BHS Math Department

Means of Assessment:

Students will be required to demonstrate that they have reached the Performance Standard by achieving the following:

• Achieving the state goal on the CAPT as a sophomore or scoring at the proficiency level.  Those students who do not meet goal as a sophomore will be required to retake the mathematics portion as a junior.
• Achieving state/national average on SAT II.
• Achieving state/national average on SAT I.
• Satisfactory completion of district performance task.
• Submission of acceptable Math Portfolio.

 Remediation programs available to students who do not meet goal on CAPT would be

• SAT review—possibly during Y period or after school
• CAPT Practice—possibly during Y period or after school.

Criteria for district performance task:

The district performance task will consist of real world problems that require a student to demonstrate his or her ability to solve problems, to reason mathematically, to communicate mathematical ideas, and to compute and estimate.  These real world problems will demonstrate ability in the following content areas:

• Number Sense and Quantity.
• Measurement and Geometry.
• Spatial Relationships and Geometry.
• Statistics, Probability and Discrete Math.

Criteria for Math Portfolio:

The Math Portfolio will demonstrate a student’s understanding of mathematics in the following areas:

• Number Sense and Quantity.
• Measurement and Geometry.
• Spatial Relationships and Geometry.
• Statistics, Probability and Discrete Math.