Elementary Science

General Overview

Task Names - Elementary• 1- Structure and Properties of Matter• 2- Chemical and Physical Changes• 3- Fundamental Forces and Motions • 4- Interaction of Energy and Matter• 5- Organism Characteristics and Needs• 6- Transmission of Traits• 7- Interdependence of Organisms in Environment• 8- Diversity of Species and Adaptation• 9- Structure of Earth and Material Use• 10- Change in Lithosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere• 11- Earth, Sun, Moon

Administration – Big Picture

• Task Content• Pre-requisite Skills• Content Prompts• Materials Preparation• Scoring• Anticipations and Possibilities• Role Play

Task Content- Elementary

• Tasks 1, 2, 3, 4: Matter, Chemical change, Force, Energy

• Tasks 5, 6, 7, 8: Organisms, Traits, Environment, Adaptation

• Tasks 9, 10, 11: Earth, Atmosphere, Moon, Sun

Pre-requisite Skills-Elementary

• Each of the pre-requisites for each task have a similar sequence of difficulty

• All can be answered by pointing or communicating when the assessor is touching the correct item

• Task 6, pre-requisite #5 needs the student materials from task 5

Content Prompts- Elementary

• Picture prompts are used for all items in each of the 11 tasks

• All items in Tasks 1, 5, 8, 9, 11 can be answered by pointing

• Tasks 2, 3, 6, 10 have sequencing items

• Tasks 4 and 7 require verbal or written responses

Materials Preparation- Elem.

• Task 1 - need to provide objects

• Tasks 2, 3, 6, 10 have student materials to cut out (for sequencing) could point instead for some students

Science General Scoring

• Full credit• Partial Credit• Exceptions• Open-ended questions:

– Typically any one specific thing related to the answer will count as 2 points

– The answer should always be related to the construct (title) of the task

Anticipations and PossibilitiesElementary

• Pointing by student to pictures - majority of responses in elementary science

• Tasks 4 and 7 are the most difficult• Graphics will be available with the final

version of the assessment

Standard Administration and Scaffold Administration

• Materials • Exercises

Middle/High Science

General Overview

Task Names - Middle/High• 1- Changes of State• 2- Force, Mass, and Motion• 3- Force/Gravity • 4- Types of Energy/Transformations• 5- Organisms/Structure• 6- Energy Flow, Photosynthesis/Organisms• 7- Heredity• 8- Evolution, Selection, and Adaptation• 9- Scientific Inquiry and Understanding• 10- The Earth, Tectonics, and Climate• 11- The Earth in Space, Water Cycle, Resources

Task Content- Middle/High

• Tasks 1-3: Liquid, Solid-Changes, Force, Motion, Gravity

• Tasks 4-6: Energy, Photosynthesis, Organisms

• Tasks 7-8: Heredity, Evolution• Task 9: Scientific Inquiry• Tasks 10-11: Earth, Climate, Resources

Pre-requisite Skills- Middle/High

• Each of the pre-requisites for each task have a similar sequence of difficulty

• All can be answered by pointing or communicating when the assessor is touching the correct item

• Task 2, pre-requisite #4 add to direction: or show/tell me when I roll a pencil.

Content Prompts- Middle/High

• Picture prompts are used for the majority of items

• Tasks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 have three or more pointing items per task

• Tasks 2, 6, 8, 11 require more verbal or substitute means of answering questions

Content Prompts- Middle/High

• Rating of the Difficulty of Tasks (based on initial content review):– Easier: Tasks 3, 5– Medium: Tasks 7, 10– Difficult: Tasks 1, 2, 4, 9, 11– Very Difficult: Tasks 6, 8

Science General Scoring

• Full credit• Partial Credit• Exceptions• Open-ended questions:

– Typically any one specific thing related to the answer will count as 2 points

– The answer should always be related to the construct (title) of the task

Materials Preparation- Middle/High

• Nothing to cut out except for possibly Task 3 item 5

• Need to provide a book for Task 2

Anticipations and PossibilitiesMiddle/High

• Content Prompts: of the 55 questions, 32 responses by students can be pointing to the correct picture

• Because of the constructs of the grade level standards, this assessment may be more challenging for students

• Graphics will be available with the final version

Standard Administration and Scaffold Administration

• Materials

• Exercises