Attention: The Principal

PAT MATHEMATICS TEST

(REVISED 2006)
The Progressive Achievement Test: MATHEMATICS YEARS 4-10 (revised 2006) is available for the beginning of the school year. The test is primarily designed to help classroom teachers determine the achievement levels of their students in the knowledge, skills, and understandings of mathematics prescribed by the New Zealand curriculum. The test results will also help teachers to make informed decisions about the kinds of teaching materials, methods, and programmes most suitable for their students. What does PAT:Mathematics (revised) test? PAT:Mathematics includes questions from all strands of the curriculum. Within each test questions are organised according to 5 categories; number knowledge; number strategies; algebra; geometry and measurement; and statistics. What are the features of PAT:Mathematics (revised)? There are 7 tests with reusable booklets and separate answer sheets. The format is multi-choice. Each test can be used at two or more Year levels. Results from each test can be converted to locations on a common scale. This scale allows progress to be tracked from test to test. A description of the mathematical knowledge and skill levels typically present at different locations on the scale is provided allowing formative as well as summative reporting. Normative information is given allowing a students achievement to be compared with the achievement of a national reference group at specific year levels. Blackline masters are provided in the teachers manual that allow teachers to easily produce individual student reports that map performance on the different parts of the tests. The tests can be used at any time between February and November each year. Scoring made easy Manual scoring is easy. Students fill in a circle for each answer (no more writing the letter of the correct answer) on their answer sheet. The marker places a clear acetate sheet over the answers and can instantly see whether each answer is right or wrong as the correct answer for each question is outlined in bold. New reporting option NZCER is developing an application that will allow teachers to produce automated reports. There are several reports that provide a range of information including: measures of how well students have coped with individual test items and content categories; the identification of strengths and weaknesses; and comparisons of student achievements with the achievement of national reference groups. Access to this web-based application will be available to purchasers of the tests.
Recommended Year levels for each test

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7

For more information, contact patmaths@nzcer.org.nz or check out the NZCER website: www.nzcer.org.nz

SAMPLE QUESTIONS
TEST 1 TEST 4

Riki won 12 marbles before school, 5 marbles at lunchtime, and 11 marbles after school. How many did he win altogether? (A) 17 (B) 23 (C) 28 (D) 30 (E) 38
Hine
TEST 2

0.1 0.09

John

0.19

Jean

0.2

0.16

David

Mel

Who is holding the sign with the biggest number? (A) John When the shape above is given a quarter turn anticlockwise, it will look like (A) (B) (B) Jean (C) Hine (D) David (E) Mel (C ) (D)
TEST 6

(E)

Lana is showing how a regular hexagon can tessellate. She uses her tessellation to work out how big angle x is. How big is angle x?

x
TEST 3

Ra sells lollies in bags of 10. If he has 634 lollies, how many bags of 10 can he make? (A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 30 (D) 60 (E) 63 (A) 45 (B) 110 (C) 120 (D) 145
TEST 5

(E) none of these

Pia wanted to find out what students at her intermediate school thought about school uniforms. She could only ask some of the students. Which of these would be the fairest way to choose a sample of 30 students? (A) choose 30 students from one Year 8 class (B) choose 30 students she knows (C) choose the first 30 students to arrive at school one day (D) choose 30 names from a box that has all the students names in it (E) choose 30 people who attend the choir practice one lunchtime

TEST 7

If 3x + 6 = 21, what does x + 2 equal? (A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11 (E) 15

THE PAT:MATHEMATICS SCALE

Scores on each of the PAT:Mathematics tests can be converted to locations on a new PAT:Mathematics scale (shown below). The scale allows student progress to be tracked from Year 4 to Year 10. As can be seen, the mathematical knowledge and skills associated with different locations on the scale are also outlined. Students can typically use the knowledge and skills described at and below the level of their scale score. To the right of the scale are shaded bands indicating where objectives from the first five levels of the New Zealand mathematics curriculum are located on the scale.
Scale score (patm)
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Students can typically use the mathematical knowledge and skills described at and below the level of their scale score.

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understand the effect of adding and subtracting negative numbers; estimate the result of finding a non-unit fraction of a whole, for example: estimate 3/19 of 60; identify an algebraic expression that describes a relationship in a spatial or number pattern; identify a distance time graph that matches a described journey; use knowledge of shapes and angle properties to identify the size of missing angles; recognise the fractional scale factor needed for a reduction; use graphs and tables involving more than one variable, for example: read a stacked bar graph; understand and order a list of decimal numbers involving tenths, hundredths and thousandths, for example: order 5.6, 5.22, 5.315, 5.08; solve percentage problems involving multiples of 5 percent, for example: discount an amount by 10% and find 15% of a whole; solve a simple algebraic equation, for example: 3x + 6 = 21; identify an accurate definition of volume; work with grouped data in a histogram or frequency table; identify appropriate techniques to obtain fair samples; convert between fractions and decimals involving tenths; with the help of diagrams identify equivalent fractions; solve addition and subtraction problems involving three and four digit numbers; use addition and subtraction to identify the next number in a sequence, for example: 940, 820, 700, 580 ... ; identify the image produced when a simple shape is reflected in a mirror line; use a simple understanding of the mean, for example: identify the effect on the mean of adding high or low value data points; identify the position of decimals involving tenths on the number line; use fraction notation to name fractions shown in diagrams; solve simple multiplication and division problems involving known multiplication facts, for example 35 7; use doubling to continue a sequence of numbers; read a point halfway between labelled marks on a scale; read and compare times shown on analogue and digital clocks; identify which pie graph matches a given bar chart; use expressions such as good chance, even chance, bad chance and no chance to describe simple probabilities; construct numbers involving 1000s, 100s 10s and 1s; identify the number of 10s in a three digit number, for example: there are 63 tens in 634; complete addition problems where knowledge of part-whole strategies lead to more efficient methods, for example: 27 + 25; find the next number in a pattern where simple counting strategies are efficient; name 2-D and 3-D shapes, for example: recognise cylinders and hexagons; use compass points to determine direction; recognise equally likely events; identify half of a small group of objects; construct two digit numbers using groups of 10s and 1s; complete simple additions and subtractions where counting on strategies are efficient, for example: 12 + 5 + 11; identify a fold that can be used to divide a simple shape into two matching parts; identify instances of simple 2D shapes; recognise what number a bar represents on a bar chart; read a simple tally chart.
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NZCER PROGRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

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705M Teachers Manual

@ $22.50 each

Marking Keys: 705K1 @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each @ $2.70 each

Test Booklets: 705B1 Test 1 705B2 Test 2 705B3 Test 3 705B4 Test 4 705B5 Test 5 705B6 Test 6 705B7 Test 7 @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each @ $4.50 each

705K2 705K3 705K4 705K5 705K6 705K7

Specimen Set Tests 1 - 3 Specimen Set Tests 4 - 5

@ $44.10 each @ $36.90 each @ $36.90 each @ $72.90 each

Answer Sheets (Sold in 10s, show total): 705AS1 705AS2 705AS3 705AS4 705AS5 705AS6 705AS7 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10 @ $1.80 per 10

Specimen Set Tests 6 - 7 Specimen Set Tests 1 - 7

Recommended Year levels for each test Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4 Test 5 Test 6 Test 7

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