1. Smarter Balanced Assessment Items
Pathways to Teacher Leadership in Mathematics Project
Summer 2014

3. If students view the “equal sign” as meaning “the answer,” then how will they likely respond?
If students view the “equal sign” as a relationship between two expressions with the same value, then how will they respond?
Value: 1 pt

4. Worth 1 point, item packet.

5. Value: 1 pt

6. Grade 4
Value: 2 pts
Note: options for a correct equation and then a correct solution.

8. Grade 6

9. Grade 4

12. Value: 1 pt
Answer: 40 + x = y or an equivalent equation.

13. Grade 6
Value: 1 pt
Must enter a fraction less than 1 in Part A, and a fraction greater than or equal to 1 in part B.

15. Disclaimer Pathways to Teacher Leadership in Mathematics Project
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
This material was developed for the Pathways to Teacher Leadership in Mathematics project through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research (CMSER). This material may be used by schools to support learning of teachers and staff provided appropriate attribution and acknowledgement of its source. Other use of this work without prior written permission is prohibited—including reproduction, modification, distribution, or re-publication and use by non-profit organizations and commercial vendors.
This project was supported through a grant from the Wisconsin ESEA Title II Improving Teacher Quality Program.