Claim 4: Modeling & Data Analysis - Students can analyze complex, real-world scenarios and can construct use mathematical models to interpret and solve problems.

Learn About Claim 4

• What is the rationale for Claim 4?
  In the real world, problems do not come neatly "packaged". Real world problems are complex, and often contain insufficient or superfluous data. Assessment tasks will involve formulating a problem that is tractable using mathematics - that is, formulating a model. Read more.

• What does sufficient evidence looks like for Claim 4?
  A key feature of items and tasks in Claim #4 is the student is confronted with a contextualized, or "real world" situation and must decide which information is relevant and how to represent it. As some of the examples provided below illustrate, "real world" situations do not necessarily mean questions that a student might really face; it means that mathematical problems are embedded in a practical, application context. Read more.

• What are the assessment targets for Claim 4?
  Claim #4 is aligned to the mathematical practices from the MCCSS, which are consistent across grade levels. For this reason, the Assessment Targets are not divided into a grade-by-grade description. Rather, a general set of targets is provided, which can be used as guidance for the development of item and test specifications for each grade. Read more.

Unit/Lesson Planning

Tools

• Understanding the Standards
• California's eStandards for CCSS    
  Search the CCSS for ELA & Literacy and Math by keyword
• Mathematical Practices Learning Community Templates (Utah)    
  Nine templates from the Utah State Office for Eduation for use in professional learning around the CCSS Mathematical Practices.
• Math Practices Poster in Student Language   12/03/2012 (566.38 KB)
  Created by the Jordan School District, these posters offer student friendly descriptions of each of the eight mathematical practices.
• CCSS Math Practices Posters in Spanish    
  These posters were designed by Javier S. Guerrero and are provided as part of the Common Core Translation Project.

• Planning Templates
• CCSS Student Report Templates (K-5)    
  These templates, designed by Corvallis SD TOSA Chris Caster, include the standards for each grade K-5 and are designed to be used to track CCSS related assignments and assessments. Scroll down to "Standards Report" to find the templates.
• Quality Review Rubric for Units and Lessons    
  The Tri-State Collaborative (composed of educational leaders from Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island and facilitated by Achieve) has developed criterion-based rubrics and review processes to evaluate the quality of lessons and units intended to address the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

Teaching & Learning

Tools

• Videos of instruction
• Designing an iPad Case (9-12)    
  This high school lesson helps students experience the world of an engineer by designing a new iPad case.
• Using a Lottery to Illustrate Functions (9-12)    
  This high school lesson uses a lottery to see the uniqueness of functional relationships.

• Differentiating for individual student needs
• Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities and Diverse Learners    
  The documents on these pages provide all educators with resources that focus on the differentiated instruction of students with special needs. Educators should continue to reference the resources available on other CCSS pages for content-specific information.
• Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners    
  The documents on this page provide all educators with resources that focus on the needs of English language learners. Educators should continue to reference the resources available on other CCSS pages for content-specific information.
• Differentiation Training Module    
  This site contains 10 training modules on differentiation, developed as part of the Oregon DATA Project. GET PASSWORD

• Instructional Strategies
• Structuring Active Learning   07/25/2012 (101.41 KB)
  Thie one page document offers suggestions from Kevin Feldman on structuring active learning to increase student engagement.
• Partnering Recommendations   07/25/2012 (81.96 KB)
  This one page document from Kinsella and Feldman offers pragmatic suggestions for partnering.

• Lessons
  NOTE: The inclusion of links to these sites does not constitute an endorsement by ODE.
• EduCore: Math Tools    
  Formative assessment lessons and instructional videos for mathematics aligned to the Common Core.
• Open Education Resources (OER) Commons    
  A collection of open education resources (OER) including Common Core implementation plans, transition guides, assessment tasks, exemplars and curriculum.

Assessment

Tools

• Smarter Balanced Sample Summative Items for Teachers
  Covering all possible item types (selected response, constructed response, extended response, technology enhanced, and performance tasks), these samples include student items, as well as sample student responses and evaluation rubrics where appropriate. Educators can use these items to get an idea of how to design classroom tasks that will prepare students for the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
• Grades 3-5    
• Grades 6-8    
• High School    
  
• Sample Items and Tasks for Students    
  The items on these sites include a combination of computer adaptive items (selected response, constructed response, extended response) and performance tasks. Items can be scored using sample student responses and their accompanying scores as reference for reviewing your answer.
• Smarter Balanced Training Tests    
  Training tests for each grade level and subject area have been released to assist students with becoming familiar with the new item types that are present on the Smarter Balanced Pilot Test. NOTE: The training tests and online calculators can only be accessed on Mozilla Firefox.

• Mark Freed     (503) 947-5610
  Teaching & Learning Team - Education Specialist