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Assessing for Understanding

Each Chapter Includes...

FORMATIIVE

provides teachers the information necessary to differentiate instruction for core grade level concepts.

SUMMATIVE

provides information on students' progress toward benchmark goals.

DIAGNOSTIC

identifies students' knowledge of core mathematical ideas and provides evidence of misconceptions.

Overview of
Assessing Math Concepts

Formative, Summative and Diagnostic
Uncover the child's edge of understanding
Short Personal Interviews
Focus on Number
Designed to give teachers the most information possible in the shortest amount of time
Aligned with Common Core State Standards - Math
Inform Classroom Instruction
Identify students who need intervention
Available in two formats - Web Based Version or Paper Student Interview Form

Short Personal Interviews

The assessments are conducted in short one-on-one student/teacher interviews. This format is critical since "we learn most about how our students think and what they can do when we sit beside them and observe their mathematical work."

Because of the ages and capabilities of young students, mathematics assessment should rely more on observation and conversations and less on writing. Each assessment can take as little as five minutes and no more than 15 minutes.

Student responses can be captured using Student Interview Forms or the web-based program. Teachers using the web-based version can use any desktop computer, iPad or laptop with internet access.

"WHAT STUDENTS WRITE ON PAPER OFFERS ONLY A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THEY KNOW AND THINK."

RICHARDSON, 'ASSESSING MATH CONCEPTS'

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