Numeracy

Assessing Early Numeracy ( 1.05 MB PDF) - Component 1 of the Early Numeracy Project

An end-of-Kindergarten or early Grade 1 assessment that can be used to:

• identify children at risk in mathematics
• consider which children would benefit from intervention support and which need extra attention in specific skills
• identify areas of confusion for older primary students

Supporting Early Numeracy ( 1.9 MB PDF) - Component 2 of the Early Numeracy Project

• A tool for teaching based on the assessment.
• Provides activities for small group intervention that address specific skill needs identified in the assessment.

Whole Group Follow-up ( 310 K B PDF) - Component 3 of the Early Numeracy Project

• Provides additional instructional activities that support the assessment.
• Activities are designed for whole class participation and offer valuable support for students at all levels.

Math for Families - Helping Your Child With Math at Home ( 2 MB PDF) - Component 4 of the Early Numeracy Project

• provides suggestions for ways families can support math at home
• activities are provided to support each of the areas identified in the assessment "Assessing Early Numeracy"

BC Performance Standards - Numeracy

• Provide standards for performance based assessment of Numeracy in Grades 1 - 10.
• Describe and illustrate four levels of student performance in terms of the prescribed learning outcomes. The levels describe what a student's work looks like at each of the levels of achievement. The Quick Scale provides a summary of the criteria described in greater detail in the Rating Scale.
• The Performance Standard is intended as a support for ongoing instruction and assessment.