Standardized assessment in Mathematics: highlights of difficulties from primary school to upper secondary school

Abstract

The present contribution shows analysis of standardized Italian mathematics assessments tasks: a Paper&Pencil task administered to students in the fifth grade of Primary School and a task administered in CBT-Computer Based Testing mode to second year students of upper secondary school. The combined analysis of the texts and the results of the questions highlights widespread gaps in terms of lack of contextual, conceptual and semantic mastery of the problematic situation in the resolution of mathematical tasks.