Standards of Mathematical Practices - Part 1

The eight mathematical practices give guidance to our math instruction, assessment, and tasks that we create for our students to develop a deep understanding of mathematics. As you are developing your units and resources, make sure that you are incorporating the practices into each of your units. The practices are found at the beginning of the standards document. Incorporating all the mathematical practices into your instructional tasks over a unit will provide opportunities for students to demonstrate mastery of the content of a unit and help to solidify the learning for your students.

TNReady tests utilize the eight mathematical practices within the tests. As math item writers develop the questions, the mathematical practices will be infused into the questions. Mathematical Practice #5: Use appropriate tools strategically could be tested on the calculator section of the test by asking questions in which the calculator could help provide the answer in a quick amount of time. If the student does not know how or when to use the calculator appropriately, then he/she will probably take longer then they need on the question. In this situation, the student might not finish the test due to the fact that they are not using the tool strategically. This is just one example of how a mathematical practice can be infused into a question.

Mathematics Item Types

A full description of each the following item types is in your grade level's math blueprint.

Multiple Choice

Multiple Select

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Integrated Items

Two-part items

1. Type 1 - The two parts work independently of each other.

2. Type 2 - The two parts are dependent on each other.

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Matching Table

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