A Sampler of Mathematics Assessment

A Sampler of Mathematics Assessment
Author: Tej Pandey
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1991
Genre: Education
ISBN:

The California Assessment Program (CAP) administers tests to all public school students at certain grade levels, compiles the results, and provides information that allows educators to judge the effectiveness of their programs and make improvements. This sampler describes the types of assessment that CAP proposes to respond to the needed changes that reflect the recent curricular reforms in schools throughout California. The four types of assessment planned for CAP are: (1) open-ended problems; (2) enhanced multiple-choice questions; (3) investigations; and (4) portfolios. These modes of assessment are recommended for adaption for teachers of all grade levels and teachers are encouraged to use the examples in the booklet to enhance classroom instruction and to develop tasks for student assessment. After chapter 1 that describes the changes in assessment, the sampler is divided into six major parts: chapter 2, "Assessment of Mathematical Power"; chapter 3, "Types of Assessment"; chapter 4, "Performance Standards and Judging a Student's Work", chapter 5, "Implementation of Authentic Assessment in Your School," chapter 6, "Sample Problems." A "Participation and Feedback" page is given to ask participants' comments and suggestions about the sampler. (11 selected references) (MDH)

Mathematics Assessment and Evaluation

Mathematics Assessment and Evaluation
Author: Thomas A. Romberg
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1992-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780791408995

Are current testing practices consistent with the goals of the reform movement in school mathematics? If not, what are the alternatives? How can authentic performance in mathematics be assessed? These and similar questions about tests and their uses have forced those advocating change to examine the way in which mathematical performance data is gathered and used in American schools. This book provides recent views on the issues surrounding mathematics tests, such as the need for valid performance data, the implications of the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics for test development, the identification of valid items and tests in terms of the Standards, the procedures now being used to construct a sample of state assessment tests, gender differences in test taking, and methods of reporting student achievement.

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Grades 9-12

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Grades 9-12
Author: Betty Travis
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematical ability
ISBN: 9780873535786

This volume is intended to supply teachers with sample assessment items that produce an accurate picture of their students’ thinking, to guide teachers’ instructional decisions and to serve as models for creating original assessment items. The items are selected or modified from state, national and international assessments; textbooks; private collections of mathematics educators and originally written problems. The types of items include multiple choice, short response and extended response. All items either require students to explain their answers or ask comparative questions among answer choices. Some items are scaffolded so that all students have access to them; only a few items require the use of a calculator. Selected samples of student work either exemplify a correct response or typify certain categories of student errors.

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Grades 6-8

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Grades 6-8
Author: Beth Cole
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematical ability
ISBN: 9780873535809

This collection of sample assessment items contains items compiled from many sources, including state and provincial assessments, sorted into the strands of number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement and data analysis and probability. Because students are assessed on standardised tests with multiple-choice items, the writing team chose samples of such items as well as explanations for those problems designed to give students opportunities to demonstrate their skills and understanding. “Teacher notes” to suggest ideas for making multiple-choice items more meaningful and a variety of rubrics, are also included. In addition, the professional development chapter is designed to help in-service and preservice teachers understand and use levels of complexity for particular problems, use and adapt multiple-choice items, use assessment tasks as an in-service topic, employ scoring rubrics, use technology in assessment and design their own assessment items.

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Prekindergarten-grade 2

Mathematics Assessment Sampler, Prekindergarten-grade 2
Author: DeAnn Huinker
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Presents assessment tasks that are appropriate for use with students from age 4 to age 8. The book provides teachers of primary grades mathematics with examples of assessment tasks that reflect the various ways assessments can be used prior to, during and following mathematics instruction. Teachers can then consider the potential of these tasks to uncover the mathematical understandings of their students for the purpose of planning further instruction.

Mathematics Assessment for Learning

Mathematics Assessment for Learning
Author: Ann Downton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2013
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780975671863

Provides a range of rich assessment tasks in mathematics, for years Prep to 8, in number, space, and measurment, chance and data; samples of real student's work, across a broad range of grade levels and performances; and general and specific scoring rubrics.