KaylaReutzel

AssessmentAnalysisandInterpretationCriticalPiece
DoaneCollegeAssessment602
Instructor:JulieMartin
Summer2015

Task,Criteria,andAssessmentStrategy:
ThetaskIchoseforthiscriticalpieceonassessmentanalysisandinterpretationisto
improvestudentunderstandingofmathematicalconceptsinfirstgrade.ThecriteriaIwilluseto
helpwiththisanalysisisDibelsMath.
DibelsMath
SinceIwillbelookingatkindergartendatatobetterimprovemyinstructionforthose
studentswhomIwillhavethenextyearinfirstgrade,IwillexplainhowDibelsMathis
administeredinbothkindergartenandfirstgrade.Inbothgradesthestudentstaketheteststhree
timesayear,beginning,middle,andendofyear.Theycompletethistestinthecomputerlab
withthecomputerteacherduringcomputer(specials)time.Manyteachersdonotwanttogive
upplantimetoattendtheclassperiodwhentheirstudentsaretakingthetest,however,Ichoose
tobeapartofthisprocessandalsowantthemtoknowthatIamthereasthesilentcheerleader.
IfeelitmakesadifferencethatIamtherewhiletheyaretestingandstudentsappreciatethatI
careabouttheirprogress.
BelowisatablethatshowstheconceptsassessedonDibelsinkindergartenandfirst
grade.

Kindergarten:

FirstGrade:

CountingandCardinality

NumberandOperationsinBaseTen

OperationsandAlgebraicThinking

OperationsandAlgebraicThinking

MeasurementandData

n/a

Geometry

Geometry

DataPlan:
IwillbeanalysingDibelsMathdatatoidentifytheareathatisweakestandneedsthe
mostattention.AfteranalyzingthedataIwillbeabletodirectmyattentiontowardtheareasof
mostconcern.
20142015KindergartenClass


IndividualBreakdown:
OperationsandAlgebraicThinking
Student:

Accuracy:

AddisonK.

67%

GracelynG.

67%

CaitlynG.

67%

KhloeW.

67%

CamilaH.

78%

AlyssaB.

78%

ShayleeD.

78%

GradyK.

78%

DakotaW.

89%

MorganC.

89%

LinkinN.

89%

HunterN.

89%

AshlynH.

89%

LakynL.

89%

EmmaH.

89%

IsabelleW.

89%

ZoeB.

89%

MaddisynC.

89%


FirstGrade(20142015)BeginningofYear

FirstGrade(20142015)EndofYear


SummarizeandInterpretData:
Noticingfromthepurplebargraphabove,Icanidentifythatmymainareaofconcernis
OperationsandAlgebraicThinkingwiththegroupofstudentsIwillbeteachingnextyear.
SinceOperationsandAlgebraicThinkingisassessedinbothkindergartenandfirstgradeand
thatitisthelowestconcept,Ifeelthisisthebestplacetodirectmyattentionandworkon
studentgrowthinthisarea.Idecidedtolookfurtherintothisareabybreakingitdownby
individualstudent.
ReflectingonlastyearsfirstgradeDibelsMathscores(20142015),Operationsand
AlgebraicThinkingwastheareathattheystruggledwiththemostatthebeginningoftheyear.
Thefirstgreenbargraphshowsthenumberofstudentsandhowmanyproblemstheyaccurately
answeredoutofthirteentotalproblems.AfterfurtheranalysisInoticedapatternofweaknessin
theareaofOperationsandAlgebraicThinking.Themajorityofthestudentsanswered8/13
correctandnoneofthestudentsansweredmorethan10/13correct.
Thefinalbargraphshowstheimprovementsmadefromthebeginningoftheyeartothe
endoftheyearintheareaofOperationsandAlgebraicThinking.Thenumberofquestionson
theassessmentincreasedfrom13to17questions.Atthebeginningoftheyear,noneofthe
studentsanswered11questionscorrect,attheendoftheyear
all
studentsanswered11ormore
correctlywithtwostudentsgettingthemallcorrect.
NextSteps
Thereasonbehindthistremendousprogressisduetotheimplementationofmath
journalsandmathtalkwherestudentsweregivenmanyopportunitiestobecriticalthinkers.I
alsoapproachedmyprincipalandcurriculumdirectoraboutgroupingmystudentsformathtime

afterChristmasbreak.Iknewtherewasahugelearninggappresent,andIwantedtobeableto
closethatgap,butalsochallengethosewhowereready.
Baseduponthedataanalysisforthisnextyear(20152016)thenextstepsIwilltakeas
aneducatortogetallstudentstogrowintheareaofmathematicalthinking,especially
OperationsandAlgebraicthinking,Iwillcontinuetoutilizedailymathtalkandmathjournals.I
willalsocontinuetoseparatethestudentsintoflexiblegroupstobetterreachtheirneedsasa
learnerwhetherthatbetoexplaininmanyandvariouswaysortoofferadditionalchallengesto
extendtheirlearning.
ForthestudentswhodidnotgetitIwillensurethatIhavethemexplaintheirthinking
andwhentheygetstuck,Iwillfindtools/resourcestohelpguidethemtofullunderstanding
(suchasmanipulatives,hundredsnumberchart,oranumberline).Forthosethatdogetit,Iwill
offerchallengessuchasadditionalcriticalthinkingpiecesandperformancetaskstohelppush
themtothenextlevelofcriticalthinkingwithinmathematics.