ARM 10.54.4094. NOVICE MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR END OF GRADE 8

(1) An eighth-grade student at the novice level in mathematics is beginning to attain the prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental to each benchmark in mathematics. He/she: (a) demonstrates limited and incomplete use of mathematical processes; (b) communicates mathematical ideas, but they are often limited and incomplete; (c) sometimes uses numbers, operations, patterns, relations, and functions accurately; (d) makes only immediate, concrete, mathematical connections; (e) seldom uses algebraic concepts to solve problems; and (f) makes simple and inconsistent predictions and decisions, often inaccurately, based on data, and seldom recognizes complex measurement, geometric relationships, or properties.