A Progression Toward Mastery Assessment STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 Task Item Little evidence of Evidence of some Evidence of some Evidence of solid and reasoning without reasoning without reasoning with a reasoning with a Standards a correct answer. a correct answer. correct answer or correct answer. Assessed evidence of solid reasoning with an incorrect answer. (1 Point) (2 Points) (3 Points) (4 Points) 4 Student answers one Student answers two Student answers three The student correctly: question correctly. questions correctly. questions correctly. Writes and solves an Mistakes may include: equation using a 3.OA.3 Completing the letter to represent 3.OA.4 equation in Part (a) the total number of 3.OA.5 incorrectly (e.g. stripes in Part (a) 3.OA.9 6 × 6 = n; n = wrong (6 × 6 = b; b = 36). answer). Fills in 42 bean bags Providing inaccurate in the chart in Part explanation in Part (b). (c). Accurately explains Providing incorrect how the magic box total in Part (d) (e.g., multiplies objects by 12 × 7 = wrong total). 7 in Part (c). Uses a number bond to break apart the 12 × 7 and distributes to find the total number of rings, 84, in Part (d). Writes n = $9 in Part (e).
A Progression Toward Mastery Assessment Task Item and Standards Assessed STEP 1 Little evidence of reasoning without a correct answer. (1 Point) STEP 2 Evidence of some reasoning without a correct answer. (2 Points) STEP 3 Evidence of some reasoning with a correct answer or evidence of solid reasoning with an incorrect answer. (3 Points) STEP 4 Evidence of solid reasoning with a correct answer. (4 Points) 4 3.OA.3 3.OA.4 3.OA.5 3.OA.9 Student answers one question correctly. Student answers two questions correctly. Student answers three questions correctly. Mistakes may include: Completing the equation in Part (a) incorrectly (e.g. 6 × 6 = n; n = wrong answer). Providing inaccurate explanation in Part (c). Providing incorrect total in Part (d) (e.g., 12 × 7 = wrong total). The student correctly: Writes and solves an equation using a letter to represent the total number of stripes in Part (a) (6 × 6 = b; b = 36). Fills in 42 bean bags in the chart in Part (b). Accurately explains how the magic box multiplies objects by 7 in Part (c). Uses a number bond to break apart the 12 × 7 and distributes to find the total number of rings, 84, in Part (d). Writes n = $9 in Part (e).