Assessment 2000
Table of Contents
Grade 8
About the Project
About the Booklet
Instructional Analysis
Michigan Curriculum Framework - Grade 8
Formative Assessment (with rubrics)
The Family Bond (Grade Levels – 6, 7)
In this task the students will use tables of
baseball statistics to compare the careers
of two players, Barry and Bobby Bonds, to
decide which of the two players will be
remembered as the better player. They will
construct a double line graph to display
data on home runs hit by each player. They
will then write a persuasive letter to the
local newspaper to explain and defend their
choice based on their analysis of the
players’ performance data.
The Price is Right
(Grade Levels – 8)
Students will determine the
cost of mowing two
different-size lawns. They
will measure scale drawings
of the lawn plots, use
proportion to calculate the
areas of the two plots, and
compute the total cost of
the lawn service. Finally,
they will prepare a written
proposal to a neighbor for
the cost of his/her lawn
service.
Constructed Response (with
rubrics)
The items in this
section develop skill in
writing answers to
questions. The questions
require students to explain
their thinking in clear and
complete sentences. Scoring
guides (rubrics) are
provided for evaluating the
student’s response.
Student Inventory
Preface
Inventory of "Big Ideas"
(Vital Understandings) in
Mathematics with examples
and critical objectives for
Grade 8
This section provides
teachers with a checklist of
"Big Ideas" (vital
understandings) in
mathematics. These "Big
Ideas" are meant to
encompass the most essential
concepts and skills
addressed in the standards
and benchmarks of the
Michigan Curriculum
Framework. These are the
"Big Ideas" that children
cannot afford to be without,
if they are to be successful
in mathematics. The list is
intended to be "teacher
friendly" yet designed to
improve the intellectual
quality of student
performance.
Multiple Choice
Preface
Student Skills Inventory of
"Big Ideas" in Mathematics
This section teaches the
student how to take a
multiple-choice/short answer
type of test while
evaluating content knowledge
of the "Big Ideas"
identified in the Teacher’s
Inventory. Answers are
provided for evaluating the
student’s response.
Assessment 2000
Grade 8
 Finding
the perimeter and area of an irregular
figure is a task performed often in the
"real" world. Whether one is concerned with
carpeting, engineering or simply cost
estimation, the task must be completed.
Display your skills with the problems below.
Remember that day you asked your parents for
a dog? Julie, an 8th grader, has also asked
her mom to allow her to have a dog. Her mom
gives permission, as long as Julie is able
to plan the construction of a fence to
surround their backyard. Julie’s Uncle Matt
has also agreed to build the fence, if she
can find the perimeter of the yard. He has
asked that she write a note to him
explaining how she arrived at the perimeter,
and to show all her work so that he may
double check it. Julie found the following
survey of the backyard. Help her find the
perimeter. (Remember, show all work, or no
dog!)
1. a) Find the perimeter, in terms of x, of
Julie’s backyard. (Show all work.)
b) Write a note to Julie’s uncle explaining
what you did. Julie’s mom also wants to lay
new sod (grass) in the backyard. Uncle Matt
agrees to do this project as well, if Julie
can find the area and write him a note
explaining how she arrived at her answer,
showing all her work.
2. a) Find the area, in
terms of x, of Julie’s
backyard. (Show all work.)
b) Write a note to Julie’s
uncle explaining what you
did.
3. To actually build the
fence and lay the sod, Uncle
Matt needs to know the value
for x. Julie called her
city hall and found that, in
her neighborhood, the value
for x was 10 feet. Find the
actual perimeter and area of
the backyard for x = 10
feet. (Show all work.) MISD
- Summer 1998
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