Sunday, September 11, 2016

Basic Math Assessment {Free & Editable}


Over the summer, I designed a quick math assessment to use for both baseline data and progress monitoring of my Title I math students. I needed it to have a few key components.
1. I needed it to involve NO reading.
2. I needed it to give me a quick picture of strengths and weaknesses with BASIC math skills.
3. I needed it to align to 2nd grade standards and our curriculum.
4. I needed it to be quick and also portable.
5. I needed it to grow in complexity throughout the year.

I came up with a spiral bound flip book and some recording sheets that met all of my needs. I hope that you will find these to be user friendly. If you need to tweak a few things, I am also making these editable with PowerPoint.

I printed, laminated, cut, and bound all of the student pages to make a flip book. It has been my experience that students are far less anxious about testing when they can hold something in their hands.
For tasks A - L, students should (at a MINIMUM)  be able to do the red tasks. If they could, I went on to the blue. If they did the blue correctly, we attempted the green ones.
Here's a brief picture walk through each task in the flip book.

Task A: red: count from 1 to 20, blue: count from 84 to 112, green: count from 285 to 310.
Task B: Tell how many hundreds, tens, and ones make each number.
Task C: red: count by fives, blue: count by tens, green: count by tens using 3 digit numbers
Task D: Each set involves: reading the number, telling h/t/o, and expanded form.
Task E: For each number, tell one more/one less, ten more/ten less
Task F: Basic addition facts
Task G: Two digit addition (with one regrouping problem)
Task H: Three digit addition (with regrouping one time)
Task I: Basic subtraction facts
Task J: Two digit subtraction with no regrouping
Task K: Three digit subtraction (with regrouping one time)
Task L: Odd/Even (MUST explain their reasoning)
Task M: time to the hour, half hour, and five minutes
Task N: counting coins (dimes/pennies, larger total, total over $1)
Task O: Counting bills and coins
Task P: Students will interpret the graph to answer 4 questions.
Task Q: Name fractions (1/2, 1/3, 1/4)
Task R: Name each plane shape.
I used the following forms to record student responses. I keep my paper hidden from the students so that they cannot see what I am writing. I give checks for correct responses and write down what they said for incorrect responses. They seem to be less nervous when you make marks for every response. Recording their incorrect responses gives me powerful data about their errors, too. Here's a quick demo student packet.

Let's take a quick peek at the data on "Amy Smith".
 Page 1: Amy's overall score was 18. I set the bar at 27 in the fall. So, she would definitely benefit from math interventions. She had difficulty with rote counting over 109.
 Page 2: Amy needs help with expanded form and 10 more/10 less than a given number.
 Page 3: Note the F and N I wrote in on the addition section. Amy relied on either her fingers or a number line on the wall to solve these problems. She needs help with automaticity. She clearly needs help with subtraction. She added. Then, she added incorrectly. Then, she saw no change at all.
 Page 4: Odd/Even: Amy probably guessed even. She couldn't give a rationale for her answer. She inverted the hour and minute hands on time to the hour. She couldn't count dimes and pennies.
Page 5: Amy has some basic data analysis skills. She is on the verge of combining two items, but really struggled with finding a difference. Fractions were a foreign concept. She needs a little brush up work on her plane shapes.
Lastly, I added a "notes" section where I can record anything that I need to remember to mention to her teacher or bring up in our next RTI meeting.

Benchmarks: As I said earlier, I expect a minimum score of 27 in the fall. I increase it to 50 in the winter. I expect the full 70 points in the spring.

If you think that this editable flip book and scoring sheets would be helpful to you, please download the student flip book {HERE} and grab the teacher's scoring sheets {HERE}. Don't worry if the files look "WONKY" in Dropbox. They should look perfect when you open them in PowerPoint. :)

I have also fully revamped by reading assessments. I hope to share those later this week. If I can answer any questions you have, please comment below or email me. Thanks!!


8 comments:

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  2. This is awesome. This is just what we needed since we are our own interventionists! God bless you for making this. I hope you are having a good year. FYI-The fraction page is showing an a 8 and b instead of fractions. Thank you so muchl

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  3. Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for sharing! This is my second year teaching 2nd grade math and I am so excited to find this! I appreciate your generosity!

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  4. Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!!!! There are no words to express my gratitude for making life easier with this. Thank You!!! SO MUCH!!! Please email me as I have further questions about Teaching in general. My email is diamondsr4150@yahoo.com.

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  5. This is really great! Thank you for posting this! When do you give these assessments in your classroom? I'm myriads of children running around while one is doing this test.

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  6. The link for this is broken... :(
    Is there anyway you can email this to me??

    schneidere@bcsdschools.net

    Thank you!!!!

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  7. Just what I was looking for! I can't wait to try it with my student this afternoon. Thanks!

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