Diagnostic Assessment Essay

In my kindergarten classroom, we use a variety of diagnostic assessments. Diagnostics assessments are used to help us determine areas that need clarification, and help us plan future lessons. At the beginning of the year the students were assessed to determine their prior knowledge on math and reading content. Using these results we were given information on our students prior knowledge, which helps us plan instruction that is appropriate for our students. We are currently assessing students over concepts of print for report cards. This week we have tested to determine their knowledge of where to start reading on a page and if they are proficient in the return sweep, and if they know to read top to bottom. By determining our student’s concepts of print awareness, we will be able to plan future reading lesson plans that will build and extend on their prior knowledge. Diagnostic testing gives us information on …show more content…
I am unsure if there is an exact process my CT goes through when analyzing the data, however we do look for trends or common misconceptions amongst all of the students works to determine if there was a problem on how we explained or taught something. We also review previous assessments to look for growth in student’s academic achievement. We must also analyze and interpret the diagnostic assessments. This is done by reviewing each student’s assessment and looking for true understanding or completion. In our kindergarten I have not seen much diagnostic testing besides the assessment that was giving at the beginning of the year. They were tested over math and reading content and were scored as proficient or basic. We were able to analyze these and see from the very beginning of the year of which students had more prior knowledge of the content than