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Gridded Response
Items:
The Fall ISTEP+ mathematics assessments
in Grades 7, 8, 9, and the GQE will consist of 3 different
types of items: multiple choice, open ended, and gridded response.
A short practice test has been developed that can
be used with students to help prepare them for the
gridded items on these tests. These
items are but a small subset of the types of gridded
items students may encounter on the test.
Included with the practice test is a scoring guide. This scoring
guide may be used to assist teachers and students identify some
of the many ways an answer may be gridded correctly.
Reference Sheet:
By the time students are entering Grade 7 they
should understand how to use and when to apply certain formulas
and conversions when solving problems. The ISTEP+ mathematics
assessments for Grades 7, 8, 9, and the GQE will therefore
provide a reference sheet of formulas for students to use when
taking the assessment.
Two different reference sheets have been developed
for the grade spans 7-8 and 9-10. Both reference sheets are
being made
available so that students and teachers may have the opportunity
to use and become familiar with them before the actual test.
Calculators:
Calculators
are not required on ISTEP+; however, they will be allowed
on some sections of the math assessment in Grades 7, 8, 9,
as well as the GQE and GQE Retest.
Students in Grades 3 through 6 will not be allowed
the use of a calculator.
The only
exception for each of the grades is
if it is otherwise stated by the student’s IEP.
The ISTEP+ mathematics assessment
in Grades 7, 8, 9, and the GQE will allow students to
use a calculator to solve problems on certain parts of the
test.
General directions
for calculator usage on ISTEP+ in Grades 7, 8, 9,
as well as the GQE and GQE Retest.
- Sharing calculators
is not allowed.
- Students are to
use calculators they are familiar with.
All items on the
test can be answered without the use of a calculator.
- Students are to
use his or her best judgment as to when to use the calculator.
The calculator is meant to aid in problem solving, not get in
the way.
- For open-ended items,
students should write down the process for solving the problem
then use the calculator to do the actual computation.
Students will be allowed
to use their own calculator if it is NOT one of the types
of calculators listed below:
Not permitted
on ISTEP+: Please note that this is not meant to be a
complete list and is intended only for students who do not have
an IEP. Students with an IEP stating they are allowed to use
their own calculator during testing may do so even if it appears
on this list. Contact your testing coordinator should you have
any questions regarding whether or not a calculator is permitted.
- Pocket
organizers, handheld computers/laptop computers, electronic
writing pads or pen-input devices
- Palm
Pilots
- HP
Jornada
- Casio
Cassiopeia
- Handspring
Visor
- Audiovox
Maestro
- Compaq
iPAQ
- Sony
CLI’E PEG
- Sharp
Zaurus
- Sharp
Wizard
- NEC
Mobile Pro
- Calculators
built into cellular phones or other wireless communication devices
- Models
with an infrared device
- Models
with QWERTY keypads
- TI-92
- HP-95
- Models
with paper tapes
- Models
that require an electrical outlet
- Models
that make noise or ‘talk’
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