Pre Test Impact Study

Overall, the students scored well, when all of the questions were put together. When looking at each individual pre-test, only four students passed with proficiency. Proficiency passing, in Newport News, means that a student will have a grade equal to or above seventy percent. Other students had scores ranging from zero to sixties. No student received a grade of one hundred percent. With the pre-test it showed that I needed to teach how to write the fractions using sets, shading in the correct fraction, writing in the fraction for the shaded portion, and figuring out which is the numerator and denominator. When looking at specific students’ tests, I saw the struggle of answering questions and some students who attempted questions but had no comprehension of fractions. Some students took a …show more content…
The pre-test was very eye opening in what the students knew and did not know. It was very helpful because I knew I did not have to focus too much on halves and fourths. The main reason for this is because in First Grade, those are the main ones they teach their students. There was not one question that every single student got correct, so there was always room for growth. My SMART goal is that during the week (March 14th-18th) of my impact study on fractions, 85% or 15 students will pass with a satisfactory grade of seventy percent or above as measured by their pre and post- test scores. Also, all students will improve their scores by twenty percent between pre and post-test scores. The reason I chose this goal is because the questions asked on the two tests are a basic foundation of fractions. The students must have a firm understanding of the foundation before they move into more complex skills and concepts. All students should be able to increase their scores by at least twenty percent. It is important that all students increase their scores and therefore their knowledge of fractions to have the basic