School Improvement in Maryland

Skill Statements: The Skill Statement gives the reader direction on how an assessment item is written. The Skill Statement describes what information may be given and/or the format of that information. In addition, the Skill Statement describes how the student is expected to respond to the item.

Goal 2 Geometry, Measurement, And Reasoning

Expectation 2.2 The student will apply geometric properties and relationships to solve problems using tools and technology when appropriate.

Indicator 2.2.1 The student will identify and/or verify congruent and similar figures and/or apply equality or proportionality of their corresponding parts.

Assessment Limits:

  • Students will demonstrate geometric reasoning and justify conclusions. Although the focus is on geometric theory, answers to some items may include a numeric answer.
  • Corresponding measurements include length, angle measure, perimeter, circumference, area, volume, surface area and lateral area.

Skill Statements
1.

The student recognizes shapes as congruent or similar, calculates corresponding measurements, and/or justifies conclusions.
2.

The student uses congruency and similarity statements to identify corresponding parts of figures.
/share/clg/xml/skill_statements/mathematics/G2_E2_I1_SkillStatement.xml
Resources for 2.2.1:
SKILL STATEMENTS | Public Release Items | Lesson Plans |