I don’t even know how many ways I tried to use formative data in my classes in a timely way. It was so hard because it took so much time. Even if my assessment

was short and easy to score, sorting those scores and analyzing the results piece by piece to look for gaps in understanding took time. Sometimes I would only get through one or two periods worth before I had to get myself home, make supper, and go to bed. Then I’d need to be in my classroom at 6 a.m. to try to finish the rest or hope I could whip through them during my prep, provided I didn’t need to cover another teacher’s class. Sometimes I would just apply the weaknesses of first hour to the sections later in the day, foregoing the idea of individualization for hoping I was meeting the needs of most. Continue reading “Use Student Data with Score Analysis”