Math Profile Assessment

Tool

Presented by Tanya Braybrook, B.Ed.Email: tanya@mathprofile.com

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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.