Math Placement Checks
A placement check for each grade from 2nd to 6th: a short sheet that shows which of last year's skills a child is missing, and a key that says which page to practise for each. Each one prints as one PDF: copy the child's pages, mark them against the answers, and read the last page.
A check samples the grade before, so it tests what a child should arrive with, not what has not been taught yet. Each skill has two items, there are four stories, and a fact finder places the child on the fact ladder, so the first fact missed is the level to start at.
It is a screen, not a score. There is no pass mark and no grade level, nothing is stored, and the teacher does the marking.
Choose the grade the child is entering
- 2nd Grade Math Placement CheckA screen of 1st grade math for a child entering 2nd grade.
- 3rd Grade Math Placement CheckA screen of 2nd grade math for a child entering 3rd grade.
- 4th Grade Math Placement CheckA screen of 3rd grade math for a child entering 4th grade.
- 5th Grade Math Placement CheckA screen of 4th grade math for a child entering 5th grade.
- 6th Grade Math Placement CheckA screen of 5th grade math for a child entering 6th grade.
Frequently asked questions
What is a placement check for?
To decide what to practise first. A child who arrives without some of last year's skills is behind on a few of them, not all, and a check finds which. It gives a list of pages for that child, not a score.
Is there a time limit on a check?
No, and the cover says so. There are two sheets of skills, one of four stories, and the fact finder, so a child who writes slowly may do better with it in two sittings. Nobody has to finish: a skill left blank is a skill to look at, which is what the check is for.
Why two items for each skill?
Two is the fewest that can tell a slip from a gap at all. Five items on each of eight skills would be a test, and a long sheet changes how a child answers. The key says what two items can and cannot show, and the practice page is the better second look.