The Practical Side of Test Scores
“Planning your work and working your plan” helps with more than scheduling your errands—it can make a big difference in organizing your teaching, too. It’s much easier to work through a subject or a grade with your student when you have a plan to follow.
A great place to start planning your lessons is at the beginning of your textbooks. Check through the Table of Contents and chapter headings to see what plan the curriculum will follow.
To tailor the plan to your student, pull out those test scores and take a look at them. Test scores are incredibly useful in spotting strengths and weaknesses.
The Percentile Ranks and Stanines at the top of the score report show your student’s overall ranking in a subject or as a whole. The lower half of the score report shows a close-up of your student’s performance with specific skills.
For each skill, check the number of questions that were available, and also how many your student attempted. Missing 25% out of only 4 questions means your student missed one question—but missing 25% out of 12 questions would be more significant.
For strengths, plan to move more quickly through new material and/or use extra projects that let your student apply his knowledge. For weaknesses, plan more time to review and to further explain new concepts.
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