North Carolina End of Grade Testing Program Booklet, 1989

End-of-Grade Testing Booklet (p.1) reviews the goals of the program. 

End-of-Grade Testing Booklet (p.3)

Categories of Thinking Skills (Appendix A)
These critical terms are explained, examples given and sample trigger question formats provided. 

Recall
Analysis
Comparison
Inference
Evaluation

• Do you want someone to recall information?
• Or do you want to analyze a situation?
• Does someone need to make comparisons?
• Should you speculate or make an inference?
• Is it time to help someone judge or evaluate?