Tier 1 Instructional Strategies To Improve K-4 Reading Comprehension
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
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Strengths
This NGSS assessment inlcudes detailed scoring guidance and annotated student work samples, which help teachers interpret student responses more consistently and understand what different levels of performance look like in practice.
Cautions
Scoring TCTs can be subjective and requires calibration among teachers, since evaluating open-ended student responses depends on interpretation of rubrics rather than strictly objective scoring.
Through 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 combines classroom, interim, and summative measures. Each TCT is structured around a phenomenon-based scenario that requires students to engage in sensemaking activities. Tasks are designed to elicit evidence of students’ ability to use science and engineering practices and crosscutting concepts, often in combination with disciplinary core ideas.
Students respond to tasks by analyzing data, constructing explanations, developing or revising models, and engaging in evidence-based reasoning. Tasks may include multiple components and materials such as diagrams, models, or datasets that support students’ investigation of the phenomenon.
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
32 items
Administration
Paper
Access and Use
Price
No fee
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Item Type
Open response
Task
