Reflective+Assessment

Students will use the test reflection tool to guide them during a test reflection. This tool will help students understand where their learning gaps are and they will set goals and develop plans that will help them close the learning gaps. Students will use this assessment tool after a pre-test for a unit so that they can identify what learning targets they need to work on. This tool will also be used on formitive assessments to help studetnt progress monitior their learning.
 * Description**

Students will take a pre-test before the unit begins. The following day students will look at their corrected test and recieve a copy of the reflection tool. This reflection tool will have numbers matched with learning targets. Students will analyze their test and write about what they learning targets are secure, what learning targets they need some review on, and what learning targets they really need to work on for the unit. This is a document that will then help guide their learning for the remainder of the unit. Page one of this document was used during the 2009-2010 school year in a fifth grade math class. This document was helpful in focusing students looking at what they got wrong and identifying their own mistakes. It was a great way for students to look at content rather than focusing on the percentage and grade on the paper. It has been modified this year to include a goal sheet. This goal sheet is intended to help students set goals and create a plan to close learning gaps.
 * Analysis**

After students used the reflection tool to help them identify what their areas of strenght and the areas of concern they became very motivated to learn. Students showed an interest in homework they needed to work on because they knew the purpose of what they were doing. This tool has helped students identify areas of strength and were also observed helping others in class with topics they knew they were secure in. Rather than students being good at math or bad at math, they have identified what parts of math they are strong in and self esteem has grown tremendously. Students will continue to use test reflections for formative assessments during the unit. This document will be reviewed by students to help them develop questions about what they need to be learning, and reviewed by teacher to guide individual instruction as needed.
 * Reflection**