Tier 1 Instructional Strategies To Improve K-4 Reading Comprehension
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
The Progression of Understanding Matter (PUM) is an assessment instrument designed to measure students’ conceptual understanding of matter across elementary, middle, and high school grade levels. The instrument consists of three linked forms tailored to different grade bands (grades 3–6, 7–9, and 10–12), with items varying in difficulty and covering key aspects of matter, including conservation, physical and chemical properties, and composition and structure.
The instrument uses a Rasch modeling approach to convert students’ responses into scaled scores that represent levels of understanding along a developmental progression. Scores are organized into stages that reflect increasing sophistication in students’ reasoning about matter, allowing comparisons of students’ conceptual development across both age groups and testing periods.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
Number of items: 3-6: 20; 7-9: 29; 10-12: 27
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
No fee
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Item Type
Multiple choice
Open response
