Overview

In this performance assessment, students will represent quantities in real-world contexts using positive and negative numbers.

This assessment is best used once students have had instruction and practice using positive and negative numbers to describe real-world situations.

Details

Big Ideas & Competencies

Big Ideas Competencies

A. Understanding and Applying Number Systems

Students understand that numbers hold value and can choose the appropriate representations and algorithms to reason quantitatively, abstractly, and efficiently.

Rational Numbers 1

Students can use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.

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

Reasoning and Explaining

  • I can explain some of 
    how I solved the 
    problem. 
No exemplars at this time.
  •  I can represent and 
    explain most of the 
    situations as integers. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • I can clearly represent and 
    explain all the situations as 
    integers.
No exemplars at this time.

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