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Grade Level, Subject Area, Context for Assessment: 9/10 Math

Summary of the Assessment (1 - 3 lines): Open Ended Performance Assessments where students choose from a set of problems and answer questions using multiple representations and offer full written answers and explanations of their solution.

Student Skills, Knowledge, and/or Attitudes to be Assessed: The problem bank will contain math problems from several mathematics content areas without being too specific to one course. Students with a broad middle school math experience who have taken some algebra and have experience with problem solving should be able to access these problems at various levels.

Criteria/Rubric for Evaluation (you must be signed in to Wikispaces to upload a document): Several to chose from but I will be using a general 4 point scale from 0 to 3 where 3 shows no real attempt or understanding and 3 shows mastery along with a well articulated solution.

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Timetable for Implementation: Given my current course configurations and the expectations for the remainder of this year, I don't expect to implement this fully at this time. I may take some time out to have one or more of my classes attempt this work in a group setting where they have some teacher assistance.

Challenges, Questions, Support Needed: My biggest challenge is being handed new classes with challenging students late in the year. Moreover, the expectation for some of these students is to prep for the Regents. Where this assessment may be helpful is in helping students develop problem solving tenacity which is needed for the extended problems at the end of the Regents test. However, given that I only have these students for 12 weeks and some were previously misplaced in math courses, coverage of content is also an important issue. This is why I may not use this in all classes.

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