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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Determine what fraction of a figure is shaded (calculator available)
Discipline
Mathematics
Grades
3, 4
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Students are asked to determine what fractional part of a rectangle is shaded. This constructed-response question is an "easy" test item used in grade 4 of the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP). The URL link (above) takes the user to the NAEP test item, with access to performance data by various subgroups of students, a scoring guide, sample student responses, and a discussion of the content on which the item is based. The NAEP website allows users to build their own printable database of test items by clicking on Add Question in the upper right hand corner of the screen. NAEP Reference Number: 2007-4M7, No. 6. (sw)


Ohio Mathematics Academic Content Standards (2001)
Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard
Benchmarks (3–4)
C.
Represent commonly used fractions and mixed numbers using words and physical models.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 3)
5.
Represent fractions and mixed numbers using words, numerals and physical models.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Number and Operations Standard
Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems
Expectations (3–5)
develop understanding of fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a collection, as locations on number lines, and as divisions of whole numbers;