Describe the current performance of U.S. math students
What will be an ideal response?
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) measures the performance of American students in a variety of content areas (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2015). Students in grades 4 and 8 are assessed in mathematics every 2 years. The 2015 NAEP results revealed that 49% of fourth graders and 57% of eighth graders failed to meet proficiency standards. This represents a worse performance than was seen only 2 years earlier. The situation is dire for underrepresented groups. For example, 87% of Black and 81% of Hispanic eighth graders were not proficient in math in the 2015 assessment (NCES, 2015). Similarly, students with disabilities experience very poor math outcomes. Results on the NAEP indicate that 84% of fourth-grade students with disabilities and 92% of eighth-grade students with disabilities were not proficient in mathematics.
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______ includes the sounds that are characteristic of language.
a. Phonology b. Morphology c. Syntax d. Semantics
Which of the following is true of transition components of IEPs?
a. Since the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA, transitional services became a stand-alone document and are no longer part of the student’s IEP. b. Since the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA, transitional services became a stand-alone document and are no longer part of the student’s IEP. c. Since the 1997 reauthorization of IDEA, transitional services became part of the student’s IEP and were no longer a stand-alone document. d. Since the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA, transitional services became part of the student’s IEP and were no longer a stand-alone document.
Identify the test-taking skills that a teacher should discuss with students.
What will be an ideal response?