QUESTIONS TO SUPPORT ANALYSIS OF STUDENT COMPREHENSION DATA
What is going on here?
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What was this assessment requiring students to do?
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What has this student been able to do?
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Is the assessment task completed by the student – if not why?
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What errors have been made? How often?
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What kind of errors are they? What has caused this error to occur?
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What trends are becoming evident?
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Does this match other information I have about this student’s learning need?
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What skill (s)/understanding(s) are underlying these errors?
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What does this tell me about the probable learning needs of this student?
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What is the next step for this student right now (and what do I note to build
on in later lessons)?
How can I now use this information most effectively to raise achievement?
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What feedback do I give the student? How do we set learning goals?
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What is the match between assessment information and teaching
approaches?
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What is the best way for this student to learn this?
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What is the match between assessment information and teaching content?
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How can I make my teaching more deliberately aligned to this information?
What else do I need to know to confirm my analysis?
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Does this confirm what I already know?
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What surprises are in this information?
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Does this assessment tool, and the results of this assessment, actually give
me the information I need to know about this student’s learning needs?
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What other information can I gather to confirm or to find out more? (e.g.,
talking with the student, observing them during a lesson, use of another
reading comprehension tool)