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 Possibilities Elementary 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 Possibilities Middle/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