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) 1 Response Response shows limited Response includes Student correctly demonstrates little reasoning with at least evidence of some answers: 3.MD.5 evidence of reasoning one correct answer. reasoning with three 3.MD.6 Jasmine’s array, without a correct correct answers, or giving strong answer. evidence of solid evidence of reasoning with an understanding that incorrect answer. tiling must have no gaps or overlaps. The area is 24 tiles. Provides appropriate explanation of the calculation including counting or strategies. Yes, there are 4 rows of 6 squares, so it is possible to skip-count by six. 2 Response Response shows limited Student identifies at Student correctly demonstrates little reasoning with at least least two of three identifies three evidence of reasoning one correct answer. rectangles correctly. rectangles: 3.MD.7b without a correct Response includes 1 × 12 or 12 × 1 answer. evidence of accurate 2 × 6 or 6 × 2 reasoning with 3 × 4 or 4 × 3 pictures, numbers, or words. Response shows evidence of solid reasoning using pictures, numbers, and words.
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) 1 3.MD.5 3.MD.6 Response demonstrates little evidence of reasoning without a correct answer. Response shows limited reasoning with at least one correct answer. Response includes evidence of some reasoning with three correct answers, or evidence of solid reasoning with an incorrect answer. Student correctly answers: Jasmine’s array, giving strong evidence of understanding that tiling must have no gaps or overlaps. The area is 24 tiles. Provides appropriate explanation of the calculation including counting or strategies. Yes, there are 4 rows of 6 squares, so it is possible to skip-count by six. 2 3.MD.7b Response demonstrates little evidence of reasoning without a correct answer. Response shows limited reasoning with at least one correct answer. Student identifies at least two of three rectangles correctly. Response includes evidence of accurate reasoning with pictures, numbers, or words. Student correctly identifies three rectangles: 1 × 12 or 12 × 1 2 × 6 or 6 × 2 3 × 4 or 4 × 3 Response shows evidence of solid reasoning using pictures, numbers, and words.