1. Burnaby Central Numeracy Morning
Good Morning, Central Students!

2. Agenda – Period 1 What is the Numeracy Assessment? Evaluation Rubric
Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Looking at Student Exemplars & Marking Your Own Solutions
Nutrition Break

3. Agenda – Period 2
Attendance for Period 2 (but stay in this room, with your period 1 class)
Sample Question 2: Video Game Company
Discussion on Strategies
Sample Question 3: Pit Houses
Resources, Q & A

4. What is Numeracy?

5. The Numeracy Assessment
The Graduation Numeracy Assessment is based on mathematical concepts learned across multiple subjects... with an emphasis on K–9.
It is NOT a math exam! You don’t need to know the quadratic formula or cosine law for this!
You will ALL write during the upcoming exam week You will be assigned a day/time.
Your day/time can be found on Student Bulletin or posted outside the office!

6. The Numeracy Assessment
This assessment is REQUIRED TO GRADUATE; it is NOT OPTIONAL.
If you do not like your score, you have 2 more chances to write it next year or in grade 12 (a total of 3 tries).
You will have 2 hours plus an additional hour, for a total of 3 hours.
Multiple choice questions are done on computer; Written response questions are done on paper.
Four topic types:
Fair-Share – Decide how to best share something fairly (ex. Giving out bonuses)
Planning – Analyze time, space, cost, and people in order to make a recommendation (ex. Shipping stuff)
Estimation – Make or use estimates to build a logical argument for a possible solution (ex. Best way to travel to Australia given certain parameters)
Modelling – come up with a model or strategy given a data set, then apply this model or strategy to a new data set, and if necessary, refine your model (ex. Ranking criteria)

7. The Numeracy Assessment
Format: There are a total of 24 multiple choices and 2 written responses.
6MCs + 6MCs + 1WR + 6MCs + 6MCs + 1WR
= 24MCs + 2 WRs
(Here is the catch. Once you make a WR choice you can’t go back!)
Topic 1
6MCs
Topic 2
Topic 3
Topic 4
Choose
Topic 1 or 2
1 WR
Topic 3 or 4

8. Evaluation Rubric

9. Sample Question 1: Water Usage

10. Sample Question 1: Water Usage

11. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Now try this question on your own first. Remember to SHOW YOUR WORK!!! Explain and justify your solution.
You may ask the teachers if you need clarifications.

12. Sample Question 1: Water Usage

13. Sample Question 1: Water Usage

14. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Now we will look at 4 sample student responses. Guess what these students scored on this question, using the 4- point evaluation rubric.

15. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Student 1: Ada

16. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Student 2: Blaise

17. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Student 3: Carl

18. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Student 4: Diophantus

19. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Ada
Blaise
Carl
Diophantus

20. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Ada
Blaise
Carl
Diophantus 3 2 4

21. Sample Question 1: Water Usage
Now improve your solution if you need. Then mark your solution based on the 4-point rubric.

22. How to navigate around the assessment…

23. How to navigate your tools continued…

24. How to get to the built in calculator
Beside any question that you may need to do a calculation for, there will be a calculator icon
The calculator icon will bring up a virtual calculator
The small “A” will make text on the page smaller
The large “A” will make text on the page bigger

25. Any questions so far?

26. Nutrition Break (10:00-10:15am) Come back to this room after the break
Nutrition Break (10:00-10:15am) Come back to this room after the break! We will take attendance for period 2, but you will stay with your period 1 class.

27. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company

28. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company

29. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company
We will now look at 3 different solutions. The student responses both scored a 4 based on the evaluation rubric.

30. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company

31. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company

32. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company

33. Sample Question 2: Video Game Company
You have worked on two sample questions. What are some strategies that you can use? What can you do when you are stuck? Discuss at your table.

34. Sample Question 3: Pit Houses

35. Sample Question 3: Pit Houses

36. Sample Question 3: Pit Houses

37. Any more questions?

38. Resource Links
Official Graduation Numeracy Assessment Web Site: assessment/graduation/numeracy Information Brochure: ca/files/pdf/Graduation_Numeracy_Brochure.pdf Online Sample Exam (Make sure you try the MC section!) mple.htm

39. Resource Links Printable Copy of the Sample Exam:
nistration/kindergarten-to-grade- 12/assessment/grad_numeracy_sample_assessment.p df
Sample Solutions/Exemplars:
s/pdf/Grad_Numeracy_Scoring_Guide_and_Student_Exem plars.pdf