Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Too Many Assessments As an Early Intervention Program teacher I support the classroom teachers' instruction in math. Many of the classroom teachers are requiring our EIP math students to complete a weekly quiz that is very challenging. The EIP students regularly fail the quiz, but the teachers continue to administer it and not change their instruction based on the previous results. What is the best way to address the issue so that the EIP students are effectively using their time to strengthen their skills instead of just getting a failing grade each week? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Allow them to take the assessment home (after the grade has been recorded) and rework the ones they missed. Break the test down to one problem each day at the beginning of the day. Work one problem each day at the beginning of class and either model or let one of the students work out the problem, teaching the class as they go. Perhaps they could take just a few of the problems on the test at the end of class. Each day they do a few more until all of the problems are done and then on the day of the test, they have to review the answers they have chosen and check themselves before turning it in.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I like this option because it allows the students to learn from their mistakes. As well as this, maybe allowing extra credit for reworked problems could be a bonus as well, to help buffer the negative grades Rated On: October 15, 2017 11:04 pm Rated By: duPuSa