My current data appears to be supporting my change project goal. My goal was to increase at least 36.5 points in numbers and operations on the math i-ready assessments by the end of the year. So far the students have taken a beginning of year and two mini progress monitoring tests. The overall average at the beginning was a 350. This number has slightly changed since I have a new student who replaced another student's data. The class average, according to their progress monitoring, is now a 370. They have already increased 20 points!!! This formative assessment does not break it down into numbers and operations at this time of the year. I will have to wait for the mid year assessment to access more specific data.
Overall, the project is going well. It still takes time to assess using the MFAS assessments but I like the change. I'm also using small group instruction which takes additional time. The transitions from rotating groups is still a process. This method makes is easy to see exactly when a student makes a mistake or doesn't understand the concept.
