I think that many teachers, no matter what subject they teach get nervous for their students come time for the state assessment. Questions run through their minds such as , "Did I teach the subject well enough" or "I hope I prepared them as well as I could." I can go on and on. Some teachers may wonder what are some of the most logical and best ways to prepare their students for these grueling state assessments. The provided website for all of the New York State Assessments is wonderful. It has all of the past state assessments in every subject and in every grade level. As for the math assessments, they are provided with answer keys and explanations. This site is not only useful for teachers to prepare their students, but for parents to help prepare the kids as well. A great deal of my parents are always asking where they can find extra practice for their kids. I tell them about this website and they're ecstatic. What makes them really happy is that there is an answer key with explanations, which is a valuable asset since some of the math is new and they may have a hard time helping their kids with it. Therefore, the explanation is not only helpful for the kids, but their parents as well.
The focus of this blog is where math is used everyday. In this past year's New York State Assessment for the seventh grade there was a question about temperature that dealt with using integers. There was another question about a bucket with a 5-gallon capacity, which dealt with conversions. On the eighth grade test there was a question about consumer math. So even the state tests address where math is used in the real world. This first website listed below is the home page and the second website is specifically the math state assessments from 2006-2009
http://www.nysed.gov/
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/elintmath.html
If you have any questions or comments about the site or my post please let me know. I'd love to hear other people's thoughts.
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