OLD Resources. The resources on this page have NOT yet been updated to align with the revised secondary mathematics TEKS. These revised TEKS were adopted by the Texas State Board of Education in 2005, with full implementation scheduled for 2006–07. These resources align with the original TEKS that were adopted in 1998 and should be used as a starting point only.

Algebra I Assessments

A resource for teachers to use to provide ongoing assessment integrated with mathematics instruction. These assessments are tasks that reflect what all students need to know and be able to do in the given grade or course. These tasks, which focus on students' understanding as well as their procedural knowledge, may be used for formative, summative, or ongoing assessment. The tasks require more than right or wrong answers; they focus on how students are thinking about a situation.

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Frontmatter

Cover, contents, and front inside pages (pdf 872kb)

Introduction (pdf 180kb)

TEKS Alignment (pdf 172kb)

TAKS Alignment (pdf 176kb)

Solution Guide (pdf 176kb)

Core Materials

Chapter 1: Function Fundamentals (full chapter, pdf 332kb)

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Mosaics (pdf 236kb)

The 600-meter Race (pdf 208kb)

Swimming Pools (pdf 232kb)

Chapter 2: Linear Functions, Equations, and Inequalities (full chapter, pdf 772kb)

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CDs for the Band (pdf 220K)

Explorer's Glide (pdf 276kb)

Geothermal Energy (pdf 212kb)

Hot-Air Balloon (pdf 256kb)

Making Pizzas, Making Money (pdf 208kb)

Pool Problem (pdf 296kb)

Stacking Paper Cups (pdf 252kb)

Stretched Spring (pdf 264kb)

T-Shirts (pdf 224kb)

Which is Linear? (pdf 216kb)

Chapter 3: Interacting Linear Functions, Linear Systems (full chapter, pdf 556kb)

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Bears' Band Booster Club (pdf 240kb)

Cost and Profit (pdf 228kb)

Motion Detector Problem (pdf 240kb)

Speeding Cars (pdf 268kb)

The Walk (pdf 296kb)

Supplemental Materials

Chapter 4: Quadratic Functions (full chapter, pdf 460kb)

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Firework Celebration (pdf 260kb)

Golfing (pdf 240kb)

Home Improvements (pdf 228kb)

How Much Paint? (pdf 224kb)

Insects in the Water (pdf 232kb)

Chapter 5: Inverse Variations, Exponential Functions, and Other Functions (full chapter, pdf 416kb)

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Bright Lights (pdf 292kb)

Music and Mathematics (pdf 228kb)

The Marvel of Medicine (pdf 224kb)

Chapter 6: Function Fundamentals (full chapter, pdf 484kb)

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Bathing the Dog (pdf 220kb)

Distance and Time (pdf 224kb)

Extracurricular Activities (pdf 244kb)

Making Stuffed Animals (pdf 228kb)

Nested Rectangles (pdf 244kb)

Chapter 7: Linear Functions, Equations, and Inequalities (full chapter, pdf 924kb)

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Analysis of Function (pdf 448kb)

Create a Situation (pdf 212kb)

Finding Pairs (pdf 224kb)

First-Aid Supplies (pdf 232kb)

Gas Tank (pdf 240kb)

Greetings (pdf 224kb)

Grocery Carts (pdf 224kb)

Hull Pressure (pdf 216kb)

Math-A-Thon (pdf 208kb)

Recycling (pdf 224kb)

Shopping (pdf 228kb)

Sound Travel (pdf 212kb)

Taxi Ride (pdf 232kb)

The Contractor (pdf 216kb)

The Garden (pdf 228kb)

The Submarine (pdf 260kb)

Chapter 8: Interacting, Linear Functions, Linear Systems (full chapter, pdf 588kb)

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Bonnie's Dilemma (pdf 244kb)

Four Cars (pdf 228kb)

Graph It (pdf 248kb)

Summer Money (pdf 268kb)

The Exercise Pen (pdf 240kb)

The Run (pdf 240kb)

Which Plan is Best? (pdf 224kb)

Chapter 9: Quadratic Functions (full chapter, pdf 912kb)

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A Ring Around the Posies (pdf 216kb)

Block That Kick (pdf 224kb)

BRRR! (pdf 228kb)

Calculating Cost (pdf 204kb)

Investigating the Effect of a and c on the Graph of y=ax2+c (pdf 372kb)

Ostrich Pen (pdf 264kb)

Seeing the Horizon (pdf 300kb)

Sky Diving (pdf 236kb)

Supply and Demand (pdf 228kb)

The Dog Run (pdf 244kb)

Transformations of Quadratic Functions (pdf 296kb)

What is the Best Price? (pdf 292kb)

Window Panes (pdf 216kb)

Chapter 10: Inverse Variations, Exponential Functions, and Other Functions (full chapter, pdf 912kb)

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College Tuition (pdf 236kb)

Constructing Houses (pdf 264kb)

Exploring Exponential Functions (pdf 240kb)

Function Families (pdf 220kb)

Mathematical Domains and Ranges of Nonlinear Functions (pdf 268kb)

Paper Boxes (pdf 216kb)

Rebound Height (pdf 240kb)

What is Reasonable? (pdf 248kb)

References (pdf 180kb)