Category Archives: Tracking Effects of Assessments on 6 Students
Six students and how they work after CSAP Tests
There were the two weeks of nothing but CSAP testing in March. And then there was a ragged week of make-up tests mixed with remnants of projects and curricular themes still remembered that were cobbled together in those four days … Continue reading
On the Brink of the 2009 CSAPs
This morning I have a few extra minutes before leaving for school. The administration has canceled all morning meetings for faculty so that we can be ready for the CSAP (Colorado Student Assessment Program) tests, which begin today. NEVER on … Continue reading
January Report and Looking Down the Second Semester Road
Januaury was a blizzard of special events in the classroom, beginning with a delayed start after the holidays and continuing through the MLK Jr. Holiday, the Inauguration, and the National Geography Bee. Looking ahead, February will be punctuated with an overnight camping excursion, Presidents’ Day, Parent-Teacher Conferences, Valentine’s Day and another “Late Start” day for Professional Development. March will be consumed by CSAP tests, Colorado’s mandated assessments) followed by Spring Break; April will find teachers and students fending off spring fever while trying to restore an ethic of teaching and learning after a 5-week break. May, we all know, is lost to special events, including another week-long assessment for the district. What will students learn from all of this? What will they learn about our priorities, about the value of their school time, about our values? Are we doing this on purpose or not? Continue reading
Rosalee before Halloween
Monday was, of necessity, a day of independent student work because I was giving DRA reading tests. Rosalee was finishing her report on Jordan. She had been working on it for three weeks, letting me help her at each step … Continue reading
Rosalee
At a cross-level team meeting this week I learned that Rosalee spent four years in a Montessori primary class, where pre-schoolers usually spend just three years. When I brought forward some of Rosalee’s language and learning difficulties in my class, … Continue reading
Six students the second week after Benchmark testing
Melissa didn’t complete her math homework because she said she couldn’t “get it,” and for that matter, neither could her mother. She did very little math during the week at school, although the math lesson on Monday had been given … Continue reading
Benchmark Reading Test Results for six students
Melissa wrote a good summary of the first story, but her answers on comprehension questions were weak throughout the test. I notice that she hasn’t picked up a book in the week since we tested. Jonas seemed to have a … Continue reading
Scores for six students on the first math benchmark test
Sixth grader Melissa answered 10 of the 23 math questions correctly. She knew several answers that no other sixth graders knew, probably the result of her fifth grade in a public school where they used the Everyday Math textbooks upon … Continue reading
Tracking Six Students through the Assessment Schoolyear
How are students affected by the periodic assessments required by the Denver Public School district? Will the tests improve their academic interest or depress it? Will the tests prove to be a motivator or a discouragement? Will students be anxious … Continue reading
