BECAUSE STUDENTS LEARN BEST WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THEIR LEARNING WHAT YOUR CHILD IS LEARNING AT SCHOOL AT EACH GRADE LEVEL KINDERGARTEN - MATH • Math Skills: • Count how many objects are in a group (one by one) • Compare group to figure out which is greater or less than the other. • Recognize that addition means putting two groups together and that subtraction means taking away from one group. • Add and subtract numbers 1 through 10. • Use objects to show how to break up numbers less than or equal to 10 in more than ...

 

Presentation Overview • Making the case for the collection of student achievement data for grades K – 2 • Review of state assessment policies for grade K – 2 • Maryland Case Study: Kindergarten Entry Assessment in Comparison to Grade 3 Results • Tennessee Case Study: Use of a Grade 2 Assessment to Inform Instruction Making the case for the collection of student achievement for grades K – 2 • A report by the Anne E. Casey Foundation described the importance of reading proficiently by the end of third grade as a make-or-break benchmark. – The inability to read with ...