Testing Constraints-Main Idea Assessment

The teacher will pass out the test (which is one sheet that contains the five sentence paragraph and space to illustrate the main idea and write a sentence) to student and a cover sheet for each student. Each student will have the same paragraph. Student is not allowed to talk during test administration. The teacher will provide oral instructions and before test administration ask if any student has any questions regarding test. Once the students begin the test, the teacher will set a timer for 20 minutes. If a student finishes before the timer goes off, he/she must sit quietly until the timer goes off.

If a students' pencil breaks they may quietly walk over and get a sharpened pencil. The student is not allowed to use the manual or electric pencil sharpener. Students are not allowed to use the restroom during test time, but in case of an emergency, the student may get up and quietly use the restroom located inside the classroom with no talking.

When the timer goes off, the student is to stop and put pencil down. The teacher will collect test papers and cover sheet.

Holistic Rubric-Main Idea Assessment

3 Mastered:

Illustration shows creativity and knowledge of main idea. Sentence is of correct topic and describes picture and main idea. Sentence is a complete thought and shows accuracy in puntuation and capitalization.

2 Developing
Ilustration shows little creativity. There is attempt of main idea in illustration. Sentence is a group of words that describes picture, but lacks some details of main idea and may not be a complete thought. Either correct capitalization or correct punctuation is missing.

 

1 Non-mastered

Illustration does not show main idea and group of words is not a sentence. Student attempts complete thought and some words written may be spelled correctly. Capitalization or punctuation may be present, but overall sentence is difficult to understand.

Main Idea-Assessment Plan

-Purpose of my assessment plan:
The purpose of this assessment plan is to evaluate first grade knowledge gained regarding the concept of main idea.

-Learning outcome:

Given a five sentence paragraph, the student will illustrate the main idea of a paragraph and write one sentence regarding the main idea of the paragraph with 95% accuracy.

-Assessment Context:

The students will be given a copy of the following assessments:

The student will read the paragraphs to himself/herself. The student will draw a picture and write one sentence describing their illustration to show knowledge gained and mastery of main idea.

Ben and Josh are friends.
They like to play.
They like to play in the in fall leaves.
In the fall, leaves are red, orange, and yellow.
Ben and Josh are best friends.

1.




2.________________________________________

Jan likes to go to the beach.
She builds castles in the sand.
She swims in the ocean.
Jan's favorite color is blue.
Jan's family takes a trip to the beach.

3.



4._________________________________________



5. What does the term main idea mean in a story?