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Beginning with the spring 2006 administration, the mathematics ISAT contains two short-response items and one extended-response item that contribute a total of 15% to a student’s mathematics ISAT score. The two short-response items contribute a total of 5%, and the one extended-response item contributes 10% to the scale score. Multiple-choice, short-response, and extended-response scores all contribute to produce one scale score. Scale scores determine a student’s performance level in terms of one of the following categories: Exceeds Standards, Meets Standards, Below Standards, or Academic Warning. Scores earned on short- and extended-response items alone are not associated with a performance level.

During the first two years of the mathematics ISAT, spring 1999 and spring 2000, extended-response items were not used in the calculation of students’ scores. From the spring 2001 until the spring 2005 administration, results from the two extended-response items for each grade contributed a total of 15% to a student’s mathematics ISAT score. Multiple-choice and extended-response scores both contributed to produce one scale score. Scale scores determine a student’s performance level in terms of one of the following categories: Exceeds Standards, Meets Standards, Below Standards, or Academic Warning. Scores earned on extended-response items alone are not associated with a performance level.