Entry-Level Assessment of Quadratic Functions Rubric

Proficient Emerging Beginning

15 Points 10 Points 5 Points

Interpreting functions: Knows that a quadratic can be Knows that a quadratic can look Does not know what a quadratic
translated to an direction. like a positive parabola. function looks like.
Interpret functions that
arise in applications in
terms of the context.

Analyze functions using

different
representations.

Building Functions: Can give a creative example of Knows that variables with degree Cannot name a quadratic
quadratic functions. For less than two can have zero function.
Build a function that
instance, uses noninteger coefficients.
models a relationship coefficients.
between two quantities.

Build new functions

from existing functions.

Quadratic Models Can compare linear and Can compare linear and Cannot name a scenario that
quadratic functions AND can quadratic functions OR can would model a quadratic and
name a situation that can be name a situation that can be cannot compare linear and
Construct and compare modeled by a quadratic. modeled by a quadratic. quadratic functions.
linear and quadratic
models and solve
problems.

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