These documents are based on NWEA's Primary Grades Instructional Data. The numbers on the ladders indicate RIT scores, which the students receive on NWEA's MAP for Primary Grades Survey with Goals assessment.

The ladders visually demonstrate how math and reading skills increase in complexity, allowing teachers and parents to better identify the skills each child is ready to learn now and what each child may be ready for next.

Algebra:

 

Attributes, Patterns and Functions:

 

Understanding Algebraic Concepts:

 

Computation: Addition

 

Readiness for Multiplication, Division

 

Subtraction:

 

Measurement and Geometry:
Attributes, Compare, Order, Tools, Units

 

Measurement and Geometry:
Identify Attributes: Lines, 2-D, 3-D

 

Measurement and Geometry:
Measure and Estimate

 

Measurement and Geometry: Spatial,
Transformations, Symmetry, Congruence

 

Number Sense: Count

 

Number Sense:
Place Value and Base-Ten System

 

Number Sense:
Relative Position and Magnitude

 

Problem Solving:
Logic, Reasoning, Conjectures, Proof

 

Problem Solving: Solution
Strategies, Verification of Answers

 

Problem Solving:
Understand/Represent Word Problems

 

Statistics and Probability: Data Analysis

 

Statistics and Probability:
Data Collection, Organization, Display

 

Statistics and Probability:
Probability and Predictions

 

 

Blank Curriculum Ladder Template [w]

 

Material from DesCartes: A Continuum of Learning and Primary Grades Instructional Data is provided by courtesy of Northwest Evaluation Association and may not be republished, rewritten, or redistributed. All rights reserved.