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**Assessment Results:**
Excel charts of growth from pretest to post test Excel sheet one: 7th grade results Excel sheet two: 7th grade special education results Excel sheet three: 7th grade regular education results Excel sheet four: 7th grade advanced education results

**Assessment Reflection: **
The overall test results indicate that the weakest area is operations with rational numbers (see Figure A). Operations with rational numbers involve calculations with fractions, mixed numbers, and whole numbers. USATestprep questions number two and nine are complex and require higher order thinking skills (see Figure B and C).

For the most part, USATestprep is a good tool to simply determine if the student can perform the given operation(s). This tool does not allow the teacher to see where the student went wrong in the calculation. Problems two and nine require the student to go through a series of steps in order to calculate. If one step in the problem is wrong then the entire problem is incorrect. In my opinion, this is a disadvantage for both the student and the teacher. If the student and teacher cannot see where the mistake is made, then there is no way to remediate. On this test, I did have students write the problem and demonstrate their work on paper. The students and I were able to identify the missed steps and hence reteach and relearn. I feel that USATestprep is an effective assessment tool when the students write the problems and show their work. The program does allow students to see the results immediately and provides them with tools to improve (see Figure D). Because the students demonstrated their work on paper, I do feel that it was an effective means of assessing the students computational abilitities. The students were engaged and were provided opportuninities to remediate using USATestprep features such as viewing an instructional video, reading definitions, and playing games that directly related to operations with rational numbers.