(1) A fourth-grade student at the nearing proficiency level in mathematics demonstrates partial mastery of the prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficiency. He/she gives responses that exhibit some understanding of the problem or situation presented and can make rudimentary connections between the mathematical and/or real world. The student struggles to communicate effectively and uses limited evidence of representations to show understanding.

(a) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 1 in the areas of:

(i) whole number relationships;

(ii) estimation and operations;

(iii) whole number concepts;

(iv) common fractions and decimals; and

(v) length, time, and temperature.

(b) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 2 in the areas of:

(i) representing data;

(ii) evaluating data; and

(iii) likelihood of events.

(c) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 3 in the areas of:

(i) two-dimensional attributes;

(ii) three-dimensional attributes;

(iii) basic transformations;

(iv) linear measurement; and

(v) area and perimeter.

(d) The student demonstrates these abilities under content standard 4 in the areas of:

(i) patterns and relations;

(ii) symbols and expressions;

(iii) properties of number and operation;

(iv) equivalent expressions; and

(v) numerical modeling with manipulatives.