Assessment for Learning

I have just marked my Gloss Maths tests for term two, pre reports. The thing that stands out is that the content that the students are learning is not being related to the questions well enough. Therefore the students are not making the connection to their prior learning.

For example, when I give the year 5 students a piece of work that is levelled at stage 6-7 they can complete it successfully. Conversely, when I put a question in front of them in test conditions, the strategy that they were confident using a week or so ago has slipped away.

So, do I gloss test a strategy at a time after each piece of learning? I clearly need to make more explicit connections to the word problems. Below is an example of what I am currently doing.

On reflection, the success criteria is not clear enough and the question is too broad. I am going to try again. This time I will try a Gloss question, with really tight success criteria and then test the students afterwards.