Assessment

=Assessing our Students= This page will feature assessment resources in the area of science at all levels of instruction.

This document links to "a list of sample item banks from various states’ assessments. ... Hopefully this will help as you start to create your own sample PSSA style questions. Do keep in mind that the questions may not be perfectly aligned PA as far as where certain topics in are taught. Although, after reviewing some of the questions, I really do think that most of the samples provided will be beneficial to us as we begin to look at the PSSA science assessment." courtesy of J Straub

The 2007-2008 Grade 11 Science Item Sampler can be found here:

The Science Assessment Handbook has been released! Please click on the link listed below to access the document.

The fact sheet linked below covers some common questions that were being asked by many of the state’s school districts about the Science Field Test.

A Mathematics Instruction Rubric, to consider when developing Science Rubrics

[|Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS)] - an interactive resource bank for science performance assessment tasks. This site is a terrific resource, K-12, if you are looking for performance tasks that are aligned to the National Science Education Standards. The tasks are broken down by grade level and content area. Each task includes links for: Administration Procedures Task with Student Directions A Rubric Technical Quality Information Examples of Student Work

The Science PSSA Glossary has been released! Please click the link below to access it.