1. Math Assessment Report Spring 2008 results For Math 25 SLO’s

2. Overview of Process  Common Final Exams  Everyone turns in exams  Volunteers assess using SLO’s Norm grading with rubrics and practice Multiple looks at randomly selected papers Collect data and analyze

3. Rubrics OutcomeLow (1 pt)Medium (3 pts)High (5 pts) Communication Does not ask for anything except perhaps a generic “show work.” Sometimes addresses issue such as defining variables and meaning of some math concepts. Explains how arrived at answer. Frequently asks for sophisticated interpretations such as implications of results, limits of models, general solution process. Multiple representations Mostly only one representation (for example, just symbolic). Multiple problems using a different representation each. Use multiple representations. Problems requiring connections between different representations. Create multiple representations. Problem solving Only needs to show the part of solution where equation is solved or symbols manipulated. Student’s showing of some variation on Polya’s process. Some prompting. Context’s different than class, perhaps extraneous information, and problems not in template form. Very little scaffolding. Problems with multiple solution methods.

4. com m pro b Student I DEthnicity EXAM #1st 2n d 3r d ave *1st 2n d 3r d ave * 1144565FilipinoA511.5 1.2 533 3 1119022White Non-HispanicA633 33.54.5 4 1154174White Non-HispanicB322 233 3 1150842HispanicB42.52 2.2 532 2.5 1181702 American Indian/Alaskan NativeC222.5 2.2 543 3.5 1112294Other Non-WhiteC321 1.52.5 835925White Non-HispanicD3** nor m 3 4 112161HispanicD512 1.542 3. 5 3.7 5 Data Recording Example

5. Data Analysis FA 03FA 06FA 07SP 08 Sample size23263330 Mean2.82.82.922.58 St. Dev.1.10.91.01.84 Low1.51.311.3 1 st quartile1.52.32.251.8 2 nd quartile32.532.5 3 rd quartile3.53.63.83.0 High54.64.54.5 % proficient57%42%61%37% FA 03FA 06FA 07SP 08 Sample size23283330 Mean2.52.73.053.08 St. Dev.1.1.91.75.89 Low11.311.3 1 st quartile1.52.12.52.5 2 nd quartile2.52.533.25 3 rd quartile3.53.443.8 High54.554.5 % proficient39%39%64%60% FA 03FA 06FA 07SP 08 Sample size23283330 Mean2.92.52.552.59 St. Dev.1.01.01.23.91 Low11.311 1 st quartile22.11.32 2 nd quartile32.52.52.5 3 rd quartile3.53.13.53.3 High4.34.855 % proficient61%32%48%43%

6. EthnicityCommProb SolveMult Reps White3.353.893.21 Overall2.583.082.59

7. Conclusions  All instructors participating  Communication a major drop  Easy to distinguish good vs. bad work  Definite achievement gap  This semester