer (for released selected-response items only) . Sample responses and scoring guidelines for essay items will be posted at [www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/](www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/student/) . A Note about Testing Mode Most of the operational items on the grade 8 ELA test were the same, regardless of whether a student took the computerbased version or the paper-based version. In places where a technology-enhanced item was used on the computer-based test, an adapted version of the item was created for use on the paper test. These adapted paper items were multiple-choice or multiple-select items that tested the same ELA content and assessed the same standard as the technology-enhanced item. Grade 8 English Language Arts Spring 2025 Computer-Based Released Operational Items | CBT
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No. | Reporting
Category | Standard | Item
Type* | Item Description | Correct
Answer
(SR)** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Reading | RI.8.4 | SR | Determine how a metaphorical expression in a specific paragraph contributes to the reader's understanding of an article. | B | | 2 | Reading | RI.8.5 | SR | Determine how a specific paragraph contributes to the development of ideas in an article. | B | | 3 | Language | L.8.2 | SR | Determine the purpose of commas in a specific sentence of an article. | A | | 4 | Reading | RI.8.6 | SR | Determine the purpose of an author's use of second-person point of view in a specific paragraph of an article. | C | | 5 | Language | L.8.4 | SR | Determine the meaning of a word as it is used in a specific paragraph of an article. | B | | 6 | Reading | RI.8.8 | SR | Identify a sentence from an article that supportsan author's primary argument in the article. | B | | 7 | Reading | RI.8.8 | SR | Identify a detail from an article that supports an idea introduced in the title of the article. | B | | 8 | Reading | RI.8.6 | SR | Identify a quotation from an article that acknowledges an opposing point of view. | C | | 9 | Reading | RI.8.6 | SR | Compare the authors' purposes in two articles on similar topics. | D | | 10 | Reading | RI.8.1 | SR | Determine which concept from an article is developed in another article on a similar topic and identify a quotation from the second article that supports the concept. | C;D | | 11 | Reading | RI.8.4 | SR | Determine whether details from two articles develop formal or informal tones. | seepage 5 | | 12 | Language, Writing | L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.3, W.8. 1, W.8.4 | ES | Write an essay that argues for a spec

FAQs

What does this document provide for the Grade 8 MCAS ELA Spring 2025 computer-based test?

It provides information about released and unreleased operational items, including reporting category, standards covered, item type, item description, and correct answers for released selected-response items only.

How are the computer-based and paper-based versions related?

Most operational items are the same across both formats. Where technology-enhanced items are used on the computer-based test, adapted multiple-choice or multiple-select versions are created for paper testing that assess the same ELA content and standard.

Are correct answers included for essay items?

Correct answers are provided here only for released selected-response items. Sample responses and scoring guidelines for essay items are scheduled to be posted separately.

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