Written Response Items Available

You can request MDTP Written Response Materials using an on-line order form or by calling your regional site director .

MDTP is continuing to work on written response items. Each item goes through the same development process as MDTP tests. It is written, reviewed, field-tested, revised, and field-tested again before being released to you. 

MDTP has a 3-ring notebook binder with written response materials available for teachers.   The notebook includes suggested uses, a general rubric, and auxiliary material such as student record forms and class record forms.   There are a variety of items available at the Algebra Readiness, Geometry Readiness, Second-Year Algebra Readiness, Mathematical Analysis Readiness levels and Calculus Readiness levels.

These items come ready for photocopying and use in your classroom. For each item you'll find: a copy of the item for reproduction and distribution to your students, an instructor's supplement page, containing additional information about the question and ideas for classroom extensions of the question; the MDTP generalized scoring rubric applicable to all MDTP written response questions; and the specialized scoring rubric created specifically for that particular item.

The MDTP General Scoring Rubric should be used as a guide to scoring any MDTP written response items. We hope it will be useful to teachers in the evaluation of other written mathematics work of their students. It is a "holistic" scoring scheme developed to help assure that components of the scoring process include mathematical content and techniques as well as effectiveness of communication.

The creation, field-testing, and distribution of these items is part of MDTP's ongoing effort to assist mathematics teachers. We hope these problems will enrich the curriculum by providing additional instructional opportunities and that these items will stimulate instruction-this, rather than assessment alone, is their primary purpose. They are examples of ways to use written work for diagnostic assessment that can build understanding for individual students and for groups of students.

Interested in field-testing new items
Each year, MDTP develops new written response items. If you or a colleague is interested in field-testing any of these items in your class, then please notify your regional site director. Teachers who have taken time to field-test MDTP materials are to be commended for their efforts. The information we learn from reviewing their work is an important component in developing useful testing materials.