Standard #: MA.3.A.4.1 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
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Clarification :
Students may extend numeric or graphic patterns beyond the next step, or find one or more missing elements in a numeric or graphic pattern. 
Students will identify the rule for a pattern or the relationship between numbers.
Content Limits :
Items may use numeric patterns, graphic patterns, function tables, or graphs (bar graphs, pictographs, or line plots only).

Numeric patterns should be shown with three or more elements.

Graphic patterns should be shown with at least three examples of the pattern repeated.

Students should not be asked to extend the pattern more than three steps beyond what is given or to provide more than three missing elements.

Items will not include extending the pattern on a bar graph or pictograph.

Rules for numeric patterns and relationships shown in function tables must include only one operation limited to addition, subtraction, or multiplication. When the operation of multiplication is used, the rule is limited to the multiplication facts of 0 × 0 through 9 × 9.

Function rules or relationships may be described using words, tables, graphs, or expressions using variables or geometric shapes (e.g., n, Δ, ); however, the intent of the benchmark is not to assess solving equations.
Stimulus Attributes :
Items may be set in either a real-world or mathematical context.

Graphics may be used in some of these items, as appropriate.
Response Attributes :
Responses that are function rules may be described using words or mathematical expressions with variables or geometric shapes (e.g., n, Δ).

Sample Test Items (1)