Overview

In this performance assessment, students will take on the role of an amusement park visitor. Students will use charts with various food and entertainment costs, as well as schedules for events that will be occurring throughout the day. Each student will determine how to best spend their day within their personal budget of $200. They will use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division (as needed) to track their spending. 

This assessment should be given after students have experience with the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Students should have experience with schedules, menus, and cost lists.  

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Big Ideas & Competencies

Big Ideas Competencies

B. Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Students can use mathematics to analyze and evaluate historical, political, economic, scientific, and social problems and make conjectures about possible solutions.

Solve Word Problems with Whole Numbers 1

Students can represent and solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted.

NOTE ABOUT ASSESSMENT RUBRICS

Below are analytic teacher rubrics. The column on the left shows the dimension that is being measured in the student’s performance. The levels across the top row indicate the performance level in the dimensions. Occasionally all dimensions and performance levels are exemplified by multiple students in a single recording.

Teacher Rubric

Dimensions Not Yet Meeting Expectations Meeting Expectations Exceeding Expectations

Concepts and Procedures
  • Applies some appropriate mathematical processes and/or strategies demonstrating partial understanding of the required concepts and procedures.
  • A basic or partially correct approach is used to solve the problem but provides insufficient evidence of the ability to carry out the necessary procedures.
  • Calculation errors are present. 
  • Solutions may be incomplete, failing to address some of the mathematical components presented in the task.
  • Applies appropriate mathematical processes and strategies demonstrating complete understanding of the required concepts and procedures.
  • Uses a logical approach to solve the problem. 
  • Few minor calculation errors, if any. 
  • Solutions are complete and address all mathematical components presented in the task. 
  • Applies appropriate mathematical processes and strategies demonstrating sophisticated understanding of the required concepts and procedures. 
  • Uses the most efficient approach to solve the problem. 
  • No calculation errors. 
  • Solutions completely address all mathematical components presented in the task and demonstrate advanced mathematical fluency, if applicable.

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