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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 8: Reason to order quantities
Discipline
Mathematics
Grades
6, 7, 8
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Students must use reasoning to order three quantities.  This multiple-choice question is a sample test item used in grade 8 in the 2005 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: 2005-8M3, No. 5. (sw)


Ohio Mathematics Academic Content Standards (2001)
Mathematical Processes Standard
Benchmarks (5–7)
E.
Use deductive thinking to construct informal arguments to support reasoning and to justify solutions to problems.
Benchmarks (8–10)
D.
Apply reasoning processes and skills to construct logical verifications or counter-examples to test conjectures and to justify and defend algorithms and solutions.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
Reasoning and Proof Standard
Select and use various types of reasoning and methods of proof