High School Science Performance Assessments: An Examination of Instruments for Massachusetts

Date:2008, December
Author(s):Pamela Ellis, Erica Jablonski, Abigail Jurist Levy, Amie Mansfield
Format:PDF
This paper describes the development and implementation process of high school science performance assessments in the following nine states: Colorado, Connecticut. Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, and Vermont. It provides detailed descriptions of these states’ instruments, including in-depth information on the test development process (who, how, when), piloting (length of time, recruitment of schools, sampling framework), technical qualities (validity, reliability, item analysis), reporting (student/school/district/state level), and district/school buy-in strategies (surveys, meetings, regulations/laws). The products resulting from this project guided the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as they developed a science performance assessment in 2008.
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