Math Guidelines

Math Guidelines

ELA Guidelines

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Area of Focus 5

Assessment of Mathematical Content, Practices, and Language

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Guideline 13: Examples of quality work with varying levels of language proficiency

Descriptions, illustrations, and examples of quality work and mathematical practices with varying levels of language proficiency

Specifications for Guideline 13

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Specification 13A

Teacher materials should provide examples of teacher-student and student-student interactions that model and reflect the intent of mathematical practices.

Specification 13B

Teacher materials present examples in a way that highlights student potential for English proficiency, not deficit-based.

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Guideline 14: Capture and measure students' progress over time

Assessments able to capture and measure students’ mathematics and language progress over time

Specifications for Guideline 14

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Specification 14A

Assessments prompt students to use math practices through language (including but not limited to vocabulary).

Specification 14B

Rubrics specifically identify and describe typical mathematical content, practice, and language achievements.

Specification 14C

Teacher materials suggest ways to capture students' progress from everyday language to language for more formal academic and mathematical purposes.

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Guideline 15: Attending to student language produced to inform instructional decisions

Guidance for recognizing and attending to student language produced to inform instructional decisions

Specifications for Guideline 15

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Specification 15A

Teacher materials instruct teachers to avoid interpreting lower level language proficiency as lower level mathematics proficiency.

Specification 15B

Units include a range of assessments for formative purposes that enable students to draw on and make use of their existing language resources.

Specification 15C

Summative assessment tools specifically identify, describe, and measure mathematical and language successes, errors, and misconceptions and guide teachers to score them accordingly.

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