Diagnostic+Assessment


 * Diagnostic Assessment** is used to determine current level of knowledge, mastery of process skills, and other gaps in learning.

Resources: [|Learnia] - Learnia provides schools with a rich set of formative assessment resources that will enable teachers to adjust their instruction to meet student needs throughout the school year. These resources include pre-existing benchmark assessments, aligned to New Jersey standards, pre-existing smaller tests for diagnostic analysis of CPIs and common student errors, as well as test authoring and score reporting capabilities. There is no charge to districts for Learnia, but it does require a commitment by the participating district.

[|Diagnoser] - At this free web site you will find diagnostic instructional tools for middle and high school teachers and students. These tools, which include web-served assessments, are aligned with National Standards and Benchmarks in science and mathematics. Resources in this project have been developed and tested by teachers and are based on research into the teaching and learning of math and science. This resources is currently for Physical Science, however, Life Science diagnostic assessments are being added soon.

[|Study Island] (pay site) - web-based state assessment preparation programs and standards based learning programs

After Diagnostic Assessment is administered and analyzed, determine a course of action. For example:
 * Discuss Curriculum Compacting with learners who have mastered content and skills ([|What is Curriculum Compacting], [|Eight Steps to Curriculum Compacting])
 * Design/modify the unit or lesson based on readiness of learners and to challenge preconceptions
 * Embed science process skills within lessons
 * Plan for flexible grouping ([|overview])