Academic Expectation 6
Students will reason logically, using appropriate qualitative or quantitative methods, and use their analysis to answer questions.
Levels of Performance
Criteria		Exemplary		Proficient		Developing		Beginning
		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting highest level of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting movement and development towards mastering performance.		Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.
Understands the question to be answered/ solved	▪	Restates the problem clearly	▪	Restates the problem clearly	▪	Restates the problem	▪	Is unable to clearly restate the problem without assistance
	▪	Generalizes and makes significant connections within a larger context.	▪	Generalizes and makes some connections.	▪	Makes few generalizations and/or connections.	▪	Makes no generalizations or connections.
Makes qualitative and/or quantitative predictions	▪	Recognizes patterns and approximates the solution correctly with full consideration of past experience, research, and underlying principles	▪	Recognizes patterns and approximates the solution correctly without full consideration of past experience, research, or underlying principles	▪	Recognizes some patterns; approximates the solution incorrectly with limited consideration of past experience, research, or underlying principles	▪	Does not recognize patterns and is unable to approximate a solution.
Chooses and applies appropriate methods to answer the question or solve the problem	▪	Selects the most direct, efficient, and elegant method that leads to a correct solution or appropriate conclusion	▪	Arrives at a correct answer/acceptable solution or draws the appropriate conclusion with a valid method	▪	Selects a valid method, but does not arrive at a correct solution or appropriate conclusion.	▪	Selects an invalid method and/or makes no progress toward finding a correct answer or drawing an appropriate conclusion
Checks that the solution is reasonable	▪ ▪	Always compares the solution to prediction and/or appropriate references Analyzes and resolves discrepancies	▪ ▪	Frequently compares the solution to prediction and/or appropriate references Usually analyzes and resolves discrepancies	▪ ▪	Occasionally compares the solution to prediction and/or appropriate references. Rarely analyzes and resolves discrepancies	▪ ▪	Rarely compares the solution to prediction and appropriate references. Does not analyze and resolve discrepancies
Generalizes solution to broaden contexts (if applicable)	▪	Always makes connections between solution and prior knowledge	▪	Frequently makes connections between solution and prior knowledge	▪	Sometimes makes connections between solution and prior knowledge	▪	Rarely makes connections between solution and prior knowledge