Module+3

=Results of Assessment: =


 * ===**Student:** === ||= ===**Pre-Test** ===

**Score:**
||= ===**Post-Test** ===

**Score:**
||
 * = 1 ||= 60% ||= 90% ||
 * = 2 ||= 40% ||= 80% ||
 * = 3 ||= 50% ||= 80% ||
 * = 4 ||= 60% ||= 70% ||
 * = 5 ||= 70% ||= 70% ||

Abstract:
Assessing students’ knowledge prior to beginning a unit is very helpful. This way of assessing students gives an instructor direction. An instructor then knows what knowledge each student is beginning the lesson with and which students need some extra help. This easily allows for the instructor to create small groups of students to work with on particular parts of the lesson. In this instance, the teacher would know who struggles with comprehension or writing in paragraph form or vocabulary. The instructor would then create mini-lessons for those students and work in a small group with them on those particular components of the unit. Assessing prior knowledge really gives a teacher insight into each student.

Background knowledge is another thing for teachers to take into account when beginning this lesson. What are the students coming to the lesson knowing and understanding? The pre-test will give the teacher insight on this as well. The teacher will know who knows what information by evaluating the pre-test answers given by students. In this instance, some of the questions require short-answers or paragraph responses. These types of assessment questions allow for the teacher to really get a feel for which students are bringing the most background knowledge into the lesson. This will also help the teacher focus on those students who have no knowledge of the unit. The pre-test assessment will really guide the instruction of the unit.

The post-test will then show progress with the students. The teacher can take the pre-test and post-test and compare the two. Comparing the two, allows for the teacher to see what progress each student made. If the student did not make any progress, then the teacher needs to take a closer look at that particular student and what mistakes were made on the pre-test and then compare those mistakes to the post-test. If the same mistakes were made then a more individualized plan needs to be created for that student. For those students that made little progress, another mini-lesson and test will more than likely boost those students’ skills.

The assessment was given in the form of a Google doc form. Students took the pre-test before the unit began. The majority of the students made progress. Sixty percent of the students made progress, while twenty percent of the students score stayed the same. The majority of students increased their scores by ten to forty percentage points. Sixty percent of students increased their score by thirty percentage points. This unit was overall successful and showed significant student growth from the pre-test to the post-test.
 * Results:**