USBE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
USBE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
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USBE SEEd Formative Assessments
The following formative assessment exemplars were created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. They were reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state science leaders. While no assessment is perfect, they are intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for all three dimensions (i.e., Science and Engineering Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, Disciplinary Core Ideas) included in a specific Science and Engineering Education (SEEd) Standard.
3D ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
STEM Teaching Tools
STEM Teaching Tools
Professional Development
Session A: Introduction to Formative Assessment to Support Equitable 3D Instruction (60-70 minutes)
SHORT COURSE: How to Develop 3D Formative Assessments for the Science Classroom
Practice Briefs
Practice Brief 18: How teachers can develop formative assessments that fit a three-dimensional view of science learning
Practice Brief 25: How can formative assessment support culturally responsive argumentation in a classroom community?
Practice Brief 29: Steps to Designing a Three Dimensional Assessment
Practice Brief 30: Integrating Science Practices Into Assessment Tasks
Practice Brief 33: How to design assessments for emerging bilingual students
Research Brief 34: Research Brief: Designing an Assessment System that Measures Three-Dimensional Science Learning
Practice Brief 65: Using 3D interim assessments to support coherence, equity, and a shared understanding of learning
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
The Wonder of Science Assessments - Performance assessments aligned to all the standards
Stanford NGSS Assessment Project - high-quality performance assessments that can support NGSS implementation
Inner Orbit - A Rigorous NGSS Assessment Platform
Science Task PreScreener - Conduct a quick review of assessment tasks
California Science Test (CAST) - Practice and training tests available
Kentucky Through Course Task (TCT) Test Bank - K-12 instructionally embedded assessments
Next Generation Science Assessments - formative assessments for classroom use
NGSA from Bethel School District - Next Generation Science Assessments Google Drive
STEM Gauge - supports classroom instruction in the transition to the NGSS
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