 Assessment and Progress Monitoring Assessment
There are 2 forms of the Equivalent Fractions assessment, intended to serve as a pretest and posttest. The assessments are based on the lesson content and monitor students’ overall progress. The assessments include demonstration and practice sections before the test questions. The assessment procedures provide additional information as well as instructions for administering the assessments. A scoring form includes an answer key and directs teachers to lessons that may best benefit their students, based on incorrect answers. Assessment: Motivation and Self Regulation
By the middle grades, students with chronically low mathematics performance benefit from motivational strategies to keep them interested in learning or relearning mathematical ideas, which are part of Tier 2 intervention. Self-regulation, such as monitoring one’s performance, can be a powerful strategy for improving motivation towards learning. Having students chart their own performance on Tier 2 mathematics activities is a motivational strategy that teachers can use to support students’ effort. By charting their own performance, students are actively engaged in monitoring their instructional progress. Doing so can be reinforcing and motivating when results are positive. Having students assume responsibility for monitoring their learning can improve their mathematics performance. Progress Monitoring
The How Am I Doing? graph is included in this section for students to chart their progress on the equivalent fractions (EQF) independent practice items for each lesson. Although the content for each of the EQF lessons changes, students and teachers can quickly review the graph to determine results on independent practices items for each lesson. For lessons in which students solve fewer than the majority of problems correctly, teachers should analyze errors and plan further instruction to correct misunderstandings. Teachers can also discuss students’ responses to the questions on the graph to determine their perspectives about the lessons and their learning.
 How Am I Doing? Graph
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