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Assessment Resources and Released Items
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What's New

Released items from numerous state exams



Problem Sites

Elementary Problems


Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
3-4, 5-6, 7+ Archived

Math Forum Problem of the Week
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/pow/

Math Forum Elementary Archive
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/ruth/elem.pow.html
Elementary Problem of the Week Past and present

Mathstories.com
http://www.mathstories.com
Math word problems (some are just math questions) organized by topic and level of difficulty.

Problem of the Week
http://www.potw.net/page02.htm
Problems designed around created cartoon characters. Each problem has links to help with vocabulary and strategies associated with the problem. Weekly and Archived problems.

Saint Francis Xavier University
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/pwang/mathpage/grade5.html
Grade 5 problems. Not updated

Scott Foresman
http://www.mathsurf.com/teacher/
Word problems to keep your students' mental math skills strong. There are fifteen problems for each level: level one for grades one and two, level two for grades three and four, and level three for grades five and six.

Univ. of Central Florida Problem of the Week, sponsored by Casio
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~mathed/problem.html

Middle School Problems


Figure This! Math Challenges
http://www.figurethis.org/
Figure This! Funded by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Education. This site provides mathematics challenges and interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.

Houghton Mifflin
http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
3-4, 5-6, 7+ Archived

MATHCOUNTS
http://mathcounts.org/
MATHCOUNTS is the national math coaching and competition program for 7th and 8th grade students. Problem of the Week. Past problems from the competition.

Mathstories.com
http://www.mathstories.com
Math word problems (some are just math questions) organized by topic and level of difficulty.

"Problem of the Week "
http://www.potw.net/page02.htm
Problems designed around created cartoon characters. Each problem has links to help with vocabulary and strategies associated with the problem. Weekly and Archived problems.

Math Forum Swarthmore College
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/pow/
Problems of the Week which contain a link to Middle School Problem of the Week

Univ. of Central Florida Problem of the Week, sponsored by Casio
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~mathed/problem.html

Word Problems For Kids
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
This Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12. THIS IS NOT A TEST, but a set of carefully selected problems which can help you improve your problem solving skills

High School Problems


Advanced Placement Program-College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/calculus/
What's New, Prerequisites, Course Guidelines, Topical Outlines, and Exam information and sample questions.

Alvine High School Calculus
http://www.seresc.k12.nh.us/www/alvirne.html
AP calculus preparation, problem of the week, AP sample questions (Alvine HS)

Calculus
http://tqd.advanced.org/3616/Calc/Toc.html
Table of Contents for the AP AB review and practice test. The purpose of the Calculus AP AB TEST Review page is to enhance the learning and enjoyment of calculus and to help prepare students to take the Calc AP AB exam. prepare students to take the Calc AP AB exam.

Math Forum Problems of the Week
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/pow/

Rice University-Cynthia Lenius
http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/misc/calcu.html
Calculus sites, practice problems, AP board page, etc...

SAT, ACT practice skill tests from Scholastic Testing (free)

TheWizardofOdds
http://www.thewizardofodds.com/math/
Problems ranging from basic math to differential equations. Each problem also comes with a difficulty rating from one to four stars.

Univ. of Central Florida Problem of the Week, sponsored by Casio
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~mathed/problem.html

Word Problems For Kids
http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html
This Web Site contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are classified into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12. THIS IS NOT A TEST, but a set of carefully selected problems which can help you improve your problem solving skills

Web Sites with Problem Links


Math Forum Links to elementary activities. Can be searched
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/~steve/steve/mathelem.html

Math Forum Elem Problems, Puzzles, Math Tips and Tricks. No problems.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/students/elem/probs.html

Math Forum Resources for elementary grades.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/students/elem/

Yahoo listing of Problem of the week sites
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Mathematics/Games/Puzzles/
Puzzle_of_the_Week/



Released Items


Balanced Assessment in Mathematics
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~etc/ba/index.html
Balanced Assessment in Mathematics is a National Science Foundation project charged with developing new approaches to the assessment of mathematical competence in the Elementary, Middle School, and Secondary Grades.

British of Columbia Ministry of Education
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/
The Provincical Education Program is designed to provide performance standards. It gives students the opportunity to demonstrate excellence. Download the problem sets (grade 12).

Exemplars
http://www.exemplars.com/
Exemplars offers classroom-tested standards-based assessment materials. Check out the sample items.

Exercises in Math Readiness for University Study - University of Saskatchewan
http://math.usask.ca/readin/
Collection of exercises that the Department of Mathematics and Statistics have put together on those high school mathematics topics that seem most important for university study.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released items
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/ITMRLS.HTM

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/index.htm
Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education to conduct research on important topics related to K-12 educational testing. This site contains a link to TIMSS information and download test items along with a link to performance assessments (8th grade fractions & 5th grade probability) and rubrics.

New Hampshire Educational Improvement and Assessment program
http://www.state.nh.us/doe/Assessment/released1.htm
Released items for grades 3, 6, and 10.

State of Ohio 9th grade proficiency test
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/p_test/math_pro1.html
9th Grade Math Practice Questions. The test was based on requirements for the the State of Ohio 9th Grade Proficiency test.

Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS)
timss.bc.edu/TIMSS1/items.html
1995 TIMSS achievement released items

Third International Math and Science Study Repeat (TIMSS-R)
http://timss.bc.edu/timss1999i/study.html
1999 TIMSS achievement released items Eighth Grade


Questions, comments, and other inquiries about the teaching and learning of mathematics, or about the contents found on this page, can be directed to the AEA 267 math consultants.
Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2004