Score Level

(How many points do you earn?)

Mathematical Knowledge:

(Do you know it?)

•	I get the right answer, and I label it correctly.
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4

I use math terms correctly to show I understand how math works.
•	I compute with no errors. 

•	I use most math terms correctly.
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3

I make minor errors in computation.

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2

I know how to do parts of the problem, but I make major errors in computation and get a wrong answer.
•	I give a wrong answer or only part of the answer.

•	I try to do the problem, but I don’t understand it.

1

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0

I don’t try to answer the problem.

Strategic Knowledge:

(How do you plan?)

•	I find all the important parts of the problem, and I know how they go together.
•	I show all the steps I use to solve the problem. 
•	I explain any work I do in my head or with a calculator.
•	I completely show pictures, diagrams, models or computation if I use them in my plan.

•	I find most of the important parts of the problem.
•	I show a reasonable plan and most of the steps I use to solve the problem.

•	I find some of the important parts of the problem.
•	I show some of the steps, but my plan is not clear.

•	I find almost no important parts of the problem.
•	I show a plan that is not reasonable.
•	I show almost none of the steps I use to solve the problem.
•	I may include unnecessary information.

•	I don’t show a plan.

Explanation:

Grades 7 and 8 “Student-Friendly” Mathematics Scoring Rubric

(Can you explain it?)

•	I write what I did and why I did it.
•	If I use a drawing, I can explain all of it in writing.

•	I write mostly about what I did.
•	I write a little about why I did it.
•	If I use a drawing, I can explain most of it in writing.

•	I write some about what I did or why I did it but not both.
•	If I use a drawing, I can explain some of it in writing.

•	I write or draw something that doesn’t go with my answer. 
•	I write an answer that is not clear.

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August 2005

I don’t explain anything in writing.