Tests & handouts

This paper and pencil test has been developed with the intention to meet the specific needs of young children starting school. The oral instructions are short and easy to follow. Examples help the children to understand what they are expected to do in each task. The screening should be implemented just before or in the first four weeks after starting school. The tasks cover the content areas that are internationally recognized as the basis for school mathematicslearning:

• Conceptual and perceptual subitizing
• Emerging part-whole understanding
• Counting skills
• Recognition of number symbols

This paper and pencil test should be implemented either at the end of Grade 2 or at the beginning of Grade 3. It covers basic arithmetic knowledge and skills essential for understanding the mathematical content taught in Grade 3 and 4:

• Counting skills and number conception
• Operational understanding and mental calculation skills for addition and subtraction
• Operational understanding and mental calculation skills for multiplication
• Early understanding of division
• Basic number facts

This paper and pencil test should be implemented either at the end of Grade 4 or at the beginning of Grade 5. It covers basic number knowledge and skills essential for understanding the mathematical content taught in Grade 5 and beyond:

• Number understanding / place value
• Operational understanding of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• Basic number facts (addition and multiplication)
• Mental and written computation skills
• Solving word problems

This paper and pencil test should be implemented either at the end of Grade 6 or at the beginning of Grade 7. It covers mathematical key skills in the following domains:

• Pre-algebra and algebra
• Proportionality
• Technical Calculations

This paper and pencil test should be implemented either at the end of Grade 8 or at the beginning of Grade 9. It covers mathematical key skills in the following domains:

• Pre-algebra and algebra
• Proportionality and Linearity
• Technical Calculations