An in depth look at My Classroom Activity (Evaluation, Follow up, and Feedback)

Evaluations:
After the test the teacher should be able to see where he/she can begin his/her teaching. By finding a starting point where the students can learn new or review old material the students as well as teachers can benefit from this placement test. A benefit of the test would be having all of your students on the same page so that each student can understand the material better. The teacher should be prepared to cover all of the material that was included in the test. The teacher should always make sure that the students actually understand what was on the test. Some of the material will need no more than 15 minutes to discuss; other material may take more time to go over in order for the students to really grasp the entire concept of the math skills being taught. The purpose of going over all of the material is to make sure that all of the students have the required knowledge to succeed. There may be some students that just got lucky and chose the correct answer, but have no idea how they arrived at that particular answer.
Feedback:
From Teacher:
After assessing the entire test the teacher should take notes on which kids did exceptionally well, which ones did average, and which students were below average. With the ability to see where the class can start learning new material as a whole the teacher with her notes should be prepared to talk to and help those students that did not understand or know the material that was covered on the test.
From Students:
After the test a blog will be setup so that the students can give feedback. Each student is required to post comments, reflections, and/or any response to the test. Each response will not be graded, but only looked at for improvement or ideas on how to get the students to do well, and interact throughout the class. Through this blog the teacher is also welcome to post comments on what they think. The blog is created for the students to say what they are thinking without having to feel that their comments/thoughts are “bad.”
Follow up:
Work throughout the course that is geared toward expanding the knowledge of the students. Because the placement test will cover a variety of math topics the rest of the class assignments will be based upon the results received from the test. For example, if the teacher sees that many of the students are struggling with fractions but, understand clearly how to factor problems, then the next assignments will be focused on fractions. There will be a touch up on factoring, but the assignment will not be as tedious as fractions unless the students prove that they really do not understand factoring as well as they tested on that section.
Maybe further into the semester the teacher can develop a type of midterm just like the placement test. To see how far the students have developed their mathematical skills.