Many teachers are getting nervous this year because in addition to taking a completely new test, their students will be taking it online! It doesn't help that the data coming out of the schools that beta tested the system last year is dismal. I scoured the internet looking for something (other than the few sample test questions) for my students to do to get test prep practice, and I was excited to find a free program called Scootpad!
With Scootpad, Students can write and draw on the questions, skip questions, and answer fill-in-the-bank. When we first started using Scootpad in my classroom, even my top students were getting less than 50% on the activities! After two months of using it once a week and at home, most of them are getting close to 100%! It really shows what a transition it is from paper problems to computerized problems!
My favorite part about Scootpad is that you have control over what type of questions they're reviewing. I whipped out my data and looked for the standards my class was struggling with as a whole. You can also create assignments for individual students.
After you setup your class and add your students, it's very easy to add a new assignment and select a few standards for them to work on. You can also choose how many 10-question assignments to have them work on. I usually do 4 assignments for each standard.
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