JKM1 Task Three: Summative Assessments WGU1, Assessment for Student Learning, Task 3 Western Governors University Introduction (6pages)

This task will analyze the data from thirty students who completed a Middle School 8th grade Summative Assessment given after an English lesson on Figurative Language, at the end of a larger unit on Literary Response and Analysis. There are 16 males and 14 females, 14 of them being white, 5 black, 6 Hispanic, and 5 Asian or other. The academic levels include 24 students who are at or above grade level and 6 who are below grade level. Interpretation of Summative Assessment Data This summative assessment was given at the end of an English lesson on Figurative Language, at the end of a larger unit on Literary Response and Analysis. The assessment covers the seven types of figurative language taught throughout the unit in previous lessons and includes an objective and performance section. The average cumulative score for all 30 students is 75%-- this can be broken down further: the average for the 24 students academically at or above grade level is 75.5%, and the average for the 6 students academically below grade level is 59%. The three lowest cumulative scores are 52% and 59% and the correlating factor between these three students is that they come from low-income families (FRED status). The highest score from students academically below grade level is the lowest score from students at or above. These students may not receive the support and motivation at home to complete homework assignments and study the terms enough to grasp the concepts. In the objective section of the assessment there are ten questions where students are to choose the correct type of figurative language used in each given sentence, with four options