math profile assessment tool
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This presentation shows how a Profile Assessment Tool can be used in math to provide a teacher with achievement as well as diagnostic information about each student's math skills.TRANSCRIPT
Math Profile Assessment
Tool
Presented by Tanya Braybrook, B.Ed.Email: [email protected]
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Workshop Objectives
General Learner Expectation:
The learner will understand how a Profile Assessment Tool can be used to provide a diagnostic and achievement profile for every student in their class.
Specific Learner Expectations:
1. The learner will complete a profile test.
2. The learner will view a series of profile tests.
3. The learner will analyze completed profile graphs.
4. The learner will understand the purpose for using this type of assessment.
5. The learner will discuss how the Profile Assessment Tool is in-line with the current research on assessment.
As you complete a Profile Assessment, think about…
What objectives or outcomes are being assessed?
What processes are being assessed?-communication, connections, mental math & estimation, problem solving, reasoning, technology, visualization
What might happen if a similar test is given regularly?
Categories for the Math Profile Assessment Tool by Grade LevelGRADE 1—9 categoriesRepresent Numbers Place Value CountingEstimation Add & Subtract PatternsEqualities Measurement Geometry
GRADE 2—12 categoriesRepresent Numbers Place Value CountingEstimation Add & Subtract PatternsEqualities Measurement GeometryCalendar Graphing & Data AnalysisProblem Solving
GRADE 3—15 categoriesRepresent Numbers Place Value CountingEstimation Add & Subtract Multiply & DivideFractions PatternsEquationsTime Calendar MeasurementGeometry Graphing & Data Analysis Problem Solving
GRADE 4—14 categoriesRepresent Numbers Place Value Add & SubtractMultiply & Divide FractionsDecimalsPatterns Equations TimeCalendar Measurement GeometryGraphing & Data Analysis Problem Solving
GRADE 5—12 categoriesRepresent Numbers Estimation Multiply & DivideFractions Decimals
PatternsEquations Measurement GeometryGraphing & Data Analysis Chance & Uncertainty Problem Solving
GRADE 6—13 categoriesRepresent Numbers Estimation Whole Number OperationsFractions, Ratios & Percents Decimals
Patterns Equations MeasurementGeometry Transformations Graphing & Data AnalysisChance & Uncertainty Problem Solving
The Basics of Using a Profile Assessment Tool
Give a test regularly; start as early in the year as possible.
Every test has the same number of questions—one for each category. Each question is ALWAYS on the same category.
At the beginning of the year, use questions from the previous grade level. Once you’ve taught the current grade level outcomes, change that category to reflect those outcomes.
Where do I get questions from?
Your instructional program & other resources
Marking the Test
Do it in a way that is easy for students to understand.
= correct = wrong = half a mark
Graphing the Test Results
If there is a checkmark, color the box in.
If there is a circle, put a ? in the box.
If there is ½, color in half the box.
Reading & Interpreting the Profile Graph
How does this assessment strategy align with current research on assessment?
What makes this an effective assessment strategy?
Note: Your handout has a bibliography of research.
General Learner Expectation:
The learner will understand how a Profile Assessment Tool can be used to provide a diagnostic and achievement profile for every student in their class.