ARM 10.54.4103. GRADE 4 PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTORS AT THE NEARING PROFICIENCY LEVEL

(1) A fourth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level in mathematics demonstrates partial mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency. He/she gives responses that exhibit some understanding of the problem or situation presented and can make rudimentary connections between the mathematical and/or real world. The student struggles to communicate effectively and uses limited evidence of representations to show understanding. (a) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 1 in the areas of: (i) whole number relationships; (ii) estimation and operations; (iii) whole number concepts; (iv) common fractions and decimals; and (v) length, time, and temperature. (b) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 2 in the areas of: (i) representing data; (ii) evaluating data; and (iii) likelihood of events. (c) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 3 in the areas of: (i) two-dimensional attributes; (ii) three-dimensional attributes; (iii) basic transformations; (iv) linear measurement; and (v) area and perimeter. (d) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 4 in the areas of: (i) patterns and relations; (ii) symbols and expressions; (iii) properties of number and operation; (iv) equivalent expressions; and (v) numerical modeling with manipulatives.