The question this prototype seeks to answer is "what information do we need to provide teachers with so that they understand where their students are struggling". Download the PDF
A 3- or 4-word name for a skill might not be descriptive enough for a teacher to understand what it is that the students lack. A few sentences of a paragraph explaining the skill may go a long way to help bridge this gap.
Another thing teachers can't directly derive from skill names is how they relate to the state standards - which are the knowledge targets that standardized tests assess. Generating a report showing students' performance according to the standards may also prove helpful.
In addition, showing and explaining how the skills and standards relate to each other via the test questions may help win the teacher's confidence in Assisments' predictions and evaluations.
Pros
- The teacher will get a sense of what skills need to be learned or practiced.
- The teacher will know which state standards the students will be able to meet or not.
Cons
- Skills and standards from different reporting categories intermingle through questions that require different types of skills. This may result in too many entries in the "Related Standards" or "Related Skills" columns, making it harder to decide where to focus.
- For the same reason, the diagram could become too confusing, with criss-crossing lines everywhere.