New York Performance Standards Consortium

Student__________________________________________________________________
Performance Assessment: Mathematics

Project Title Number Systems Project Project Topic Positional Number Systems

Teacher Joe Ochiltree Date____________________________

Overall evaluation ___________________________ Signature ________________________________________________________________

(This rubric has been modified from the Consortium Rubric 7/10)

Performance Outstanding = 4 Good = 3.5 Competent = 3 Needs Improvement

Indicators
Selects appropriate and Selects appropriate and Selects appropriate, but Selects an inappropriate
efficient strategies create a efficient strategies to inefficient, strategies, and strategy.
unique positional number create a unique positional executes conceptually
system number system sound mathematical or
Problem Solving procedures with
Executes conceptually Executes conceptually minor computational
Makes major conceptual
sound mathematical sound mathematical errors; OR efficient
errors or procedural errors.
procedures accurately. procedures with minor strategies but conceptual
computational errors. errors.

Justifies all mathematical Justifies most mathematica Justifies some of the Does not justify
statements in an efficient l statements mathematical statements mathematical statements
Reasoning and Proof and accurate manner, and accurately, and draws valid accurately, and draws valid accurately, and does not
draws valid conclusions. conclusions. conclusions. draw valid conclusions.

Always uses mathematical Mostly uses mathematical Limited use Little or no use of
terminology and terminology and of appropriate mathematic mathematical language and
notation appropriately. notation appropriately. al language and notation. notation.
Eloquently communicates
Communication process and solution. Little or no
Clearly Explains process and coherent explanation
Writing is sophisticated communicates process and solution with limited of process and solution.
and interesting to read. solution. clarity.
 Creates Creates Creates Does not create appropriate
appropriate models, inhere appropriate models, inhere appropriate models, inhere models, inherent to the
Representation nt to the task, that nt to the task, that nt to the task, that task.
represent the problem represent the problem represent the problem with
accurately and elegantly. accurately. minor errors.