1. Chapter 12
Mathematics

2. Purposes for Assessing Mathematics
Part of school achievement
Aids in planning instruction
Investigate interactions between the student and math tasks
Skill Areas
Computation
Problem solving

3. Current Practices
Standardized mathematics tests are survey instruments
A variety of informal assessment strategies are available

4. KeyMath Revised/Normative Update

5. Stanford Diagnostic Mathematics Test (4th ed.)

6. Test of Mathematical Abilities (2nd ed.) (TOMA–2)

7. Comprehensive Mathematical Abilities Test (CMAT)

8. Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic Strategies (DTAS)

9. Curriculum-Based Measures
Monitoring Basic Skills Progress (MBSP)
Measures basic skills in reading and math
Timed tests are recommended twice a week
Skills profile of skills mastered and not mastered

10. Other Informal Strategies
Checklists
Informal inventories
Error analysis
Clinical mathematics interviews
Diagnostic probes
Criterion-referenced tests
Questionnaires and interviews
Portfolios

11. Within the Classroom Assess curriculum, methods and materials
Interpersonal environment
Physical environment

12. Answering the Assessment Questions
Tools vary in content and depth of coverage
Influences and is influenced by other academic areas
Requires the use of a variety of tools