Quarterly Assessment Begins Tomorrow

Tomorrow we will start the final quarterly assessment for the year. This is a paper assessment that tests the students on the Unit standards we have had so far this year. This is not the STAR reading or STAR math test that we will take in April. The scores from the quarterly assessments are used to determine your child’s progress on the actual second grade standards. The score is on a flat scale of 100. The test is patterned after the State KPREP that will be given in 3^rd grade. I will use the results of this assessment to help make many decisions about the rest of the year and next year for your child. The scores that were sent home on Friday were the results of the first and second quarterly assessments and the individual question breakdown for the 2^nd assessment we took in January.  We want the scores to be 75% or higher. This is indicated by a green color. A yellow color is 69%-74% and red is below 69%.  The individual question breakdown tells how many questions your child answered correctly and incorrectly. Red is an incorrect answer and green is a correct answer.

            As a class we scored very well in Math and we were in the top three classes in the second grade.  In reading we did not perform as well and we scored in the bottom 3 classes.  We are looking forward to improving this on this week’s test.

            The test will focus on money, time, and geometry. Students will have to add and subtract multiple digit numbers.  The reading assessment will focus on Main Idea and Comparing and Contrasting. It is very important for your child to be prepared to read all of the passages in their entirety and go back and reread to find the answers.

            Please help your child by making sure he/she has a good night’s rest each day this week. Also, please discuss the importance of doing well on this assessment with your child. Because of the assessment we have opted not to give homework this week. Thank you for your continued cooperation, I will relay the results of the assessment as soon as they are made available to me.