Overview

In this performance assessment, students will use their knowledge to find an unknown involving the four different operations. Specifically, students will be asked to complete a performance task that will check their mastery of these skills.

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.

Notation 1

Students can use a symbol to model an unknown number in equations representing problems with one or more of the four operations.

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

  • I cannot determine the unknown value. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • I make 1 or 2 calculation errors or I work backwards without a clear strategy. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • I can solve the problem efficiently and accurately without any mistakes. 
No exemplars at this time.

Reasoning and Explaining

  • I write an incorrect equation. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • I can write equations and only make a few errors. 
No exemplars at this time.
  • I write correct equations for the all of the problems. 
No exemplars at this time.

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