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Science Concepts Pre–Post Assessment (Williams et al., 2012)
Topics: Student LearningThis science assessment consists of pre- and post-lesson survey instruments designed to measure students’ understanding of science concepts following participation in LEGO Mindstorms-based activities. The assessments include both content and evaluation questions and are administered immediately…View InstrumentInheritance Modeling Task Assessment (Cisterna et al., 2019)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of student-generated modeling tasks designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of inheritance through visual and explanatory representations. Students are asked to create, use, and revise models that show how traits are passed from parent organisms to offspring…View InstrumentSNAP- Short Response items; Short Performance Assessments
Topics: Student LearningThe Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP) assessments are a coordinated system of three types of science assessments designed to measure students’ three-dimensional learning aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). These assessments are developed across domains including…View InstrumentJunior School Bebras Cards
Topics: Student LearningThe Junior School Bebras Cards are an unplugged instructional and assessment tool designed to develop and measure primary students’ computational thinking skills through problem-solving activities. The instrument is designed to assess how students transfer computational thinking skills to novel…View InstrumentStudents Knowledge Test (SKT)
Topics: Student LearningThe Students’ Knowledge Tests (SKTs) are grade-specific multiple-choice assessments designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of engineering and science concepts. Each version of the test contains approximately 15 items aligned to content taught through introductory engineering lessons…View InstrumentIntegrated STEM Concepts Assessment (Dyehouse et al., 2011)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment consists of grade-level student knowledge tests designed to measure elementary students’ understanding of engineering design, science, and technology concepts. Separate versions of the test are developed for different grade levels, with each version containing a set of items aligned…View InstrumentTests of Conceptual Understanding
Topics: Student LearningThe assessment includes approximately ten items that target students’ understanding of scientific concepts, processes, and reasoning. The instrument is designed to capture students’ depth of understanding of science concepts and their ability to apply scientific ideas in explanatory and inquiry…View InstrumentFormative Assessment Bundling Literacy and Elementary Science (FABLES)
Topics: Student LearningA set of Grade 3 classroom-based formative assessment resources with accompanying professional learning to support teachers in monitoring and enhancing their students' integrated science and literacy learning.View InstrumentEvolution Concepts Assessment (McGowan-Smyth, 2020)
Topics: Student LearningThis assessment is designed to measure primary school children’s understanding of evolution, specifically for students aged 10–11. The assessment is based on a theoretical framework of six core evolutionary concepts: variation, inheritance, adaptation, domestication, speciation, and extinction…View InstrumentBeginners Computational Thinking Test (BCTt)
Topics: Student LearningThe Beginners Computational Thinking Test (BCTt) is a multiple-choice assessment designed to provide a standardized measure of early computational thinking development, particularly focusing on core programming concepts appropriate for primary-level learners. The test is organized into six sections…View Instrument3D Science Performance Assessment Tasks
Topics: Student LearningThe 3D Science Performance Assessment Tasks (3DSPA) are a suite of curriculum-embedded, performance-based assessments designed to measure elementary students’ three-dimensional science learning aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Each assessment is organized around a specific…View InstrumentInstructional Quality Assessment Tool (Tekkumru-Kisa et al., 2020)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Instructional Quality Assessment Tool for Science (IQA-Science) is designed to measure how rigorous and intellectually engaging science instruction is in real classrooms. IQA-Science combines classroom observations with teachers’ assignments and samples of student work to capture what students…View InstrumentModeling-Based Teaching Observation Protocol (MBTOP) Shi et. al, 2021
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Modeling-Based Teaching Observation Protocol (MBTOP) is a classroom observation protocol that measures the quality of teachers’ modeling-based teaching in science. Developed by Shi and colleagues in 2021, it assesses 18 indicators of modeling-based teaching performance (MBTP) across five…View InstrumentScience Practices Epistemic Survey Suite (includes: Epistemic Orientation Survey [EOS], Epistemic Nature of Science Practice Survey [ENSP], Science Practice Implementation Survey [SPI]; Kite et al., 2021)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThis suite of surveys is designed to explore how secondary science teachers understand and implement the NGSS science practices. Together, the surveys measure three interconnected aspects: teachers’ epistemic orientations (views about how scientific knowledge is generated), their understanding of…View InstrumentInterview Protocol for Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science (Alonzo & Kim, 2015)
