Vermont-PASS
Science Assessment Blueprint

Addendum

Teachers have found that the practice tests included in the VT -PASS Science Assessment Blueprint have been helpful in preparing students for the science assessment. This section of the Addendum includes additional practice tests for grades five, nine and eleven.

Teachers are also encouraged to review Linking VT-PASS to School and Classroom Assessment (coming soon!). This section of the Addendum contains performance tasks designed for use as school and classroom assessments along with benchmark pieces of student work. Click on titles below to view sample tests (in PDF):

• Grade 5 Sample Test--Which Road is Best?

• Grade 9 Sample Test--So Much Snow, So Little Daylight!

• Grade 11 Sample Test--What's Happening in Lake Wilmar?

Please Note: the sample tests are available as PDF documents and will be readable only if you have a PDF reader program, such as "Adobe Acrobat" installed on your computer. If you know you do not have a copy of Adobe Acrobat and would like to download it for free, please click here.

Blueprint Links: "Vermont-PASS Practice Tests" p. 20
"How to use the Vermont-PASS Practice Tests" pp. 20-21