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Assessments

Students are not expected to master topics when they are initially taught; rather they gain competency over time with weekly ongoing practice of previously introduced skills.Formative assessments guide instruction, and summative assessments determine competency on skills and concepts needed for algebra.

Formative Assessment

Pre-assessments: Diagnose strengths and weaknesses with assessments in Weeks 0 and 00. Item analyses and suggestions for their use are in the Teacher guide.
Knowledge Check: Diagnostic information specific to the lessons for the week.
Weekly Quiz: Monitor student progress on topics introduced during the week.
Home-School Connection: Additional questions to monitor student progress, provide review for the weekly quiz, and to keep parents informed.
Comprehension questions: Bold italic print questions in the teacher guide help teachers monitor student progress during class.

Summative Assessment

Highlighted Review Quizzes: Thirty-one essential skills for algebra readiness target the essential skills needed for algebra. Students practice these skills for several weeks prior to a summative assessment, which is the second part of each weekly quiz. For students who do not demonstrate competency on the summative quiz, a reproducible highlighted review worksheet is provided, along with a second form of the quiz in the Teacher Resource Binder.
Periodic Summative Assessments: (by quarter or trimester) These assessments cover highlighted review topics for an 8-10 week period. Questions are aligned with the algebra readiness standards, and they have been carefully constructed, field-tested, and refined with the help of an independent evaluator. Solution and item analyses are located in the Teacher Guide.
Periodic Assessment Scoring Service: Teachers can get tests scored and obtain detailed feedback from an independent evaluator.
A Periodic Assessment Upload License: A CD-ROM includes all periodic assessments, solutions, item analyses correlated to CA Mathematics Content Standards, and permission to use with any test scoring software for scoring and analysis.

TOPIC CLUSTERS

Whole Numbers
Rational Numbers
Symbolic Algebra
Integers
Ratio, Proportion, Percent
Linear Functions
Exponents and Roots
Probability and Statistics
Geometry


ALGEBRA READINESS SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
AND CALIFORNIA STANDARDS CORRELATION
Periodic Assess Week
Highlighted Review Topics
Standards for Foundational Skills and Concepts
Standards for Algebra Readiness
Standards for General Mathematics
2
 Q1, T1 Whole Numbers: Addition and Subtraction, Properties of Addition (2)AF1.1, (4)NS3.1
3
 Q1, T1 Whole Numbers: Place Value, Rounding, and Expanded Form (3)NS1.3, (3)NS1.5
4
 Q1, T1 Whole Numbers: Multiplication, Properties of Multiplication (2)NS3.1, (3)AF1.5, (4)NS3.2, (5)AF1.3
5
 Q1, T1 Whole Numbers: Division (4)NS3.2
12
 Q2, T2 Factorization (4)NS4.1, (4)NS4.2, (5)NS1.4
6
 Q1, T1 Integers: Addition and Subtraction (6)NS2.3
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2
7
 Q1, T1 Integers: Multiplication and Division (6)NS2.3
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2
19
 Q3, T2 Integers Revisited (6)NS2.3
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2
25
 Q4, T3 Exponents and Roots (5)NS1.3
(7)NS1.2, (7)NS2.1, (7)AF2.1, ALG2.0
(7)NS1.2, (7)NS2.1, (7)NS2.4
9
 Q1, T2 Fractions: Concepts and Equivalence (3)NS3.1, (4)NS1.5
10
 Q1, T2 Decimals: Place Value, Rounding, and Expanded Form (4)NS1.0, (5)NS1.1
11
 Q2, T2 Ordering Rational Numbers (6)NS1.1
(7)NS1.3
(7)1.3, (7)NS2.5
13
 Q2, T2 Decimals: Ordering, Addition and Subtraction (5)NS2.0, (6)NS1.1
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS2.2
14
 Q2, T2 Fractions: Addition and Subtraction (5)NS2.3
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS2.2, (7)NS2.2
17
 Q3, T2 Fractions: Multiplication and Division (5)NS2.5
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2
18
 Q3, T2 Decimals: Multiplication and Division (5)NS2.0
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2
20
 Q2, T2 Fraction, Decimal, Percent Equivalences (5)NS1.2
(7)NS1.3, (7)NS1.5
(7)NS1.3
22
 Q3, T3 Percent Applications (5)NS1.2, (6)NS1.4
(7)NS1.3
(7)NS1.3, (7)NS1.6, (7)NS1.7
23
 Q3, T3 Ratio and Proportion (6)NS1.2, (6)NS1.3
(7)AF4.2, (7)MG1.3
27
 Q4, T3 Probability and Statistics (6)NS1.2
(7)NS1.3, (7)MR2.5
(6)SDP3.1, (6)SDP3.3
15
 Q2, T2 Evaluating Algebraic Expressions (4)AF1.2, (6)AF1.0, (6)NS2.3
(7)NS1.2
(7)NS1.2, (7) AF1.2
16
 Q2, T2 Solving Equations (4)AF2.1, (4)AF2.2
(7)AF1.4, ALG2.0, ALG4.0
(7)AF4.1
28
 Q4, T3 Writing Algebraic Expressions (6)AF1.0
(7)AF1.1
(7)AF1.1
29
 Q4, T3 Simplifying Expressions, Properties of Arithmetic  
(7)AF1.3, ALG4.0
(7)AF1.3
30
 Q4, T3 Equations and Inequalities, Properties of Equality (4)AF2.1, (4)AF2.2, (6)AF1.1
(7)AF4.1, ALG5.0
(7)AF4.1
31
 Q4 Algebra Applications  
(7)AF1.1, (7)AF4.2, ALG2.0, ALG4.0, ALG5.0
(7)AF1.1, (7)AF4.2
8
 Q1, T1 Multiple Representations (4)MG2.0, (4)MG2.1, (5)AF1.5, (6)AF3.0
(7)MR2.5
21
 Q3, T3 Direct Variation (5)AF1.0, (5)AF1.5, (6)AF2.1
(7)AF3.4, (7)MG1.3
(7)MG1.3
32
 Q4 Slope  
(7)AF3.3
(7) AF3.3
24
 Q3, T3 Finding Lengths and Areas (4)MG2.2, (4)MG2.3, (5)AF1.4
(7)MR1.0, (7)MR2.0
(7)MG 2.2, (7)MG3.2
26
 Q4, T3 The Pythagorean Theorem  
(7)MG3.3
(7)MG3.3
 
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