One of the most important beginning-of-the-year tasks is getting to know our students. Of course, that includes the essentials (Cats🐈 or dogs🐕? Favorite ice cream flavor 🍨?), but it also means understanding the skills they bring to the classroom.
I’ll leave the ice-breakers to you. Let Next Gen Math help with the math.
Readiness Diagnostics: Grades 1-8
Next Gen Math Readiness Diagnostics measure whether students have the prerequisite, essential standards students need to succeed in their current grade level. Rather than retesting all of last year’s content – or everything they’ve ever learned - they focus on the foundational skills their current grade will build on.
High school teachers: Consider giving your students the Grade 8 Essential Standards Diagnostic, which measures end-of-year Grade 8 standards. The results can help you gauge high school readiness and pinpoint skill gaps.
Procedural Fluency Diagnostics: Grades K-8
Fact fluency helps students access grade-level math. Our Procedural Fluency Diagnostics can help you identify specific areas of need and plan targeted support.
Choose a Comprehensive Diagnostic to assess all essential grade-level computational skills or a Skill-Specific Diagnostic to focus on one fluency, such as multiplication. Both can be printed or assigned online.
There are two types of Procedural Fluency Diagnostics: Comprehensive and Skill-Specific.
Tip: Once you identify areas of need, head to our Procedural Fluency resources to create targeted practice activities.
I Assigned Diagnostics: Now What?
Good question!
First, you'll want to Locate and Analyze your assignment data.
And once you've had a chance to analyze your data, try responding to your data with Tier 2 Assignments.
Oh, and thanks for asking (no one asked): dogs and mint chocolate chip for me. 😆