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Education Commission of the States, 2018
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to implement statewide assessments in mathematics and English language arts every year in third through eighth grade and once in ninth through 12th grade. The federal law also requires a science assessment once in each of three grade spans:…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, State Programs, Testing Programs, Science Tests
Education Commission of the States, 2018
As a condition of receiving federal funds, the Every Student Succeeds Act requires state education agencies to implement statewide assessments in mathematics and English language arts every year in third through eighth grade and once in ninth through 12th grade. The federal law also requires a science assessment once in each of three grade spans:…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Testing Programs, State Programs, Mathematics Tests
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Quellmalz, Edys S.; Timms, Michael J.; Silberglitt, Matt D.; Buckley, Barbara C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article reports on the collaboration of six states to study how simulation-based science assessments can become transformative components of multi-level, balanced state science assessment systems. The project studied the psychometric quality, feasibility, and utility of simulation-based science assessments designed to serve formative purposes…
Descriptors: State Programs, Educational Assessment, Simulated Environment, Grade 6
Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2010
This handbook describes the responsibilities of district and school assessment coordinators in the administration of the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA). This updated guidebook contains the following sections: (1) General Assessment Guidelines for All Assessments; (2) Writing Specific Guidelines; (3) Reading and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Guides, Educational Assessment, Writing Tests
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Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2001
This report contains the results from the first administration of the fourth and sixth grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). As such, they are an important part of the state's efforts to educate all students to a higher level. Science and social studies data for grades 4 and 6 are summarized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Raw Scores, Science Tests
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This booklet contains released test items from the spring 2000 administration of the eighth grade mathematics and science tests of the Colorado Student Assessment Program. Items are released with the correct answers, and the scoring guide is included for selections from the constructed response portion of the science test. (SLD)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Mathematics Tests
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Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
This report contains summaries of the results from the third administration of the fourth and sixth grade science and social studies portions of the Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP). These results are part of a long-term effort to gather data on the educational progress of Delaware students and to use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Raw Scores
Delaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
With the administration of the 2002 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a questionnaire was given to students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 about Opportunity to Learn, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and to all students in grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 about Opportunity to Learn, Science, and Social Studies. Students responses to the questions were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades, Questionnaires, Science Tests
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Baxter, Gail P.; Glaser, Robert – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1998
An analytic framework is presented for examining the properties and objectives of assessments and scoring systems piloted in a number of state and district testing programs. The article explores the application of this framework, which considers the cognitive components of competence described in studies of expertise, to the analysis of science…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Competence, Intellectual Disciplines, Models
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1972
The 1972 assessment activities in the Massachusetts schools concentrated on the areas of citizenship and science, utilizing two seventh grade samples of 10,000 students each, with each group completing only one assessment form. The testing program utilized National Assessment Items for age 13, as well as a few items from the Measurement Research…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 7, Measurement Techniques
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Ferrara, Steven; Huynh, Huynh; Michaels, Hillary – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1999
Provides hypothesized explanations for local item dependence (LID) in a large-scale hands-on science performance assessment involving approximately 55,000 students each at grades 3, 5, and 8. Items that appear to elicit locally dependent responses require examinees to answer and explain their answers or to use given or generalized information to…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Hands on Science, Junior High Schools
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1984
The 4th Grade Test (1984) of the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress includes 18 reading items, 27 geometry items, 31 science items, a 27-item student questionnaire regarding science opinions, and 40 mathematics items. The test booklet only is included here. (PN)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Geometry, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 1984
The 11th Grade Test (1984) of the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress includes 19 reading items, 45 geometry items, 46 science items, a 27-item student questionnaire regarding science opinions, and 49 mathematics items. The test booklet only is included here. (PN)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Geometry, Grade 11, High Schools
Rivera, Charlene; Stansfield, Charles W. – 2001
This study examined the effects of linguistic simplification of fourth and sixth grade science test items on a state assessment on the achievement of English language learners, those of limited English proficiency (LEP). At each grade level, 4 parallel 10-item testlets were included on an operational statewide assessment. On each testlet, items…
Descriptors: Competence, Difficulty Level, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Yen, Shu Jing; Bene, Nancy; Huynh, Huynh – 2000
Content integration in performance assessment involves mixing different areas of knowledge in one assessment. In this type of testing situation, assessment tasks are designed to measure the ability of students to solve problems by applying their knowledge and skills in multiple content areas. This study examined the effect of integrated science…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Performance Based Assessment, Reading Achievement
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