Binder Updates

Next, select SharedDrive. 

Select Students. 

Select Warm Ups. 

From the “Warmupsv3” folder inside, select the appropriate Warm Up and print it on colored paper.

Grading Assessments

Understand How to Evaluate a Student Assessment

At Mathnasium, we believe in teaching students for understanding, in a way that makes sense to them. An important part of accomplishing this is being able to evaluate student work based on both the product as well as the process. Both of these factors provide context for the Center Director to develop an appropriate Learning Plan for the student. A thorough Assessment evaluation should have three steps:

1. Correct the student’s work using appropriate Answer Key(s).

2. Evaluate incorrect answers for careless vs. conceptual mistakes.

3. Enter the Assessment Results into Radius for future reference.

Correct the Assessment

Using the appropriate Answer Key(s), correct all Assessments the student worked on. While the Answer Keys can be found on the tablets, the most error-proof way is to use the Answer Key directly from the Student Manager in Radius. Take a look at the example below:

This student is taking post-Checkup 7 and pre-Computation Checkup. Radius already knows this, thus eliminating the guesswork - the first time a student takes a given Assessment, Radius assigns the pre-Checkup, and the second time the same Assessment is assigned to that student, Radius defaults to the post-Checkup. We print pre-Checkups on blue paper and post-Checkups on green paper to visually distinguish them in the student’s binder. Radius will automatically provide the correct Answer Key for the assigned Checkup. 

DO NOT use paper copies of Answer Keys, as these are updated often in Radius and paper copies do not reflect updates. ALWAYS use a key when correcting an Assessment, regardless of level.

Evaluate the Assessment

When evaluating an Assessment, the following information can help the Center Director determine whether or not a student has demonstrated appropriate Mastery of a skill or concept:

• Determine whether incorrect answers are careless or conceptual mistakes. 

  1. A careless mistake is one in which the student was able to demonstrate understanding of a concept or skill, but made small computational errors not associated with the skill being addressed. 

  2. A conceptual mistake is one in which the student is unable to demonstrate an understanding of the concept or skill being addressed. 

• Place a small C on the Assessment next to a problem number that contains a careless mistake. This will help inform which PKs actually make it into the student’s final Learning Plan.

Enter Assessment Results into Radius

Finally, return the updated binders to the shelf!