Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Accelerated Math At Newberry Elementary School, Accelerated Math is a differentiated program that has been purchased to increase student success in math. Teachers are expected to use this program for 30 minutes daily. Mrs. A thinks this program is truly valuable, but the way they are expected to use it is a train wreck. Students have to scan the work in, the scanner doesn't work all of the time, Mrs. A is expected to stop and reteach the students who perform low, the students make careless mistakes, etc. This tool is one way for Mrs. A to assess her students, but she doesn't feel that it gives a true picture of student understanding due to things going wrong during implementation. How can Mrs. A use this program more appropriately to truly assess her students learning? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I agree with the above comments made with addressing the content coaches and administration, but you should have a back up plan. If the scanner is not working then I would have them complete their test on a piece of notebook paper . Your reteaching could happen when your students are in groups and you can work with a small group to reteach the material. If it is an extreme case, then I would recomment after school tutorial. Even if the machine is not working, you still have to teach and assess, so I would do what works until the problem is addressed.