SBAC Grade 5 Concepts and Procedures Practice

What the test measures

Concepts and Procedures skills

Target A: Write and interpret numerical expressions
Target B: Analyze patterns and relationships
Target C: Understand the place value system
Target D: Perform operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths
Target E: Use equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
Target F: Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
Target G: Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
Target H: Represent and interpret data
Target I: Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition
Target J: Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world and mathematical problems
Target K: Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties

Standards basis

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS-M) — national

How the SBAC reports it

Smarter Balanced math is organized into four claims with published assessment targets (Mathematics Content Specifications). Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures) publishes per-grade assessment targets for grades 3-8 and high school, each a verbatim CCSS-M cluster heading (e.g. grade 3 Target A is cluster 3.OA.A); Claims 2-4 are cross-cutting process claims whose targets are constant across grades and draw on the same grade-level content. On score reports, Claims 2 and 4 are combined into a single reporting category, so three claim scores accompany the overall math score.

Blueprint & weighting

Content Specifications (Reporting Categories section): the total mathematics score is a weighted composite of the four claims — Claim 1 (Concepts and Procedures) contributes roughly 50%, Claim 3 (Communicating Reasoning) roughly 25%, and combined Claims 2 and 4 (Problem Solving / Modeling and Data Analysis) about 25%. The summative blueprint (as of 2018-19) publishes item counts per test event rather than percentages: Claim 1 is 17-20 items in grades 3-5, 16-20 in grades 6-8, and 19-22 in grade 11; the Claim 2/4 and Claim 3 reporting categories are 8-10 items each, totaling 18-20 across the two.

Official sources

Smarter Balanced Mathematics Content Specifications (July 2015)
Smarter Balanced Mathematics Summative Assessment Blueprint (as of 2018-19)
Smarter Content Explorer (per-target pages, e.g. Grade 3 Claim 1 Target A)

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What is $\dfrac{6}{8} + \dfrac{4}{8}$ ?

$\dfrac{6}{8} + \dfrac{4}{8} = \dfrac{5}{4}$ .

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What is the $x$ -coordinate of the point $(1, 4)\textsf{?}$

The first number in an ordered pair is the $x$ -coordinate. In $(1, 4)$ the $x$ -coordinate is $1\textsf{.}$

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Four beakers hold $\tfrac{1}{2}$ , $\tfrac{1}{2}$ , $\tfrac{1}{4}$ , and $\tfrac{3}{4}$ liters. If the liquid is shared equally among the 4 beakers, how much is in each?