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Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street, E-216 Springfield, Illinois www.isbe.net/assessment 2012 PSAE Science By Pam Stanko ISBE Science Principal Consultant

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education PSAE Science Aligned to the Illinois Assessment Framework All multiple-choice items Day 1- ACT Science Day 2- ISBE-Developed 40 items each day 80 total items

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education PSAE Science Day 1: 11A Science Inquiry Day 2: 11B Technological Design, 12A Life Science, 12B Environmental Science, 12C Chemistry, 12D Force and Motion, 12E Earth Science, 12F Astronomy, 13A Safety, Ethics, 13B History of Science, Technology in Science

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Test Item Development Illinois teachers write and review test items Items written in February 2010, reviewed in August 2010, pilot-tested in April 2011 Item data analyzed Some selected for 2012 PSAE

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education ACT Responsible for test development starting with 2008 tests Illinois teachers write and review items ACT is responsible for printing, distributing materials, scoring, and reporting

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education PSAE Standard Time Test Dates: Day 1 and Day 2 Initial Test Dates: April 24-25, 2012* Day 1 and Day 2 Makeup Test Dates: May 8-9, 2012* *Note that testing will occur on Tuesday and Wednesday in April and May.

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Testing procedures are the same on Day 1 and Day 2 Newly appointed Test Supervisors, Back up Test Supervisors, and Test Accommodations Coordinators are required to attend a PSAE Training Workshop given by ISBE and ACT. PSAE staff who were trained previously are strongly encouraged, but not required, to attend.

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Science and NCLB

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education All states were required to assess science by 2008 Illinois already had science assessments at grades 4, 7, and 11 Science is not used for AYP Science will not be tested in every grade between 3 and 8 and will not be counted towards AYP unless NCLB changes to include science.

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Testing Policies and Preparation

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 1 ACT Science 40 questions - 35 minutes 7 passages Try to spend only 2 minutes reading each passage and 30 seconds to answer each question. Read the passages carefully Calculators may not be used

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 1 ACT Science Content includes biology, chemistry, physics, Earth/space Emphasis on scientific reasoning skills- Standard 11A 3 different formats: data representation, research summaries, conflicting viewpoints

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 1 ACT Science Data Representation –38% of the test –Reading graphs, scatter plots, tables Research Summaries –45% of the test –Descriptions of experiments –Questions on experimental design and interpretation of results

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 1 ACT Science Conflicting Viewpoints –17% of the test –Expressions of hypotheses, models, or views that are inconsistent with one another –Questions focus on understanding, analysis, comparison, and the evaluation of the alternative viewpoints

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 1 ACT Science ACT Science Cognitive Levels –Understanding-comprehending information presented –Analysis-relating components presented –Generalization-thinking beyond presented materials

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Day 2 ISBE-Developed Science 45 multiple-choice items 40 minutes Items align to Illinois Assessment Framework Items written and reviewed by Illinois teachers and pilot-tested in Illinois

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Sample Items

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to Understand and follow procedures relating to scientific investigations...interpreting data tables and graphs...applying statistical methods to the data...evaluating competing models.”

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to “Understand that the chief energy-storing compound used by organisms is ATP (adenosine triophosphate).”

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to “Understand that reproductive or geographic isolation can lead to speciation.”

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education  Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education  Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education  Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Aligns to

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education More ACT and ISBE-Developed Science practice items can be found at:

Division of Student Assessment Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE) Illinois State Board of Education Questions? Pam Stanko ISBE Science Principal Consultant Web: