The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) is designed to assess progress toward the Delaware Content Standards. Every year a certain number of items are removed from the test and then selected for public release. This booklet contains multiple-choice and short-answer (constructed response) items released from the 2000 or 2001 administration of the DSTP social studies tests for grades 8 and 11. Taken as a whole, these items represent a broad cross section of item types and topics measured. They also show the evolution in the construction of items and their rubrics. The released items for both grades represents both types of items and all four content areas: (1) civics; (2) economics; (3) geography; and (4) history. The items are grouped by grade and identify the item type, the content area, and the standard measured. Short-answer items also include the scoring tool. (SLD)