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GR:Gridded-Response
GR items should take an average of 1.5 minutes per item to complete. GR items are worth 1 point each. The bubble grids used with GR items contain either four, five, six, or seven columns. Columns in which students may bubble a numeral contain the digits 0 through 9 enclosed in bubbles. Appendix I provides examples of the various FCAT Mathematics grids. The GR format is designed for items that require a positive numeric solution (whole numbers, decimals, percents, or fractions) at Grades 4–6. Items in Grades 7–10, and Algebra 1 EOC, require either a positive or negative numeric solution. A seventh column is added to these grids to allow for the negative sign. Note: The only benchmarks in Grade 7 that will use negative grids are MA.7.A.3.2 and MA.7.A.3.3. Multiple formats (e.g., equivalent fractions and decimals) are acceptable for items as long as each form of the correct response can be recorded in the grid. Four- or five-column grids are used for Grades 4 and 5 and may be preceded with a dollar sign ($) or followed by a percent sign (%), as appropriate. Special grids are provided at Grades 4 and 5 for gridding decimal numbers. The decimal grid is six columns wide with a fixed decimal point in the third column from the left. That is, there are two columns preceding the column with the decimal and three columns following it. There are two types of currency grids for Grades 4 and 5. One includes a decimal point for dollars and cents and one does not. Both grids have a dollar sign preceding the grid. Grade 6 uses a six-column grid that includes the digits 0 through 9 plus two symbols: a decimal point (.) and a fraction bar (/) for gridding fractions. Grades 7 through 10, and Algebra 1 EOC, use a six-column grid that includes the digits 0 through 9, plus two symbols: the decimal point (.) and the fraction bar (/) for gridding fractions. As previously stated, a seventh column is added to these grids to allow for the negative sign. All grids include light shading in alternate columns. Shading should not interfere with students’ ability to read the numbers inside each column. GR items should include instructions that specify the unit in which the answer is to be provided (e.g., inches). If several units of measure are in the item (e.g., in an item involving a conversion), the final unit needed for the answer should be written in boldface. GR items are written with consideration for the number of columns in the grid.
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