Maryland MISA Item Samplers & Scoring Guides Scoring Guide Companion | Honors Biology | Grades 9–12

This Maryland MISA Item Samplers & Scoring Guides Scoring Guide Companion is a state assessment prep resource for the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA), high school, written for Honors Biology students in grades 9–12 and their teachers.

Sections: Maryland Ls Misa — State Exam Prep; What This Companion Is; The Two Models, In Plain Terms; The 650 To 850 Scale, And The Formula Behind It; Performance Levels: The Confirmed Ranges; A Warning About Wrong Score Bands In Circulation; The Eight Subscores; What The Three Practice Groups Cover.

What's inside: Scoring Guide Companion (editable .docx + PDF, about 3,123 words, 9 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: NGSS High School Life Science (HS-LS) disciplinary core ideas and the science practices of analyzing data and constructing explanations.

Resource type: State Test Prep. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Use it to prepare students for the end-of-course state assessment. Built for Honors Biology, grades 9–12.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.