Scholastic Math Inventory
Scholastic Math Inventory
• Interactive, research-based mathematics test
• Assess students’ math skills and reports results in
Quantile measures
• At the school level, Quantile measures help to
benchmark students math progress and gauge
the effectiveness of the math program.
• In the classroom, these measure help to
benchmark progress, differentiate instruction,
identify instructional materials, and establish
math achievement goals.
• Our students will take the SMI 3 to 5 times this
year.
Students access assessment from
Student Portal.
Student Login
Write this down!
Username: student district ID# (use capital letter)
Password: kisd1234
(Students can change passwords, but we might
want to discourage this.)
Steps for Test Preparation
• Students will be enrolled and assigned to your
“class”.
• Sign up for a 40 minute testing time.
• Each student will bring a pencil and a piece of
scratch paper to the computer lab with
him/her.
Let’s take a test.
http://mathsims.education.scholastic.com
Username: scholastic
Password: math08
Teachers access the data from SAM
– Scholastic Achievement Manager.
- KATYNET
- Teaching & Learning
- SAM Access for Educators
Math
Login:
username – capital letter#s
password – 4Math@kisd
Data
• Grouping Reports
• Growth Reports
• Individual Student Progress Report
So…let’s talk about the Quantile
Framework!
What is a Quantile measure?
Measures:
o The difficulty of a mathematical skill or
concept.
o The mathematical readiness or understanding
level of a student for concepts and skills at his
or her grade level.
Quantile Framework
What is a Qtaxon?
mathematical topic, concept, or skill (ex. Rounding
whole numbers to a give place value) included
within the Quantile Framework.
o There are over 500 Qtaxons aligned to one of the
five strands in math.
o Each Qtaxon has an assigned Quantile measure
which estimates its solvability in this framework.
o Qtaxons are shown by a QT in front of the
content strand and skill number.
Example of Knowledge Clusters
Billy has a Quantile measure of 320Q. His learning frontier is 270Q to 370Q and
he’s likely to be successful with instuction on the following:
Qtaxon ID: QT-N-540
Qmeasure: 320Q
Strand: Number and Operations
Description: Identify combinations of fractions that make one whole.
One example of an easier Qtaxon on the map that he is likely to have mastered is:
Qtaxon ID: QT-N-111
Qmeasure: 210Q
Strand: Number and Operations
Description: Compare and order numbers less than 10,000.
One example of a more difficult Qtaxon on the map that he may need
prerequisite skills in order to be successful with is:
Qtaxon ID: QT-N-578
Qmeasure: 560Q
Strand: Number and Operations
Description: Use the distributive property to simplify numerical expressions.
How will we use this data?