Achievement+Series

I choose to work on physical science to pre and post test with Achievement Series. My previous students scored the lowest in physical science. I am SURE that it's just because students are never taught simple machines prior to fifth grade...the silly thing is, they don't get it again until high school. Hmmm? Not sure about that one? But, in any case, I will attempt to revamp my science teaching to student need based on pretest data. The actual standard is** 5.P.2.2 **Students are able to **analyze** the structure and design of __simple and compound machines__ to **determine** how the machines make work easier by trading force for distance. I used Achievement Series to create a pre-test. The pre-test included questions over the standard, which I chose from the Achievement Series test bank, as well as all the standards I would be teaching for the year. For this project, I chose ten questions out of the preassessment to utilize. The pre-test was given in September and the post-test was given in April.

This is my pre and post-test:

These are the results:

__As you can see my students increase an average of about 32% from pre-test to post-test__. Using 21st Century Skills has been very helpful; this is an indication that student achievement increased as a result. I am anxious to see how well this years' kiddos do on the Dakota STEP.