Asset-Based Assessment in Math: Unpacking Its Importance and Impact in the Classroom

Presented by Amy Gross, Educator, Assessment Designer, and Executive Director on the mCLASS Math Assessment Team, Amplify

Sponsored by Amplify Desmos Math

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What happens when we highlight students’ assets instead of deficits? When we move beyond student thinking to student thinking plus performance? This edWebinar will explore asset-based assessment—what it is and how it makes a difference in K–12 math classrooms. In addition to strategies and best practices, attendees will walk away with a free Asset-Based Assessment ebook and Amplify Classroom activities to use in their next lesson.

This edWebinar will be of particular interest to K-12 teachers, librarians, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

Amy Gross is a National Board Certified Teacher in young adult mathematics, as well as a UTeach alum with a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She is also a Maker Teaching Fellow and loves designing project-based curricula that make math and science come alive. During Amy’s teaching career, she was honored with various awards, including being recognized as one of the top ten teachers in the community by her local chamber of commerce. She has also received several grants to extend the impact of STEM programming in her district. In 2022, Amy pivoted to assessment design at a small start-up called Math ANEX, which was acquired by Amplify in 2024. Currently, she focuses on implementing asset-based design in the diagnostic assessment of Amplify’s mCLASS® Math.

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Amplify is dedicated to collaborating with educators to create learning experiences that are rigorous and riveting for all students. We believe in math that motivates. Our curiosity-driven math resources are designed to build students’ math proficiency for life. By combining clear, step-by-step lesson plans with interesting problems students are eager to solve, Amplify enables teachers to spend more time where it’s most impactful: creating a collaborative classroom of learners who see themselves as math people.