Design Principles for Improving Practice with Instructional Coaching
Category: Teacher and Leader Development
Instrument Overview
Diagnostic Science Assessments for Middle School Teachers are written tests that measure mathematics knowledge in three content domains (Physical Science; Life Science; Earth/Space Science) and across four types of knowledge (Declarative Knowledge; Scientific Inquiry and Procedures; Schematic Knowledge; Pedagogical Content Knowledge). Researchers, professional development providers, and course instructors can administer the assessments as pre- and post-tests before and after workshops, institutes, or courses to determine growth in teachers' content knowledge. Multiple parallel versions of each assessment are available.
Organization
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; Teaching ; Teacher Knowledge
Languages
English
Respondent
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
25 items (20 multiple-choice and 5 open-response). Participants usually take between 30-50 minutes to complete the assessment, with the bulk of participants taking about 40 minutes.
Access and Use
Contact
Thomas Tretter, tom.tretter@louisville.edu
Sherri Brown, s.brown@louisville.edu
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Tretter, T. R., Brown, S. L., Bush, W. S., Saderholm, J. C., & Holmes, V. L. (2013). Valid and reliable science content assessments for science teachers. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 24(2), 269-295. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s10972-012-9299-7
