Grade ________

Content: ______________________________

WHEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET

	CORRECT MARK	INCORRECT MARKS
· Use only soft black lead pencil (No. 2).
· Do NOT use ink or ball point pen.
When marking your answers to multiple-choice questions, mark heavy, dark marks that completely fill the circle. Mark one answer for each question.
Erase completely any marks you wish to change.
Make NO STRAY marks on any page of your test booklet.
For the open-response questions, be sure you write your answers on the lines and spaces provided. Answers or parts of answers written outside the boxed areas cannot be scored.

The following is the guide that will be used to evaluate your responses to the open-response questions in this test.
KENTUCKY GENERAL SCORING GUIDE
SCORE POINT 4
	· You complete all important components of the question and communicate ideas clearly.
	· You demonstrate in-depth understanding of the relevant concepts and/or processes.
	· Where appropriate, you choose more efficient and/or sophisticated processes.
	· Where appropriate, you offer insightful interpretations or extensions (generalizations, applications, analogies
SCORE POINT 3
	You complete most important components of the question and communicate clearly.
	You demonstrate an understanding of major concepts even though you overlook or misunderstand some less-important ideas or details.
SCORE POINT 2
	You complete some important components of the question and communicate those components clearly
	You demonstrate that there are gaps in your conceptual understanding.
SCORE POINT 1
	You show minimal understanding of the question.
	You address only a small portion of the question
SCORE POINT 0
	Your answer is totally incorrect or irrelevant
BLANK
	· You did not give any answer at all.

______6^th Grade Science_OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

Read all parts of each open response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open response questions in the space provided in this test booklet. For each open response question, use the grid provided in the test booklet to create any required charts or graphs. If a question does not require a chart or graph, write your written response over the grid lines.

Write your answer to question 6 in the space provided on the next page.
TITLE: The Rock Cycle
6.		Imagine that you are a small piece of sediment that has just gone through the rock cycle. You are being interviewed by a reporter about your experience. Beginning with being sediment list the steps that you went through and describe the processes involved in each step through the rock cycle until you become sediment again.
	Do not write on this page. Please write your
	answer to this open-response question on
	the next page.

PLEASE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE è

CORE CONTENT: _______________________________________________ Scoring Guide

Primary Academic Expectation: Cause and effect relationships within the Rock Cycle

Primary Core Content Code: SC-06-2.3.2

Secondary Academic Expectation:

Secondary Core Content Code:

Score	Description
4	· The student response will be clearly written and in the correct order · All 3 steps in the rock cycle will be listed in order · The processes involved in each step are correctly identified · Appropriate terms and descriptions are used to describe the processes
3
2
1
0	Student’s response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank	No student response.