Appendices    APPENDIX A: TRANSPARENCIES AND HANDOUTS All handouts and transparencies necessary for conducting sessions with teachers are included as black line masters (BLM). Each of these has been labeled with a BLM number. Icons of BLMs appear within the module scripts to indicate when they are to be used. Black line masters of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics, Grades 5- 8 (1989) are provided for use in Module 1. Documents reflecting specific standards to be used in Modules 2 and 3 have been adapted from the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics: Discussion Draft (October 1998).   APPENDIX B: SELECTED ASSESSMENT ITEMS Learning from Assessment materials include released eighth-grade items from large-scale assessments such as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and other large-scale assessment projects. These items were selected to prompt in-depth discussion among teachers concerning content, instruction, and student thinking. Although materials for each Learning from Assessment module indicate specific assessment items to be used, as facilitator, you may wish to focus on different content categories or item types. A matrix has been designed to help you easily locate assessment items beyond those used in the modules. Each item included in the collection has been assigned an LfA reference number (I-1 through I-28) and has been classified according to its source, item type, and content area. There are five content categories: Geometry, Algebraic Thinking, Patterns and Functions, Number Sense and Operations, and Data: Analysis and Management. Many items cover more than one content category (e.g., Algebraic Thinking and Patterns and Functions). If an item requires the student to use problem-solving strategies and reasoning in a non-routine way, the item is also categorized as Problem Solving. For information on how to access the full collection of TIMSS released items, click here. For information on NAEP released items, click here.   Back