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Natural Science Assessment Standards NAEP (Nation's Report Card)
Purposes Instructional Planning Public Accountability Student Placement
       
Assessment Strategies
  Diagnostic Formative Summative
When? Before teaching During teaching After teaching
Why?
  • Assess student needs and prior knowledge.
  • Find out how much students know.
  • Match needs to teaching methods.
  • Provide immediate feedback to guide students to complete tasks.
  • Modify teaching of concepts.
  • Assess retention and understanding.
  • Use for assigning grades.
  • Assess how much students have learned before moving on to next topic.
  • Report to parents, administrators, community.
How?
  • Paper-and-pencil tests
  • Student projects and reports
  • Student performance tasks and teacher observation and judgment
  • Portfolios (Carin p. 249)
from Carin & Bass (2001) Teaching Science as Inquiry p. 217

 

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