ARM 10.54.4093. NEARING PROFICIENCY MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR END OF GRADE 8

(1) An eighth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level in mathematics demonstrates partial mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient-level mathematics. He/she: (a) often uses incomplete and incorrect mathematical processes to solve problems, often inaccurately; (b) communicates mathematical ideas, but often inaccurately; (c) makes connections, but does not generalize and often his/her arguments lack appropriate supporting mathematical ideas; (d) sometimes understands and correctly uses numbers, operations, patterns, relations, and functions; (e) sometimes uses inaccurate or incomplete representations of rational numbers, proportionality, and algebraic concepts to solve mathematical problems; (f) sometimes has difficulty recognizing complex measurement and geometric relationships and properties which result in inaccurate solutions; and (g) makes simple predictions and decisions based on basic probability and statistics.