Bridges Blog Archive for Assessment

This is a time of great challenge and transition as we embark on implementing Common Core State Standards with Bridges. Currently, we have Supplements and related Unit Planners and Pacing Guides, Practice Books, Resource & Tech Links, and ASSESSMENTS!

Amanda Reinhardt, fourth grade teacher from Natrona County School District in Wyoming, was grading papers at a coffee shop. She received several weird looks from fellow patrons when she laughed out loud at this response to a Bridges assessment.

The question: "Explain how you have to move the shape each time to make Frank's pattern work."

Julianne Montgomery, Math Trainer in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan in Minnesota, wrote in with some excellent questions for Bridges teachers. Her school is in the process of changing the math section on their report cards, to reflect Bridges resources. She asks the following of other Bridges users:

*What type of reporting to parents (including report cards) have Bridges teachers been utilizing?

Teena Staller, Instructional Math Coach and Title 1 Coordinator in Medford, Oregon, put together a comprehensive list of all the assessments in Bridges and Number Corner for each grade level. Her list was recently updated to include the new assessments on The Math Learning Center website for Kindergarten and First Grade. In addition, she wrote "Bridges Assessment Key Information," highlighting the various types of assessment used throughout Bridges.