Overview of Assessments
The MindPlay Math Screener determines each student’s proficiency level in various math standards. Students undergo four comprehensive Full Benchmark Screener assessments aligned with the school year's specified date range. Additionally, periodic Progress Monitoring assessments gauge their skill levels and track their progress. Individual test items are selected based on their alignment with the specific standards targeted for each student.
Benchmark Assessments
Each benchmark assessment measures the student's skill level in each standard. After each assessment, the student receives an Overall Math Skill Level (composite) score based on the average of all standards. For example, a skill level score of 467 indicates that the student was assessed on 4th-grade objectives and answered with 67% accuracy.
The assessment starts one grade level below the student's enrolled grade to ensure mastery of previous grade-level objectives, allowing for targeted remediation before advancing to current grade-level objectives. If a student is marked at risk, they will start 2 grades below their enrolled grade level.
The Overall Math Skill Level and individual domains are categorized as Critical, Approaching, Meeting, and Exceeding. Cutoff scores for each category are as follows:
Progress Monitoring Assessments
Progress Monitoring occurs every two weeks. All the screeners the student has taken since the last benchmark assessment are reviewed using the lessons' domains to identify the two lowest-scoring domains. Screener questions are then selected based on those specific areas. This approach is based on the expectation that improvement will occur in this domain, as it aligns with how lessons are assigned.
How is usage time calculated?
Student minutes are tracked based on active program time and logged when students click the "next" button after each activity. MindPlay Math includes instructional videos lasting 5-8 minutes. Usage time only updates once the video finishes and the student clicks "next."