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ORC Resource Number #1906
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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Solve a Proportion Problem
PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY

Students find a fraction equivalent to a given fraction. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grades 8 and 12 in the 1990 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: 1990-8M7, No. 2. (sw)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Number and Operations Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Assessment Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 5–9
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Numbers and Operations;
Equivalence;
Fractions;
Rates, ratio, proportion;
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)