The Math FCAT Show

On Monday I had the an opportunity of visiting Rock Crusher Elementary to observe John Mullen, Supervisor of Achievement Data Technology and Brady Hannett, Teacher on Special Assignment for Math who facilitated a special Math FCAT Show.

Each year the Educational Service Division of the School District offers to all schools the opportunity to come in to do an FCAT Show.  The main purpose of this Show is to relieve student stress and reinforce test taking skills that our educators have been working on all year.  Mr. Mullen has shared that both he and Mr. Hannett always leave learning valuable data about our students processing skills and even different ways to solve math problems.

As you can see by a sample test question below Math assessments are often as much about reading as they are about math equations.  It is why there is often a correlation of test scores between reading and math results.

Here is a sample 4^th grade FCAT Math Question.  See if you know the answer and post your answer.

Bo is filling the swimming pool in his backyard. He notes how many inches the water level rises every minute. The water level raises 20 inches in the first minutes. The table below shows the change in the number of inches the water level rose each minute.

Second Minute = Decrease of 1 inches
Third Minute = Decrease of 2 inches
Fourth Minute = Decrease of 4 inches

If this pattern continues how many inches of water will be in the pool after minutes?

A.         27 inches
B.         35 inches
C.         74 inches
D.         80 inches

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