Tier 1 Instructional Strategies To Improve K-4 Reading Comprehension
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
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Strengths
Provides a comprehensive assessment of scientific reasoning by covering multiple core dimensions (experimentation, data interpretation, and understanding the nature of science).
Cautions
Relies on multiple-choice, story-based items, which may limit its ability to capture students’ full reasoning processes or how they perform scientific reasoning in hands-on or open-ended inquiry situations.
The Science-K Inventory (SK-I) is an assessment instrument designed to measure primary students’ scientific reasoning skills through structured, scenario-based tasks. The instrument consists of 30 multiple-choice items organized into three components: experimentation, data interpretation, and understanding of the nature of science.
Each item presents a short, story-based context and requires students to select the best answer from three options. Tasks are designed to assess key aspects of scientific reasoning, such as selecting appropriate experiments, interpreting patterns in data, and understanding how scientific knowledge is generated and used.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
Kindergarten
Languages
English,
German
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
30 items
Access and Use
Price
No fee
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Item Type
Multiple choice
