Michigan K7 Science Assessment

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Michigan K-7 Science Assessment

• Joseph Martineau, Interim Director
• Office of Educational Assessment Accountability

01/29/2008
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Components/Disciplines

• Science Process
• Physical Science

• Life Science
• Earth Science

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Details

• Each Discipline includes Standards, Content
  Statements (CS) and Science Content Expectations
  (SCE)
• The Standards are the same across all grades
• The CS and the SCE change, having new content and
  increasing rigor in progression across grades

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Measuring the Standards

• Although the K - 7 science curriculum presents
  grade-specific standards, CS, and SCE, OEAA will
  measure student performance using
• An elementary grade-span test aligned to the 2nd,
  3rd, 4th grade SCE, and
• A middle school grade-span test aligned to the
  5th, 6th, 7th grade SCE

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Curriculum Summary

• Elementary School Science (grades 2, 3, 4)
• 4 Disciplines
• 15 Standards
• 39 Content Statements
• 95 Science Content Expectations

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Curriculum Summary

• Middle School Science (grades 5, 6 7)
• 4 Disciplines
• 15 Standards
• 41 Content Statements
• 113 Science Content Expectations

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K-1 Standards

• K 1 standards, content statements are
  fundamental and provide the basis for subsequent
  grade-level content
• K 1 content will not be assessed directly

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What will be assessed?

• The test will assess and report on student
  performance in science
• Each item will be aligned to a specific SCE
• The items selected will represent each CS across
  the 15 standards
• The item distribution (by discipline) will be
  proportionate to the number of SCE in each
  discipline

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Elementary school science

• The elementary school science curriculum (grades
  2, 3, 4) includes
• 3 Inquiry process standards with 3 CS 19 SCE,
• 4 Life science standards with 9 CS 15 SCE,
• 4 Physical science standards with 15 CS with 34
  SCE,
• 4 Earth science standards with 12 CS 27 SCE
• 15 standards with 39 CS 95 SCE
• The sample of SCE aligned items will be selected
  at random, in proportion to the number of SCE per
  Standard such that each CS is represented by at
  least one test item

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Middle school science

• The middle school science curriculum (grades 5,
  6 7) includes
• 3 Inquiry process standards with 3 CS 20 SCE,
• 4 Life science standards with 13 CS 30 SCE,
• 4 Physical science standards with 11 CS with 29
  SCE,
• 4 Earth science standards with 14 CS 34 SCE
• 15 standards with 41 CS 113 SCE
• The sample of SCE aligned items will be selected
  at random, in proportion to the number of SCE per
  Standard such that each CS is represented by at
  least one test item

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SCE Sampling Plans

• Test items will be selected at random, using a
  common set plus matrix set design
• at least one test item per CS (39), selected at
  random, establishing a common item set across all
  forms plus a matrix of 16 items per form,
  sampled from the SCEs not in the common set

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Test Design Issues

• Select items having a Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
  that closely matches the DOK of the SCE
• Have multiple test forms so that the matrix
  sample covers all SCEs not selected for the
  common item set
• Each test will include Operational and Field test
  items

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Test Parameters

• ES MEAP Science has (approx)
• 51 operational items
• 49 MC
• 2 CRs (3-pt items aligned to a science process
  SCE)
• 10 field test items
• 9 MC
• 1 CR
• 61 total items
• 58 MC
• 3 CR

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Test Parameters

• MS MEAP Science has (approx)
• 54 operational items
• 52 MC
• 2 CRs (3-pt items aligned to a science process
  SCE)
• 10 field test items
• 9 MC
• 1 CR
• 64 total items
• 61 MC
• 3 CR

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Contact information

• Joseph Martineau, Ph.D.
• Interim Director
• Office of Educational Assessment
  Accountability
• MartineauJ_at_Michigan.gov
• or
• Rodger H. Epp
• Science Assessment Consultant
• EppR_at_Michigan.gov