Promising Practices for School Organization of Mental Health Supports
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Good for measuring the effectiveness of PD
Includes equated test forms to support longitudinal use and reduce memory effects
Sensitive enough to detect changes in content knowledge across multi-year professional development
Cautions
Primarily assesses content knowledge rather than pedagogical content knowledge
The Elementary Teachers’ Science Content Knowledge Assessment is a paper-based test that measures elementary teachers’ science content knowledge. Developed by Maerten-Rivera and colleagues in 2014, the assessment was designed to evaluate teachers’ understanding of core science concepts and to detect changes in knowledge over time.
The test was built primarily from public-release items from the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, along with selected state science assessments. It was developed and validated through two multiyear randomized control trials of a fifth-grade science curriculum and professional development program. The final version includes more challenging items and two equated forms to support use across multiple time points.
This assessment can be used in research, program evaluation, and professional development studies to measure baseline knowledge and growth. It has demonstrated acceptable reliability and validity for elementary teachers, particularly in grade-level contexts tied to state science standards.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
5th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Teacher
Administration Information
Length
63 items
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
Okhee Lee:
Email: olee@nyu.edu
Lorena Llosa:
Email: lorena.llosa@nyu.edu
Open Access
Yes
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Item Type
Multiple choice
Open response
