In our Introduction to PASS, we mentioned the use of Complementary Assessment Tools (CAT). These tools are designed to provide additional data about the student.
Although the Complementary Assessment Tools are not essential, we recommend their use, because the better you get to know your student, the better your individualized plan for the student will be.
Here are the three PASS Complementary Assessment Tools.
- Student Profile
- Study Habits Checklist
- Identifying Your Learning Styles
Each tool has been designed for a different purpose. You can choose to use one, two, or all three, depending on how you decide to use PASS. We will talk more about how you might use PASS in different contexts.
For each Complementary Assessment Tool, we include:
- a template
- a guide to interpreting the data
- Mina, our student example
- a teacher's guide to interpreting the data for Mina
Remember that you can refer to Student William as well.
In addition, depending on the context in which you decide to use PASS, students may be encouraged to use the Study Habits Checklist and Identifying Your Learning Styles on their own. Therefore, we have included a Student's Guide to Interpreting the Data for each of these tools.
Student Profile
The Student Profile is designed to gather data on the student's background, which helps you identify factors that may be influencing the student's performance. This is another source of data about the student that will be used to build the individualized Action Plan.
- Student Profile Template,
- Teacher's Guide to Interpreting the Data,
- Student Mina Sample Profile and Teacher's Guide.
Study Habits Checklist
This checklist produces a score that will give both you and the student information about the student's current study habits. This provides additional guidance for planning strategies related to study habits. The Study Habits Checklist not only gives the student a concrete picture of their present study habits but also enhances their knowledge of good study habits and promotes competency in studying.
- Study Habits Checklist Template,
- Teacher's Guide to Interpreting the Data,
- Student's Guide to Interpreting the Data,
- Student Mina Sample Checklist and Teacher's Guide.
Identifying Your Learning Styles
There are many different checklists for assessing learning styles. We have adapted the Identifying Your Learning Style checklist developed by the Tutoring and Academic Success Center (TASC) at Vanier College. This checklist helps the student identify the ways in which they learn most effectively. It also provides the study strategies that are most compatible with the student's identified learning styles. You can choose to use this particular checklist or some other learning styles checklist that you may be familiar with.
- Identifying your Learning Styles Template,
- Teacher's Guide to Interpreting the Data,
- Student's Guide to Interpreting the Data,
- Student Mina Sample Learning Style and Teacher's Guide.
Summary of Student Assessment
The purpose of gathering data through the CAT is, ultimately, to generate an individualized Action Plan. With regard to the whole picture, the data generated by the assessment tool is more relevant if it is interpreted in terms of the student's own experience.
We have found it useful to write a brief summary of our interpretation of the data. This summary is used to complete the Summary of Student Assessment Data Worksheet.