The New York City Department of Education Grade 5 Mathematics Baseline Assessment Teacher Version September 2, 2012 June 1, 2013 2703987
Test Design and Instructional Purpose The Mathematics Baseline Assessment is designed to help you collect some information about your students mathematical readiness for the work they will encounter in fifth grade. This information can provide insight around students understanding of the skills, concepts, and application necessary to support successful engagement in the major work of fifth grade. Consequently, the results from the Baseline Assessment may assist you in developing instructional plans that will help your students meet the Common Core expectations for fifth grade. The assessment is composed of three sections that assess skills and content from the previous grade. Each section has a particular focus. The focus of each section was determined by identifying concepts from fourth grade that support major concepts in fifth grade. All of the items are multiple-choice and were developed to assess a student s understanding of a particular part(s) of a standard, cluster, or domain. This assessment is meant to be a resource for identifying and understanding some of the skills and concepts that may need to be reinforced/taught if students did not learn them in the previous grade. Please note that since schools are at different points in their transition to the Common Core Learning Standards, students may or may not have been exposed to the Common Core Learning Standards of the preceding grade. The results of this assessment will best support your instruction and your students learning if you are familiar with the Common Core Learning Standards, including the fluency expectations, key advances, and culminating standards. Limitations The Baseline Assessment is not an exhaustive test. Some important Common Core Learning Standards contain prerequisite skills and concepts that could not be assessed on this test. As a result, this assessment is best used as part of a comprehensive set of evaluative measures that include teacher observation, classwork, homework, and school- or teacher-made assessments. If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 3
Test Content In Grade, the major work focuses largely on furthering students use of place value and properties of operations (all four operations) to make multiplicative comparisons, to multiply and divide multi-digit numbers, to use the four operations to solve word problems involving measurement quantities, to add and subtract fractions, to compare fractions, and to multiply a fraction by a whole number. In Grade 5, students are expected to build on their understanding of multiplication and division in order to fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers; find wholenumber quotients and remainders to the case of two-digit divisors; multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction; divide a unit fraction by a whole number or a whole number by a unit fraction. Students are also expected to use their understanding of fraction equivalence and their skill in generating equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions (with like and unlike denominators). Additionally, students are expected to integrate decimal fractions more fully into the place value system and to begin to extend algorithms for multi-digit operations to decimals. Section 1 (8 items): This section focuses on using place value and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic and on applying the four operations to solve word problems. Section 2 (1 items): This section focuses on equivalent fractions and ordering; adding and subtracting like fractions and mixed numbers, including data from a line plot; and multiplying a whole number by a fraction. Section 3 (8 items): This section focuses on using decimal notation for fractions and comparing decimal fractions and on using addition and subtraction of decimals in the context of money and perimeter. If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com.
Section 1 Standards.OA.2;.OA.3;.NBT.1;.NBT.5;.NBT.6 Section 2 Standards.NF.1;.NF.2;.NF.3b;.NF.3c;.NF.3d;.NF.b;.NF.c;.MD. Section 3 Standards.NF.5;.NF.6;.NF.7;.MD.2;.MD.3 Math Baseline Grade 5 Report* A student who correctly answers the questions in Section 1 evidences an understanding of using place value and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic and of applying the four operations to solve word problems. These skills support students readiness for fluently multiplying multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm and for finding wholenumber quotients and remainders to the case of two-digit divisors. A student who correctly answers the questions in Section 2 evidences an understanding of equivalent fractions and ordering fractions; adding and subtracting like fractions and mixed numbers, including data from a line plot; and multiplying a whole number by a fraction. These skills support students readiness for the concepts presented in Grade 5 including: understanding fraction equivalence and generating equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions, including fractions with unlike denominators; applying and extending previous understanding of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction; understanding the relationship between fractions and division; and applying and extending their previous understanding of multiplication and division to divide a unit fraction by a whole number or a whole number by a unit fraction. A student who correctly answers the questions in Section 3 evidences an understanding of decimal notation for fractions, of comparing decimal fractions, and of using addition and subtraction of decimals in the context of money and perimeter. Students will apply these skills in Grade 5 to integrate decimal fractions more fully into the place value system and begin to extend algorithms for multi-digit operations to decimals. *Listed standards indicate that at least one item is partially aligned to that standard. If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 5
Section 1 Items: Grade Domain Cluster Standard Items Operations and Algebraic Thinking Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems..oa.2. Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison. 2,5 Operations and Algebraic Thinking Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems..oa.3. Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers and having whole-number answers using the four operations, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. 6,8 Operations in Base Ten Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers..nbt.1. Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700 / 70 = 10 by applying concepts of place value and division. 1 Operations in Base Ten Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic..nbt.5. Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. 7 Operations in Base Ten Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic..nbt.6. Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and onedigit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. 3, If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 6
Section 2 Items: Grade Domain Cluster Standard Items Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering. Extend understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers. Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers..nf.1. Explain why a fraction a/b is equivalent to a fraction (n x a) / (n x b) by using visual fraction models, with attention to how the number and size of the parts differ even though the two fractions themselves are the same size. Use this principle to recognize and generate equivalent fractions..nf.2. Compare two fractions with different numerators and different denominators, e.g., by creating common denominators or numerators, or by comparing to a benchmark fraction such as 1/2. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model..nf.3b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. Examples: 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8; 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8; 2 1/8 = 1 + 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 1/8..NF.3c. Add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators, e.g., by replacing each mixed number with an equivalent fraction, and/or by using properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction..nf.3d. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem..nf.b. Understand a multiple of a/b as a multiple of 1/b, and use this understanding to multiply a fraction by a whole number. For example, use a visual fraction model to express 3 (2/5) as 6 (1/5), recognizing this product as 6/5. (In general, n (a/b) = (n a)/b.).nf.c. Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, if each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie? If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 7 9,11 10 12,1 13,15 16,19 17,18 20,21
Measurement and Data Represent and interpret data..md.. Make a line plot to display a data set of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/, 1/8). Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions by using information presented in line plots. For example, from a line plot find and interpret the difference in length between the longest and shortest specimens in an insect collection. 22 If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 8
Section 3 Items: Grade Domain Cluster Standard Items Measurement and Data Measurement and Data Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions. Understand decimal notation for fractions, and compare decimal fractions. Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit. Solve problems involving measurement and conversion of measurements from a larger unit to a smaller unit..nf.5. Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100. For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + /100 = 3/100..NF.6. Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate 0.62 on a number line diagram..nf.7. Compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size. Recognize that comparisons are valid only when the two decimals refer to the same whole. Record the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, or <, and justify the conclusions, e.g., by using a visual model..md.2. Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale..md.3. Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems. For example, find the width of a rectangular room given the area of the flooring and the length, by viewing the area formula as a multiplication equation with an unknown factor. 23 25 27,29 2,30 26,28 If you have any questions, contact the NYC Acuity Helpdesk at 866 NYC 6550 or NYCAcuity@ctb.com. 9
The New York City Department of Education Grade 5 Mathematics Baseline Assessment Teacher Version September 2, 2012 June 1, 2013