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The University of the State of New York

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Albany, New York 12234

Important Notice

Grade 8 Mathematics Test

March 13-24, 2006

The rulers for the Grade 8 Mathematics Test were printed correctly, but in a very small number the perforations were misaligned during manufacturing. Therefore, when some of the rulers are punched out, a small section may be missing.

In light of this, the Department is providing the following scoring clarification for Grade 8, Book 2, Question 30: 

·                 An acceptable range of measurement for the line drawn between Sydney and Brisbane in the illustration will be between 2.0 and 2.5 inches. Therefore, the acceptable distance will be between 600 and 750 miles as long as it is based on the student’s measurement of the line illustrating the distance between these two cities.