The new year is a great time to use MDTP diagnostic assessments to get a fresh look at your student’s mathematical knowledge; to assess your students’ progress towards instructional goals; and to set goals for the rest of the year. Teachers generally select either the current course or next course readiness test. For example, aContinue reading “Time for MDTP New Year Plans”
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MDTP News for Fall 2015
Three new Common Core aligned diagnostic tests are at the publishers and expected as follows: Math 7 Readiness, test code 7R40A15, the first week of August. Math 8 Readiness, test code 8R40A15, the first week of August. Algebra 1 and Integrated Math 1 Readiness, test code HS45A15, the second week of August, if not earlier. Note: the MDTP workgroup determined that the mathematicalContinue reading “MDTP News for Fall 2015”
Fall 2015 Writing in Math Class Workshop
The Fall 2015 Writing in Math Workshop has been scheduled for five Saturday mornings here at UCLA. The tentative schedule is September 19, October 3, 17, 31, and November 14. Here’s the info sheet: Fall 2015 Writing Sessions. Reserve your space here. There is also a new menu tab: Writing in Math.
The end of the school year approaches…
In the MDTP office we are ready for the usual end of the year onslaught: dozens of school site visits, thousands of orders, tens of thousands of tests to score. And on April 25, we begin a four session workshop on Writing in Math, here at UCLA. This post is to invite you to make our work just a little bitContinue reading “The end of the school year approaches…”
MDTP New Year To Do List
Now is a great time to assess your students’ progress towards instructional goals using either the same MDTP readiness test administered at the beginning of the year OR using the readiness test appropriate for the next course. For example, a mid-year Geometry student might take either the Geometry Readiness or Algebra 2 Readiness test depending onContinue reading “MDTP New Year To Do List”
Fall News and Notes
Field Testing The teachers of over 40,000 students agreed to support MDTP’s effort to develop high quality readiness tests for Common Core courses Math 7, Math 8, High School Math (Algebra 1 or Integrated Math 1), Integrated Math 2, and Integrated Math 3. Applications for field testing this year are now closed. The expectation is that Math 7, MathContinue reading “Fall News and Notes”
MDTP News for Fall 2014
Common Core Aligned Field Tests (available mid to late August): The Algebra Readiness test has been renamed High School Readiness: the MDTP workgroup determined that the mathematical foundations needed for success in Integrated Math 1 and Algebra were aligned and recommends the new Common Core High School Readiness test for both courses. The second year ofContinue reading “MDTP News for Fall 2014”
MDTP Videos
MDTP has produced three videos to document how MDTP tests are used formatively in classrooms, departments, and schools through interviews with teachers, students, and administrators.
Using MDTP and Sharing Ideas
Dear Secondary Math Educators, This site is intended to support MDTP usage and math ed for math educators in LA and Ventura county*. I encourage you to contribute to this site with your experiences using MDTP, challenges and successes in the use of the multiple choice testing results, use of written response items, formative assessmentContinue reading “Using MDTP and Sharing Ideas”
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