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STANDARD 4.3: PATTERNS AND ALGEBRA

| NJPEP's HSPA math tutorial | NJPEP's GEPA and HSPA Helpful Hints | NJPEP's assessment | NJDOE's Assessment and Evaluation (choose GEPA and/or HSPA) |

Standards matrix | Standard 4.3 for grade 8 | Standards-based mathematics activities by grade-band and separated into strands |
| Transition of strands from 8th to 9th grade for standard 4.3 |

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
Monisha is "Proficient" in Language Arts but only "Partially Proficient" in Mathematics.
The results suggest that Monisha will need particular extra help in the mathematics content area: Patterns & Algebra.
In discussing her classroom performance with her 8th grade teacher, there are discrepancies between her classroom performance on these topics and her GEPA results

Strands for standard 4.3: grade 8 and grade 9 - 12

4.3. Patterns and Algebra   
STRANDS
   A. Patterns and Relationships
   B. Functions
   C. Modeling
   D. Procedures

INTERPRETING HELP

Teacher options...
1) How soon can he/she get results from the 8th grade benchmarking tests which were given by the 8th grade teacher during Monisha's 8th grade year? (These tests will have targeted content areas.)
2) Do the benchmarking tests show any strengths and/or weaknesses in particular strands? Did these change throughout the 8th grade year?
3) If the teacher cannot obtain the 8th grade tests quickly, are there other tests or portfolio results saved from the 8th grade work?
5) Can review materials be built into 9th grade work? How? When?
See Standards-Based Mathematics Activities (sorted by math standard).