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ORC Resource Number #2085
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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Amount in Savings Account After 6 Months
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This item asks students to find the total amount in a savings account after six months given the interest rate per month. Students have the option of using a calculator. This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 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: 1990-12M9, No. 15. (sw)

OHIO STANDARDS
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Mathematics Academic Content Standards
Number, Number Sense and Operations Standard
Patterns, Functions and Algebra Standard
NATIONAL STANDARDS
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Number and Operations Standard
Algebra Standard
RESOURCE TYPE
Assessment Resource
STANDARDS ALIGNMENT
Grades 8–12
TOPICS
Mathematics --
Numbers and Operations;
Exponents, roots;
Percents;
Algebra;
Nonlinear functions;
KEYWORDS
compound interest
Publisher: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)