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Life Science Assessment
Topics: Student LearningThe Life Science Assessment provides insight into children’s emerging inquiry skills and conceptual development by focusing on how they reason about real-world phenomena, rather than simply what they know. The assessment consists of structured, hands-on tasks centered on familiar physical science…Through Course Task (TCT)
Topics: Student LearningThrough Course Tasks (TCTs) are a set of performance-based science assessment tasks designed to measure students’ three-dimensional science learning within classroom instruction. They are implemented across grade levels, including elementary, as part of a broader, balanced assessment system that…Conceptual Assessment of Children's Ideas about Evolution
Topics: Student LearningThe Conceptual Assessment of Children’s Ideas about Evolution (CACIE) is a standardized, interview-based assessment tool designed to measure young children’s understanding of key evolutionary concepts.The assessment focuses on children’s ideas about the core evolutionary principles of variation,…Inheritance and Variation Concepts Assessment (Ibourk et al., 2018)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment is a paper-and-pencil instrument designed to measure upper elementary students’ understanding of inheritance of traits and variation of traits. The instrument includes a combination of multiple-choice and constructed-response items that target key genetics concepts aligned with…Science Matters Pre/post Assessment
Topics: Student LearningThe Science Matters lesson units include an integrated system of assessments embedded within multi-lesson instructional sequences across elementary science domains, including life science, physical science, and earth science. Each unit is organized as a coherent progression of lessons connected…NAEP Sample Items
Topics: Student LearningThe NAEP Science Sample Items are a collection of released assessment questions drawn from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), designed to measure students’ science achievement at the national level. These items represent the types of questions used in operational NAEP…Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA) 3-5
Topics: Student LearningThe Next Generation Science Assessment elementary assessment tasks are a set of online, scenario-based performance assessments designed to measure students’ progress toward Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performance expectations. These assessments are organized by grade band (3–5) and are…Tennessee District Science Network Task Library
Topics: Student LearningThe elementary assessments developed through the Tennessee District Science Network (TDSciN) are a set of performance-based science tasks designed to measure students’ three-dimensional learning aligned with current science standards. Each assessment is structured around a phenomenon- or problem…Assessment to Measure Students' Argumentation
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of two complementary tasks designed to measure elementary students’ ability to construct and evaluate scientific arguments based on key epistemic criteria. The instrument targets four core components of argumentation: causal claims, coherence of explanations, use of…Inheritance Modeling Task Assessment (Cisterna et al., 2019)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of student-generated modeling tasks designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of inheritance through visual and explanatory representations. Students are asked to create, use, and revise models that show how traits are passed from parent organisms to offspring…SNAP- Short Response items; Short Performance Assessments
Topics: Student LearningThe Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) assessments are a coordinated system of three types of science assessments designed to measure students’ three-dimensional learning aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These assessments are developed across domains including…Evolution Concepts Assessment (McGowan-Smyth, 2020)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment is designed to measure primary school children’s understanding of evolution, specifically for students aged 10–11. The assessment is based on a theoretical framework of six core evolutionary concepts: variation, inheritance, adaptation, domestication, speciation, and extinction…