Chapter 12

Mathematics

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

Current Practices

Standardized mathematics tests are

survey instruments

A variety of informal assessment

strategies are available

KeyMath Revised/Normative
Update

Stanford Diagnostic
Mathematics Test (4th ed.)

Test of Mathematical Abilities

(2nd ed.) (TOMA2)

Comprehensive Mathematical
Abilities Test (CMAT)

Diagnostic Test of Arithmetic

Strategies (DTAS)

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

Other Informal Strategies

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

Within the Classroom

Assess curriculum, methods and
materials
Interpersonal environment
Physical environment

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