AnalysisSheetforAssessments

1.

Ismyassessmentalignedtomyobjective?
MyassessmentisalignedtomyobjectivesthroughoutalllessonsfromTheOutsidersUnit.
Onthepostteststudentsareidentifyingvocabulary,determiningtheme,writingan
argumentativeessay,andanalyzingdialogue.

2.

Analysisofdata:
Pretestdata:
Target:10students
Acceptable:17students
Unacceptable:52students

Posttestdata:
Target:50students
Acceptable:27students
Unacceptable:1student
Results:
Comparingpretesttoposttestdata,Iamamazedattheimprovementinmystudents
followingTheOutsidersunit.Thenumberofstudentswhoachievedtargetisfivetimeshigher
ontheposttestthanthepretest.Theroleshavereversedfromunacceptableonthepretestto
targetontheposttest.Over64%ofstudentsinallfourperiodsscoredoveran80%onthepost
test.
3.AnalysisofStudentStrengthsandWeaknesses
Pretest:
Strength:Myfirstperiodclasshasagoodhandleonthemeandwritingskills.Theywill
needtobeguidedonthecomponentsofanargumentativeessay,buttheirwritingabilitiesarefar
abovethelevelofthethreeotherperiods.Thisismyhonorsclass,andthemajorityofthe
studentsaregifted.Thisclasswillneedinstructionthatisfasterpacedandmorechallengingthan
theotherperiods.
Weakness:88%ofstudentsneedstronginstructiononvocabularyandargumentative
writing.Mythirdperiodclassisespeciallylowinallareasofassessmentandwillneed
significantamountsofmodelingandscaffoldingduringinstruction.Secondandfourthperiod

classesperformedlowonthepretestandwillalsoneedscaffoldingandmodeling,buttheyare
morelikelytopickupthematerialfasterthanperiodthree.
Posttest:
Strength:Withinstruction,studentshavegreatlyimprovedtheirvocabularyabilitiesfrom
thepretesttotheposttest.Theyalsohaveastrongersenseofdevelopingthemefollowingthe
lessonwithpostitsanalyzingtheme.Thestudentshaveimpressedmewiththeirabilityto
formulateanargumentativeessayandincludeallpartsoftheessayincludingthecounter
argumentandsupportingreasonswithevidencefromthetext.
Weakness:Ihadonestudentwhofailedtomeetanacceptablelevelofachievement.Her
strugglewasespeciallyfocusedonthevocabularywordsandthewritingsections.
4.AnalysisofErrorPatterns
Pretest:
Weakness

:
Vocabulary
ArgumentativeEssayParts
AnalyzingDialogue
Themeofanovel
Posttest:
Studentsbecamestrongerinargumentativewriting,analyzingdialogue,developing
theme,andvocabulary.
RemediationPlan:
Iwillremediateformystudentsbygivingthemsmallgroupinstructionbasedonwhich
areasofthetesttheystruggledwith.Iwillsetupwritersworkshopsforthestudentswhohad
troublewiththeargumentativewritingpieceandanalyzingdialoguepiece.Forstudentswhohad
troublewiththevocabulary,Iwillcreateaquiltforthemtofurtherassisttheminunderstanding
thematerialthroughadifferentstudytechnique.Lastly,forthestudentswhohadtroublewiththe
multiplechoice,Iwillrunasmallbookcirclediscussiongrouptodiscusstheeventsthattook
placeinTheOutsiderstofurtherclarifytheirunderstandingofthenovel.