1. Chapter 9
Managing Classroom Assessment

2. Characteristics of Good Testing
Programs
• Efficiency – time spent testing is time not
spent in instruction
• Ease-minimize teacher time in preparation,
administration, scoring, and interpretation
• Integration-develop routines that are
integrated into instructional time to gather
data on student performance

3. Managing Mandated Tests
• Explain purpose to students ahead of time
• Have extra supplies available (e.g., pencils,
calculators (if allowed), etc.)

4. Managing Progress Monitoring
1. Establish testing routines
2. Create assessment stations
3. Prepare and organize materials
4. Maintain assessment files
5. Involve other adults, students, and
technology in the assessment process when
possible

5. Data Displays
• Vertical and Horizontal Axes
• Aimline vs. Trendline
• Types of Graphs
– Equal Interval (more common)
– Standard Celeration

6. Equal Interval

7. Standard Celeration

8. Interpreting Data:
Decision-Making Rules
• Four-point rule
– If four consecutive data points fall below the goal
line, a change in instruction is needed
• Parallel rule
– Trendline should be parallel or steeper than the
aimline to be meeting goals, otherwise a change
in instruction is needed