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Committee on the Assessment of K-12 Science Proficiency Board on Testing and Assessment and Board on Science Education National Academy of Sciences

Report’s Main Messages 1.Assessment tasks should allow students to engage in science practices in the context of disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts. This poses a significant design challenge. –Multi-component tasks that make use of a variety of response formats will be best suited for this. –Selected-response questions, short and extended constructed response questions, and performance tasks can all be used, but should be carefully designed to ensure that they measure the intended construct and support the intended inference. 2.Students will need multiple and varied assessment opportunities to demonstrate their proficiencies with the NGSS performance expectations.

Characteristics of NGSS- Aligned Tasks Include multiple components that reflect the connected use of different scientific practices in the context of interconnected disciplinary ideas and crosscutting concepts; Address the progressive nature of learning by providing information about where students fall on a continuum between expected beginning and ending points in a given unit or grade; Include an interpretive system for evaluating a range of student products that are specific enough to be useful for helping teachers understand the range of student responses and provide tools for helping teachers decide on next steps in instruction. 3

Main Messages (cont.) 3.A system of assessments will be required and should include classroom assessment, monitoring (large-scale) assessments, and indicators of opportunity to learn. –Classroom assessment should be an integral part of instruction and should reinforce the type of science learning envisioned in the framework and NGSS.

Assessments in the Classroom Instruction that is aligned with the framework and NGSS will naturally provide many opportunities for teachers to observe and record evidence of students’ learning. Student activities that reflect such learning include –developing and refining models; –generating, discussing, and analyzing data; –engaging in both spoken and written explanations and argumentation; –reflecting on their own understanding. Such opportunities are the basis for the development of assessments of three-dimensional science learning. Report provides multiple examples of such assessments as they function in classroom teaching and learning (Chapters 2, 3 & 4) 5

Main Messages (cont.) 3.A system of assessments will be required and should include classroom assessment, monitoring (large- scale) assessments, and indicators of opportunity to learn. –Classroom assessment should be an integral part of instruction and should reinforce the type of science learning envisioned in the framework and NGSS. –Monitoring (large-scale) assessments will need to include an on- demand component and a component based in the classroom (classroom-embedded) in order to fully cover the breadth and depth of the NGSS performance expectations.

Complex Space of Monitoring Functions

Main Messages (cont.) 3.A system of assessments will be required and should include classroom assessment, monitoring (large-scale) assessments, and indicators of opportunity to learn. –Classroom assessment should be an integral part of instruction and should reinforce the type of science learning envisioned in the framework and NGSS. –Monitoring (large-scale) assessments will need to include an on-demand component and a component based in the classroom (classroom- embedded) in order to fully cover the breadth and depth of the NGSS performance expectations. –Indicators of opportunity to learn should document that students have the opportunity to learn science in the way called for in the framework and NGSS and that schools have appropriate resources.

Indicators of Opportunity to Learn Indicators would document variables such as: –time allocated to science teaching, –adoption of instructional materials that reflect the NGSS and framework’s goals, –classroom coverage of content and practices outlined in these documents. –amount of support for teacher professional development Such indicators would be a critical tool for monitoring the equity of students’ opportunities to learn. 9

Main Messages (cont.) 4.Implementation should be gradual, systematic, and carefully prioritized, beginning with classroom assessment and moving to monitoring assessment.

Implementation: Bottom Up Approach The assessment system recommended differs markedly from current practice and will take time to develop and implement. The committee encourages a developmental path for assessment development that is “bottom up” rather than “top down”: one that begins with the process of designing assessments for the classroom, perhaps integrated into instructional units, and moves toward assessments for monitoring. States should develop and implement new assessment systems gradually and establish carefully considered priorities. Those priorities should begin with what is both necessary and possible in the short term while also establishing long-term goals to implementation of a fully integrated and coherent system of curriculum, instruction, and assessment 11

Main Messages (cont.) 4.Implementation should be gradual, systematic, and carefully prioritized, beginning with classroom assessment and moving to monitoring assessment. 5.Professional development, adequate support for teachers, and innovative applications of technology will be critical.

Some Challenges for Professional Development Practices may be unfamiliar to teachers Knowledge of crosscutting concepts and some core ideas may be incomplete for some teachers Thinking about learning progressions within and across grades will be new Some teachers will need to make major changes in instruction & assessment approach Making connections across disciplines and to mathematics and ELA

Use of Existing and Emerging Technologies States should support the use of existing and emerging technologies in designing and implementing an assessment system that meets the goals of the framework and NGSS. New technologies hold particular promise for supporting the assessment of three-dimensional science learning, and for streamlining the processes of assessment administration, scoring, and reporting.

Discussion Questions 1.What can be done to convince policy makers to enact the vision—particularly around the classroom assessment recommendations—contained in the report? Who is best positioned to make this argument and what “evidence” might help make the case? 2.Given that states are still required to meet NCLB assessment requirements, how does a state implement a balanced assessment system that embodies the NRC recommendations? 3.What can states do in terms of policies, practices, and resources to ensure design and implementation of a coherent system of assessments that includes locally-controlled classroom activities as well as large-scale monitoring/accountability assessments?