Need a comprehensive 6th/7th grade math assessment
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DS12 recently got a Map score that showed he did not learn anything in his math class during the last year. We have had him assessed for dyscalculia in the past and he is on the line. Some struggles in learning math concepts but mostly his struggles in math are related to his ADHD (procedural difficulties, WM issues) and dyslexia (difficulties with sequential learning). He had previously done quite well in math including on Map assessments. But with the recent result, I would like to be able to get an assessment of what skills he knows and doesn't know in Math. Where are the gaps in his learning from this year and that we need to address so he doesn't fall further behind?
For reading, we have used a variety of assessments that his OG tutors administered to understand underlying skill weaknesses. These were things like the Gray Oral Reading Test (GORT), the SORT-R3, and TOWRE-2. Is there anything similar available for Math? How can I find out about the skill issues affecting his Map scores? We did not receive a detailed Map report with information on strengths and weaknesses. |
Anonymous
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Maybe look on outlook.com. I found a teacher that does reading assessments. The downside is that it is online.
Mathenesium (sp?) also does assessments. Not sure if they are free if you don’t sign up for classes. |
Anonymous
| I teach math- how did child score on the MAP? did you get a score breakdown of each domain? That could give you some insight on areas that they did improve on/needs reteach. |
Anonymous
| I’d use Ixl. Diagnostic assessment and then tailored skills to work on. |
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Khan academy has course challenges and unit w
quizzes. |
Anonymous
Mathansium’s assessments and others will be tailored to getting you to take their classes. I would engage with a tutor familiar with SN/2E kids. |
Anonymous
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Teacher here…didn’t read your post entirely. My mistake. I really like using MAP data. I don’t think you should look for additional assessments.
If I were you I would look up math skills, drills, benchmarks (think fractions, decimals, percentages equivalents), as well as general fluency for grade 5. Print out a bunch of things on this grade level to determine areas of strength/weakness and see if you can prioritize practice. With math, I tell parents that it’s important to actually memorize basic facts. I don’t care what others say about “they need to conceptualize not recall.” This may be good in theory, but applies more to abstract concepts. Conceptualizing, is “great” but should not discount the importance of recalling basic knowledge/computation. Recall of basic facts and procedures from the early grades is important like the “grease” on a squeaky wheel. Older grades are not reinventing the wheel when it comes to math content. It’s the same math, the wheel is just spinning faster and has additional spokes. As a parent, you should want the child to be able to demonstrate equivalence until they are blue in the face, understand multiplication and division (and addition / subtraction) as inverse operations. I could go on and on… Get them some flash cards and test them. If they suck with flash cards, start there. Those need to be automatically “known” without any processing required. Get flash cards of all the operations. If those are weak, make an incentive for them to get those down. That is the absolute foundation. Once they demonstrate success across all operations using flash cards begin to assess the nuances of grade level skills. You will find that remediation of learning gaps will be much easier after they have the confidence of fact fluency. |
Anonymous
| Have you tried emailing the school and asking them to send the detailed MAP report? May be a good place to start. |
Anonymous
Thanks, this is a good suggestion. I will ask them to send it. We did not get any details. |
Anonymous
Thanks for this. He has done math facts forever and ever until he is blue in the face with them. They don't stick well for him.....but he knows a lot of them after so much drilling. I suspect he may not be getting the concepts in math because all his school has done is drill drill drill..... |
Anonymous
This seems like a good suggestion.... |
Anonymous
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Teacher again, if the facts aren’t “sticking” that’s where you need to focus. Can’t make excuses. I bet he knows that green means go and red means stop, despite not driving. I bet he knows difference between left and right, indoor voices and out…
Get on those facts now! |
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He doesn't know difference between left and right. Neither does his father who is in his fifties. That is a dyslexia thing. I fear the facts that won't stick are the same problem. He had daily drilling of facts in 3rd grade, weekly multiplication quizzes in fourth grade, and regular drilling of facts in 5th grade. At this potin, the fact drilling makes him hate math. They will never stick, I promise you. No amount of drilling will get this child here. Curious: do you have experience with kids with LDs as a teacher or mostly NT kids? |
Anonymous
I guess I'm saying that I have already followed this advice before for several years now. It led to some increases (although not 100%) in fact recall. It also led to hatred of math. To continue to drill drill drill seems like it will only derail any further desire to ever do math again. We need a workaround. Or we just give up on his math education. |
Anonymous
| I have a similar child. The school used a Key Math assessment. Our neuropsych used the Feifer assessment of math. |