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The TransMath Assessment System provides teachers with the measures they need to accurately place students into the curriculum and to monitor their progress through the curriculum. It furnishes the teacher with the data necessary to inform instruction to ensure each student meets his or her goals.
Assessment Overview
Placement Assessment Click here to view an example Placement Assessment

Click here to view an example Placement Assessment

TransMath placement is based on students' skill levels, not grade levels and helps determine the appropriate instructional placement for students. Based on students' demonstrated understanding of key mathematics concepts and skills, data from the TransMath placement tests accurately place students at one of the three entry points of the curriculum.

The TransMath placement tests were:

 		 developed using traditional math concepts taught at or before the middle school level.

 		 guided by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards and focal points.

 
 
 		 developed using test items that represent concepts traditionally taught prior to middle school and are included because they address commonly identified deficit areas found in struggling middle school math students.

Baseline Assessment

Administered at the beginning of the school year, students take the Baseline Assessment for the book in which they are placed.

The Baseline Assessment:
validates student placement.

 		 provides a starting point from which student growth can be measured.

 		 measures student performance in both the building number concepts and problem solving strands.


The administration and scoring guidelines for the Baseline Assessment match the guidelines for the placement assessment. 		monitor
Ongoing Assessment
Assessment Regular testing of student mastery of the content and skills taught in the curriculum ensures that teachers have current information about each student in order to adjust pacing or provide instructional support activities for individual students.
Informal Assessment
Ongoing informal assessments help teachers gauge student understanding. TransMath encourages teachers to use informal assessment techniques in each lesson.


 		 Informal assessment is a systematic way of tapping into student reasoning, but it is relatively new for many teachers.

 		 TransMath provides teachers with numerous opportunities to assess student knowledge as concepts and skills are being developed.
Engagement Strategies provide varied and continuous communication opportunities
Daily questioning techniques establish prior knowledge and build foundational understanding.


 		 Ask: questions help teachers guide discussions that assess understanding

 		 Listen for: statements guides teachers is assessing student understanding

Check for Understanding ensures that all students participate in math discussions and help address misconceptions. The Teacher Guide prompts teachers in the use of these four strategies when checking student understanding of concepts and encourage classroom discourse.

 		 Pair Share—Two students discuss a concept/problem and one of the students shares the results
Think Tank—Promote whole class discussion and team sharing to class

 		 Look About—Individual work using a white board or paper, each student works a problem then holds up answer for teacher spot check

 		 Think-Think —Individual work, all students work problem then one student is chosen randomly to share his/her answer

Apply Skills Apply Skills activities allow students to apply the skills they learned in the Building Number Concepts section of each lesson.
Problem-Solving Activities allow students to apply knowledge of the concepts from the Problem Solving section of each lesson. Activities
Summative Assessment

Given at the end of each book level, the Progress Indicators measure the critical skills of mathematics through curriculum-based measures. Comparing Progress Indicators to the Baseline Assessments accurately tracks student progress through the curriculum.

The Progress Indicator:
is an alternate version of the Baseline Assessment.
provides ending data from which student growth can be measured.

 		 measures student performance in both the building number concepts and problem solving strands.
VPORT Online Assessment System

This easy-to-use database enables educators to use student data to:
effectively analyze student growth.
identify students in need of further instruction.

Teachers and administrators can monitor student growth through reports generated at:
individual level.
class level.
building level.
district level.

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