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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 4: Identify picture model of 3/4
Discipline
Mathematics
Grades
3, 4, 5
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Students are asked to identify which of four pictures illustrates the fraction 3/4. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 4 and 8 in the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress (see About NAEP). The URL link (above) takes the user directly to the NAEP test item, with access to performance data by various subgroups of students, a scoring key, and 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: 2003-4M6, No. 2. (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;