SCIENCE HCPS III

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SCIENCE (HCPS III)
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HCPS III SCIENCE STANDARDS

• The grade progression in the science standards
  goes from kindergarten through grade 8. At the
  high school level, the standards are categorized
  into 3 disciplines
• Physical Science,
• Biological Science, and
• Earth-Space Science

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HCPS III SCIENCE STANDARDS

• Kindergarten
• Grade one
• Grade two
• Grade three
• Grade four
• Grade five
• Grade six, Physical Science
• Grade seven, Life Science
• Grade eight, Earth-Space Science
• High school Physical Science
• High school Biological Science
• High school Earth-Space Science

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HCPS III SCIENCE STANDARDS

• There are eight (8) standards for science.

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STRAND 1 THE SCIENTIFICPROCESS

• Standard 1 SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION
• Discover, invent, and investigate using the
  skills necessary to engage in the scientific
  process
• Scientific Inquiry
• Scientific Knowledge

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STRAND 1 THE SCIENTIFICPROCESS

• Standard 2 NATURE OF SCIENCE
• Understand that science, technology, and
  society are interrelated
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Unifying Concepts and Themes

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STRAND 2 LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Standard 3 ORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• Understand the unity, diversity, and
  interrelationships of organisms, including their
  relationship to cycles of matter and energy in
  the environment
• Cycles of Matter and Energy
• Interdependence

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STRAND 2 LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Standard 4 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN ORGANISMS
• Understand the structures and functions of
  living organisms and how organisms can be
  compared scientifically
• Classification
• Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems

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STRAND 2 LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

• Standard 5 DIVERSITY, GENETICS, AND EVOLUTION
• Understand genetics and biological evolution
  and their impact on the unity and diversity of
  organisms
• Unity and Diversity
• Heredity
• Biological Evolution

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STRAND 3 PHYSICAL, EARTH, SPACE SCIENCES

• Standard 6 NATURE OF MATTER AND ENERGY
• Understand the nature of matter and energy,
  forms of energy (including waves) and energy
  transformations, and their significance in
  understanding the structure of the universe
• Nature of Matter
• Waves
• Energy and Its Transformation

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STRAND 3 PHYSICAL, EARTH, SPACE SCIENCES

• Standard 7 FORCE AND MOTION
• Understand the relationship between force,
  mass, and motion of objects and know the major
  natural forces gravitational, electric, and
  magnetic
• Forces and Motion
• Forces of the Universe

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STRAND 3 PHYSICAL, EARTH, SPACE SCIENCES

• Standard 8 EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
• Understand Earth and its processes, the solar
  system, and the universe and its content
• Forces That Shape the Earth
• Earth Materials
• Earth in the Solar System
• The Universe

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BENCHMARKS

• A specific statement of what a student should
  know or be able to do at a specific grade level
  or grade level cluster.

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BENCHMARKS

• Grade 5 has 29 benchmarks
• From grades 3-4
• Grade 7 has 32 benchmarks
• From grades 5-6
• Grade 11 has 54 benchmarks
• From grades 8-10
• These include
• 12 grade 8 Earth and Space
• 11 scientific process
• 16 high school physical science
• 15 high school biological science

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EXAMPLE (grade 5)

• Strand 3 Physical, Earth, and Space Sciences
• Standard 7 FORCE AND MOTION
• TOPIC Forces of the universe
• BENCHMARK Describe that the mass of the Earth
  exerts a gravitational force on all objects
• SAMPLE ITEM
• A student sees a chart that shows how starting
  height affects the speed of a marble rolling down
  a ramp. The student is asked to imagine what
  would happen if we release the marble from a
  height of 25 centimeters (cm).

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EXAMPLE (grade 5)
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EXAMPLE (grade 5)

• In the Response Booklet
• A. Identify the force that causes the marble to
  roll down the ramp.
• B. Explain how this force causes the marble to
  move.

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EXAMPLE (grade 5)

• Item-specific Rubric (2-points)
• 2 - The response shows complete understanding of
  the effects of the force of Earths gravity on
  objects. Reasoning and conclusions are logical
  procedures and explanations are clear and
  correct. For this item, the response correctly
  identifies gravity as the force that causes the
  marble to roll down the ramp. The response also
  correctly explains that gravity causes the marble
  to move by pulling straight down on the marble.
  The ramp keeps the marble from falling to the
  ground so instead, the marble rolls along the
  ramp.

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EXAMPLE (grade 5)

• Rubric (2-points)
• 1 - The response contains minor flaws in
  reasoning, omits a required part of the item, or
  contains a procedural or conceptual error. For
  this item, the response correctly identifies
  gravity as the force that causes the marble to
  roll down the ramp OR correctly explains that an
  un-named force causes the marble to move by
  pulling straight down on it. The ramp keeps the
  marble from falling to the ground. Instead, the
  marble rolls along the ramp.

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EXAMPLE (grade 5)

• Rubric (2-points)
• 0 - The response fails to demonstrate any
  understanding of the effects of the force of
  Earths gravity on objects. The response may only
  repeat information given in the test item. The
  response may provide an incorrect response and
  the provided supportive information may be
  totally irrelevant to the item, or possibly, no
  other information is shown. The student may have
  written on a different topic or written, I don't
  know.

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PLAN FOR FALL 2007

• In order to reduce spring testing burden on
  students (which already includes testing in
  Reading and Math) it was decided to assess
  Science in the fall.
• In fall 2007 the Science assessment will be
  conducted in grades 5, 7 and 11

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PLAN FOR FALL 2007

• Content and Performance Standards
  (HCPS-III)-completed
• Test Blueprint-January, 2007
• Items and Item-specific Rubrics-April, 2007
• Operational and Embedded Field Test-October
  15-19, 2007
• 10 embedded field test forms
• each embedded field test form will have 10
  embedded field test Items

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Fall 2007 Testing Schedule

• October 15-19, 2007
• Make-up Oct 22-26, 2007
• Science and writing in separate booklets
• Subjects tested
• Grade 4-writing (1 session)
• Grade 5-science (3 sessions)
• Grade 6-writing (1 session)
• Grade 7-science (3 sessions)
• Grade 9-writing (1 session)
• Grade 11-science writing (4 sessions) (two
  booklets, 1S, 1W)
• Standard Setting-February 4-8, 2008
• Board Approval of Performance Standards-March
  2008

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PLAN FOR FALL 2007

• Reporting subtests
• Scientific Processes (Strand 1, standards 1,2)
• Life and Environmental Sciences (Strand 2,
  standards 3,4,5)
• Physical Science (Strand 3, standards 6,7)
• Earth and Space (Strand 3, standard 8)
• Overall scaled scores (ranging from 100-500) with
  performance standards
• Approaches Proficiency (200)
• Meets Proficiency (300)
• Exceeds Proficiency