Book excerpt: Matches the Standards and the M-STEP Assessments for 2017-2018! This extensive skill-building quiz book contains over 200 pages of quizzes targeting over 50 mathematics skills! Each quiz focuses on one specific skill, with questions progressing from simple to more complex. Students will develop a thorough understanding of each skill, while also gaining experience with all the types of tasks found on the M-STEP assessments. Divided into Convenient Topics - Covers every skill listed in the Michigan Academic Standards - Includes sections for operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations, fractions, measurement, data, and geometry - Each section contains a focused quiz for each individual skill - Each quiz includes a range of question types and increasing rigor to develop a thorough understanding of the skill - Targeted format allows test preparation to be easily integrated into student learning Prepares Students for the M-STEP Assessments - Covers all the skills assessed on the M-STEP tests - Provides practice for selected-response, constructed-response, and technology-enhanced questions - More rigorous questions prepare students for the higher difficulty of the new assessments - Develops the thorough and in-depth understanding needed for the M-STEP tests - Prepares students for questions that involve writing explanations, showing work, and justifying answers - Guided tasks teach students what is expected in answers Key Benefits - Develops a thorough understanding by focusing on one skill at a time - Reduces test anxiety by allowing ongoing test practice - Individual quizzes allow gaps in knowledge to be targeted - Ensures students are comfortable with a range of question formats - Prepares students for more complex and advanced questions - Provides revision and test practice as the student learns