Mathematics 8th Grade
Advanced (Score above 625)
Students can organize information, make generalizations, solve non-routine problems, and draw and justify conclusions. They can:
- Apply their knowledge of numeric and algebraic concepts and relationships to solve problems.
- Solve simultaneous linear equations and model simple situations algebraically.
- Apply knowledge of measurement and geometry in complex problem situations Interpret data from a variety of tables and graphs.
High (Score between 550 and 625)
Students can apply their understanding and knowledge in a wide variety of relatively complex situations. They can:
- Order, relate, and compute with fractions and decimals to solve word problems, operate with negative integers, and solve multi-step word problems involving proportions with whole numbers.
- Solve simple algebraic problems including evaluating expressions, solving simultaneous linear equations, and using a formula to determine the value of a variable.
- Find areas and volumes of simple geometric shapes and use knowledge of geometric properties to solve problems.
- Solve probability problems and interpret data in a variety of graphs and tables.
Intermediate (Score between 475 and 550)
Students can apply basic mathematical knowledge in straightforward situations. They can:
- Add, subtract, or multiply to solve one-step word problems involving whole numbers and decimals.
- Identify representations of common fractions and relative sizes of fractions.
- Understand simple algebraic relationships and solve linear equations with one variable.
- Demonstrate understanding of properties of triangles and basic geometric concepts including symmetry and rotation.
- Recognize basic notions of probability. Read and interpret graphs, tables, maps, and scales.
Low (Score between 400 and 475)
Students have some basic mathematical knowledge.
Mathematics 4th Grade
Advanced (Score above 625)
Students can apply their understanding and knowledge in a wide variety of relatively complex situations. They can:
- Demonstrate a developing understanding of fractions and decimals and the relationship between them.
- Select appropriate information to solve multi-step word problems involving proportions.
- Formulate or select a rule for a relationship. Show understanding of area and can use measurement concepts to solve a variety of problems.
- Show some understanding of rotation
- Can organize, interpret, and represent data to solve problems.
High (Score between 550 and 625)
Students can apply their knowledge and understanding to solve problems. They can:
- Solve multi-step word problems involving addition, multiplication, and division.
- Use their understanding of place value and simple fractions to solve problems.
- Identify a number sentence that represents situations.
- Show understanding of three-dimensional objects, how shapes can make other shapes, and simple transformation in a plane.
Demonstrate a variety of measurement skills and can interpret and use data in tables and graphs to solve problems.
Intermediate (Score between 475 and 550)
Students can apply basic mathematical knowledge in straightforward situations. They can:
- Read, interpret, and use different representations of numbers.
- Perform operations with three and four-digit numbers and decimals.
- Extend simple patterns.
- Are familiar with a range of two-dimensional shapes and read and interpret different representations of the same data.
Low (Score between 400 and 475)
Students have some basic mathematical knowledge. They can:
- Demonstrate an understanding of whole numbers and can do simple computations with them.
- Demonstrate familiarity with the basic properties of triangles and rectangles.
- Read information from simple bar graphs.
Science 8th Grade
Advanced (Score above 625)
Students demonstrate a grasp of some complex and abstract science concept. They can:
- Apply knowledge of the solar system and of Earth features, processes, and conditions, and apply understanding of complexity of living organisms and how they relate to their environment.
- Show understanding of electricity, thermal expansion, and sound, as well as the structure of matter and physical and chemical properties and change.
- Show understanding of environmental and resource issues.
- Understand some fundamentals of scientific investigation and can apply basic physical principles to solve some quantitative problems.
- Provide written explanations to communicate scientific knowledge.
High (Score between 550 and 625)
Students demonstrate conceptual understanding of some science cycles, systems, and principles. They:
- Have some understanding of Earth's processes and the solar system, biological systems, populations, reproduction, and heredity, and structure and function of organisms.
- Show some understanding of physical and chemical changes, and the structure of matter.
- Can solve some basic physics problems related to light, heat, electricity, and magnetism, and they demonstrate basic knowledge of major environmental issues.
- Demonstrate some scientific inquiry skills.
- Can combine information to draw conclusions; interpret information in diagrams, graphs, and tables to solve problems; and provide short explanations conveying scientific nowledge and cause/effect relationships.
Intermediate (Score between 475 and 550)
Students demonstrate conceptual understanding of some science cycles, systems, and principles. They:
- Recognize some characteristics of the solar system, water cycles, animals, and human health.
- Are acquainted with some aspects of energy, force and motion, light reflection, and sound.
- Demonstrate elementary knowledge of human impact on changes in the environment.
- Can apply and briefly communicate knowledge, extract tabular information, extrapolate from data presented in a simple linear graph, and interpret pictorial diagrams.
Low (Score between 400 and 475)
Students recognize basic facts from the life and physical sciences. They:
- Have some knowledge of the human body and heredity, and demonstrate familiarity with some everyday physical phenomena.
- Can interpret some pictorial diagrams and apply knowledge of simple physical concepts to practical situations.
Science 4th Grade
Advanced (Score above 625)
Students can apply knowledge and understanding in beginning inquiry. They can:
- Demonstrate some understanding of Earth's features and processes and the solar system.
- Communicate their understanding of structure, function, and life processes in organisms and classify organisms according to major physical and behavioral features.
- Demonstrate some understanding of physical phenomena and properties of common materials.
- Demonstrate beginning scientific inquiry knowledge and skills.
High (Score between 550 and 625)
Students can apply knowledge and understanding to explain everyday phenomena. They can:
- Demonstrate some knowledge of Earth structure and processes and the solar system and some understanding of plant structure, life processes, and human biology.
- Demonstrate some knowledge of physical states, common physical phenomena, and chemical changes.
- Provide brief descriptions and explanations of some everyday phenomena and compare, contrast, and draw conclusions.
Intermediate (Score between 475 and 550)
Students can apply basic knowledge and understanding to practical situations in the sciences. They can:
- Demonstrate knowledge of some basic facts about Earth?s features and processes and the solar system.
- Recognize some basic information about human biology and health and show some understanding of development and life cycles of organisms.
- Demonstrate some knowledge of basic facts about familiar physical phenomena, states, and changes.
- Apply factual knowledge to practical situations, interpret pictorial diagrams, and combine information to draw conclusions.
Low (Score between 400 and 475)
Students have some elementary knowledge of the earth, life, and physical sciences. They can:
- Recognize simple facts presented in everyday language and context about Earth's physical features, the seasons, the solar system, human biology, and the development and characteristics of animals and plants.
- Recognize facts about a range of familiar physical phenomena like rainbows, magnets, electricity, boiling, floating, and dissolving. Interpret labeled pictures and simple pictorial diagrams and provide short written responses to questions requiring factual information.
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