Sample Social Studies Assessment Items

Standards-aligned assessment items designed to measure how students make meaning from sources, claims, and data, with questions and distractors grounded in common patterns of student thinking.

Includes civics, history, and data interpretation items aligned to social studies standards.

What this sample shows

• Source-based questioning aligned to social studies standards

• Use of distractors grounded in common student misconceptions

• Attention to clarity, alignment, and cognitive demand

• Item design that supports interpretation of student thinking