Educators Look at Mathematics Results; Summary of Findings by the Richfield Mathematics Data Analysis Committees.

The Richfield Educational Assessment Program is a districtwide effort to collect specific information about the knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes of students in selected areas. The information collected will be used to help Richfield citizens and educators make decisions for program improvement. The program closely parallels the Minnesota Educational Assessment Program, but it allows a local district to analyze the performance of its own students. Before the assessment, teachers set the standards for student performance; Richfield was the first district in the nation to set local standards, or expectation levels, for performance on items used in both the national and state assessments. The 1974-75 program evaluated 9- , 13- , and 17-year-olds in five cognitive areas of mathematics skills: recall and recognition, performing mathematical manipulation, understanding mathematical concepts and processes, problem solving, and analyzing problem situations. (BW)