RRDSB Fluency Assessments

The RRDSB Math Fluency Assessments (Gr. 1-8) are designed to be administered in a timed manner. Simply hand out assessment sheets face-down on students' desks and give them information about the assessment, for example: 

"I've given you a math sheet that I would like you to leave face down until I say you may begin. This sheet was designed to have more questions on it than you'll probably be able to answer in the time given, so don't worry if you can't finish them all. This will just help me understand which math facts you already know, and which ones we should practice. 

You will have 2 minutes to answer as many questions as you can. You may answer them in any order, so if you see a question at the bottom of the sheet that you know the answer for, you may go ahead and answer it even if you haven't answered any of the questions on the top row yet. Are there any questions?

You may begin."

After 2 minutes, please collect the assessments and record the students' raw scores (number of correct answers) in the spreadsheet that has been provided for your school.

These assessments should be administered 3 times per year: in the fall, winter, and spring (ideally in September/October, January/February, and May/June).

In order to foster improvement, teachers are encouraged to use a variety of visual and hands-on number sense routines regularly. These routines will allow students to develop their own strategies for deriving and memorizing facts, which is an important foundation for fluency. Simply giving additional timed assessments will not lead to significant long-term gains in students' fact fluency.