• Kentucky Core Content Test Released Questions and Final Scoring Guides
  http://www.education.ky.gov (search for released KCCT items from 1997 - 2003)
• Jefferson County, KY Open Response Question Generator: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/LiteracyORQGenerator.html

Mathematics Problems from around the World

• World Class Math Tests from England (Elementary - HS) - http://www.worldclassarena.org
• Japanese Math Challenge (Junior High) - http://www.japanese-online.com/math/index.htm
• Akihiko Takahashi Open-Ended Problem Solving on the Web (all ages): http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/users/aki/open_ended/
• Connecticut Academic Performance Test Released Items: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/currmath_publ_capt.htm
• Kid's Math in Iwate, Japan (elementary and middle school)- http://www.michinoku.ne.jp/~sugayuki/home1.html
• Get Smarter (Take the TIMSS Challenge: Grades 3 - HS): http://www.getsmarter.org
• K - 12 State and International Testing: http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/testing.htm
• Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) (released items, scoring guides and student work from 1998 - 2002): http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/
• Michigan Educational Assessment Program Released Items (Elementary, Middle School, HS): http://www.meritaward.state.mi.us/mma/released.htm
• New Hampshire Released Items (Grades 3, 6, and 10): http://www.ed.state.nh.us/Assessment/released1.htm
• North Carolina End-of-Year Tests Grades 3 - 8: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog/
• Ohio Departnment of Education Proficiency Tests Sample Items Grades 4, 6, 9 and Graduation: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/proficiency/samples.asp
• Performance Assessment Task Samples (K - 12): http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/assesstask.html
• TENNESSEE-- TCAP Testing Program -Gateway and End Course Test Sampler: http://www.state.tn.us/education/tsintro.htm
• TEXAS Released TAAS Tests and End-of-Course Examinations (full test releases): http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/texas.htm
• VIRGINIA Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments Grades 3, 5, and 8 End of Course Assessment: http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/virginia.htm

NKU Teacher Developed Open Response Items (Grades 5, 8 and 11)

• Algebra - http://www.nku.edu/~amburgey/algebrastudentpages.html
  
• Geometry - http://www.nku.edu/~sheffield/geo.html
  
• Probability and Statistics - http://www.nku.edu/~amburgey/edu659-2000studentpages.html
• Eighth Grade Mathematics Scrimmage Test - http://www.nku.edu/~mathed/8thscrimmage.pdf

 Open Response Prompts and Scoring Guides

Core Content Area	Grade Level	Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)	Core Content Area	Grade Level	Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Number and Computation	4	Balls of All Sorts (Ohio)	Geometry and Measurement	7,8	Bob the Builder
	5	Mini Roller Coaster Ride		7, 8	Coordinate Graphing, Symmetry & Transformations Solution
	8	Fraction Equivalency Chart		8	Rectangle Families
	7, 8	Counting Grandparents
	8	Analyzing Decimal Quotients		8	Pentominoes Symmetry
	8	Film Screening		8	Feuding Farmers
	8	Graph Story		8	Kickball Game
	8	Integers and Powers		8	Area and Perimeter
	7, 8	Sally's Problem		8	Tangrams Rubric
Algebraic Reasoning	8	Farmer John	Probability and Statistics	8	Fantasy Baseball Probability
	8	Octagonal Trains		7, 8	It's Not Fair
	8	Math-A-Thon		8	Math Club Attendance
	8	Figurate Numbers		8	How Many Hours of TV?
	8	Integer Sums		8	Maggie's Roommates
				6, 7, 8	Emily's Landscaping

Lesson Plans for Rich Learning Tasks:

• Sample 8th Grade Algebra Lesson
• Sample 5th Grade Probability Lesson
• Sample 7th Grade Probability Lesson
• Sample 8th Grade Statistics Lesson
• Sample 8th Grade Geometry Lesson
• Sample 8th Grade Number Lesson

Other Rich Learning Tasks and Open-Ended Problems:

• Franklin Institute of Science Open-Ended Problems (middle school): http://sln.fi.edu/school/math2/
• Denise Jarrett's Open-Ended Problem-Solving Article: http://www.nwrel.org/msec/nwteacher/spring2000/textonly/open-ended.html
• Kentucky Prism (PARTNERSHIP FOR REFORM INITIATIVES IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS) Open Response Questioning Strategies: http://www.murraystate.edu/prism/kyprism/openrp1.htm
• Oregon Department of Education Assessment and Evaluation Samples of Open-Ended Math Tasks (Elementary - High School): http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/elementary.html
• Ron Pelfrey's Open-Ended Mathematics Questions (Grade 4 - HS): ftp://www.uky.edu/pub/arsi/openresponsequestions/mathorq.pdf
• Potent Problems (Ages 6 - adult): http://www.edmath.org/potent/
• TIMSS Online Challenge (Grades 3 - HS): http://timssonline.cse.ucla.edu/index01.htm or http://www.getsmarter.org

Rich Learning Tasks and Rubrics

Core Content Area	Grade Level	Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)	Core Content Area	Grade Level	Name of Item (all files in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Number and Computation	Middle School	Finding Sums	Geometry and Measurement	Middle School	Total Rectangles
				Middle School	Alphabet Transformations Alphabet Rubric
Probability and Statistics	Middle School	Binostat	Algebra	Middle School	Sir Trap's Pattern
				Middle School	1, 2, 3