Test Blueprints in the Science Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Kurtz; Caprio, Terri; Smarr, Tonie; Bledsoe, Kathleen Guest; Pettinichi, Katie
Titel	Test Blueprints in the Science Classroom
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 87 (2019) 3, S.37-41 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Science Achievement; School Districts; Educational Improvement; Formative Evaluation; High Stakes Tests; Educational Quality; Teaching Methods; High School Students; Thinking Skills; Curriculum Development; Science Tests; Alignment (Education); Test Construction; Educational Objectives; Summative Evaluation; High School Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; School district; Schulbezirk; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Denkfähigkeit; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Testaufbau; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	School districts across the country have identified priority areas aligned to school improvement plans, such as formative assessment, differentiated instruction, and posted learning targets. Several studies indicate that these areas, coupled with high-quality instruction, may have significant returns in terms of student learning (Marzano 2013; Marzano 2010; Hattie 2008). This article describes how "test blueprints" (documents that state learning targets, the type of knowledge, the level of thinking required, and the relative importance of the target) in a high school science setting to plan curricula, enact day-today instruction, write formative and summative assessments, and then determine what students have learned. Test blueprints are commonly used for high-stakes tests, such as the ACT and state-level testing across the country. Although they take time to write, the blueprints can help teachers become more organized and purposeful, and help them align a planned curricula to the enacted and assessed curricula for the benefit of student achievement. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01