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section of the Addendum is designed to help teachers and schools
create a purposeful link between the VT-PASS Assessment and school
or classroom science assessment. These resources include tools for
developing and analyzing science assessment tasks as well as strategies
for examining student work. Also included in this section will be
a growing bank of science assessment tasks and benchmarks of student
work that align with the Vermont Framework Standards.
The process
of developing science performance assessments and examining student
work is very complex. However, teachers who engage in this process
collaboratively with colleagues have found it to be a very rewarding
professional development opportunity that leads to professional
growth and improved instruction. For this reason, it is highly recommended
that these tools be used in the context of a planned professional
development activity within a grade level team/department, school,
or district.
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The Research
Base lists the resources that are being used to clarify
core learning goals for science assessment.
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The Vt-PASS
Performance Task Template (PDF) found
on page 27 of the Vermont-PASS Science Assessment Blueprint,
serves as a guide for developing classroom, grade/course level,
and school level performance assessments that focus on those
important skills, concepts, and conventions of inquiry that
are common to both PASS and school based teaching and assessment.
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The Protocol
for the Analysis and Use of Science Assessment Performance Tasks
(PDF) was developed to serve as a “next step” in
the performance assessment process. The Protocol is a multi-step
tool that helps teachers and schools identify the core science
concepts elicited by a task, the level of cognitive complexity
assessed in the task, and implications for instruction based
on an analysis of student work.
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The Webb
Depth of Knowledge Levels (click on choice of Word
document or PDF)-- Determining
the cognitive complexity of questions within a task will help
to ensure a “balance” among the questions and avoid
having too many questions at any one level. Webb’s Depth
of Knowledge criteria allows for a quick and efficient cognitive
complexity analysis.
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High
School Tasks
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Middle
School Tasks
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Elementary
Tasks
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