Topics: Teacher and Leader DevelopmentTags: Science educationThe Video-Based Interview Protocol for Teacher PCK in Science (Alonzo & Kim, 2015) uses video-based interviews to understand what teachers know about teaching science (their Pedagogical Content Knowledge, or PCK) and how they use that knowledge in real classrooms. Teachers watch short clips of…View InstrumentScience Interest and Classroom Culture Survey (Singelton et al., 2023)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Science Interest and Classroom Culture Survey is a teacher questionnaire that measures beliefs, preparedness, and instructional practices related to science instruction and classroom culture. Developed by Singelton and colleagues in 2023, the survey focuses on how teachers are enacting…View InstrumentScience Capital Questionnaire (Archer et al., 2015)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Science Capital Questionnaire is a student survey that measures young people’s access to and engagement with science-related resources, experiences, and networks. Developed by Archer and colleagues in 2015, the questionnaire assesses “science capital,” which includes science-related knowledge,…View InstrumentTeaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners Questionnaire (Grapin et al., 2024)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Teaching NGSS Science with Multilingual Learners Questionnaire is a teacher survey that measures elementary teachers’ beliefs, preparedness, and instructional practices for teaching science to multilingual learners under the Next Generation Science Standards. Developed by Grapin and colleagues…View InstrumentArgumentative Dialogues in Science Teaching Observational Protocol (Martins & Macagno, 2022)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Argumentative Dialogues in Science Teaching Observational Protocol is a classroom observation protocol that measures the quality of argumentative dialogue in science instruction. Developed by Martins and Macagno in 2022, the tool examines how teachers and students construct, respond to, and…View InstrumentObservation Protocol for Metadiscourse Markers in Science Talk (Ko & Luna, 2023)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Observation Protocol for Metadiscourse Markers in Science Talk is a classroom observation and discourse framework through which to examine how teachers and students use talk to build knowledge in science. Developed by Ko and Luna in 2023, the framework identifies and categorizes metadiscourse…View InstrumentElementary Teachers' Science Content Knowledge Assessment (Maerten-Rivera et al., 2014)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe 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…View InstrumentTrends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international large-scale assessment that measures students’ achievement in mathematics and science at Grades 4 and 8. Conducted every four years, TIMSS compares student performance across participating countries and tracks…View InstrumentScience Instructional Practices Survey Instrument (SIPS)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Science Instructional Practices Survey Instrument (SIPS) is a teacher survey designed to measure classroom instructional practices aligned with the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and related reform efforts. Developed in response to the need for a more comprehensive and…View InstrumentRealistic Investigative Artistic Social Enterprising Convention and Networking (RIASEC + N Context-Linked version)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationDeveloped by Dierks et al. (2014) and adapted by Blankenburg et al. (2016) and Dierks et al. (2016), this questionnaire contains 93 Likert-style items graded on a four-point rating scale. It contains 3 science contexts: biology, chemistry, and physics.View InstrumentTeacher Questionnaire: Integrating Engineering Practices into Secondary Science Instruction (García‐Carmona & Bogdan Toma, 2024)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Teacher Questionnaire: Integrating Engineering Practices into Secondary Science Instruction is an instrument composed of 25 Likert-style items and divided into two sections. The first focuses on demographics and independent variables. The second covers experiences, emotions, appraisals, and…View InstrumentResearcher Identity Survey-Form G (RISG)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Research Identity Survey-Form G (RISG) is a questionnaire containing 12 Likert-style items. It was created to assess researcher identity and self-identification in high school students. View InstrumentProgramme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a large-scale international assessment developed by the OECD to measure 15-year-old students’ knowledge and skills in reading, mathematics, and science. The assessment includes a mix of multiple-choice and constructed-response items, with…View InstrumentConceptions of Engineering: Photo Novellas Assignment and Codebook (Hammack et al., 2024)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Conceptions of Engineering: Photo Novellas Assignment and Codebook is an instrument that uses photo "novella" (story) to investigate primary-grade students understanding of engineering in rural and reservation communities.The codebook was developed by two engineering professors and two…View InstrumentPedagogical Content Knowledge in Biology Inventory (PCK-IBI)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Biology Inventory (PCK-IBI) is a 34-item assessment with a mix of closed-ended and open-ended items. It was designed to measure the content knowledge of pre-service biology teachers (secondary level). It is made up of the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK),…View InstrumentPedagogical Content Knowledge Self-Report for Biology (PCK SR -bio)
Topics: Student Well-BeingTags: Science educationThe PCK SR-Bio (Pedagogical Content Knowledge Self-Report for Biology) is a survey scale designed to assess teachers’ self-perceived knowledge of how to effectively teach biology concepts. It measures dimensions of pedagogical content knowledge, including understanding of students’ misconceptions,…View Instrument