State of New Jersey Department of Education
Mathematics Test Specifications
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Mathematics - ESPA

Mathematical Framework For The New Jersey ESPA
Content Clusters - p. 6-8


Power Base by Cluster
The items in Cluster I: Number Sense, Operations, and Properties reflect Core Curriculum Content Standards 4.1 through 4.5, and 4.10 and their respective indicators with the following exceptions: 4.10.2 and 4.10.3. In addition to the exceptions already stated, items in this cluster only reflect indicator 4.16.2 of Standard 4.16.
The items in Cluster II: Measurement reflect Core Curriculum Content Standards 4.1 through 4.5, and 4.10, inclusive. Items in this cluster only reflect indicators 4.16.1, 4.16.2, 4.16.4. and 4.16.10 of Standard 4.16.
The items in Cluster III: Spatial Sense and Geometry reflect Core Curriculum Content Standards 4.1 through 4.5, and 4.10 and their respective indicators with the following exceptions: 4.2.4, 4.5.5, and 4.10.1. In addition to the exceptions already stated, items in this cluster only reflect indicators 4.16.1 and 4.16.2 of Standard 4.16.
The items in Cluster IV: Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics reflect Standards 4.1 through 4.5, and 4.10 and their respective indicators with the following exceptions: 4.2.1, 4.2.4, 4.5.3, 4.5.5, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 4.10.3, and 4.10.7. In addition to the exceptions already stated, items in this cluster only reflect indicators 4.16.1, 4.16.2, 4.16.3, 4.16.4, 4.16.9, 4.16.10, and 4.16.11 of Standard 4.16. .

The items in Cluster V: Patterns and Algebra reflect Core Curriculum Content Standards 4.1 through 4.5, and 4.10 and their respective indicators with the following exceptions: 4.2.4, 4.5.4, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 4.10.3, 4.10.4, 4.10.5, and 4.10.7. In addition to the exceptions already stated, items in this cluster only reflect indicators 4.16.1, 4.16.2, 4.16.9, 4.16.10, and 4.16.11 of Standard 4.16.

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