JKM1 Task Two: Formative Assessments WGU1, Assessment for Student Learning, Task 2 Western Governors University Introduction

This task will analyze the data from thirty students who completed a Middle School Science Formative Assessment given during a science lesson on History & Nature of Science. 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 14 students who are at or above grade level and 6 who are below grade level. Interpretation of Formative Assessment Data This formative assessment was given during a science lesson as a quick check-in on understanding after a 15-minute lecture giving new information about three famous scientists. The quiz consists of six questions where the students write in the name of the correct scientist after each question, using each of the three scientists’ names twice. The overall average score was a 76%. 11 out of 30 students (37% of all students) scored a 67% (four out of six questions correct). 15 students (half of the class) missed only one question, scoring them at an 83%. The two lowest scores were a 33% (two questions correct) and a 50% (three questions correct). A correlating factor between these two scores is that both of these students are academically below grade level—one of them who is FRED status, and the other an ELL. Two students scored with no obvious correlation—one is academically at grade level and the other is above grade level. The average score for the 17 students who are academically at grade level is 80%. There are no obvious correlating factors relating to this