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Stanford NGSS Assesment Project

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The Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP), funded by S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focuses on ways that high-quality performance assessments can facilitate meaningful implementation of the standards. This project was founded by Ray Pecheone, Executive Director of SCALE, Helen Quinn, Professor Emerita, Physics and Astrophysics, and Jonathan Osborne, Professor Emeritus, Kamalachari Professor Of Science Education.

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Science, all grade levels

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Currently secondary and building capacity

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Welcome to the Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA) task portal.

Elementary Grades (3-5) Assessment Tasks Middle Grades (6-8) Assessment Tasks

Here you will find a set of tasks produced by the NGSA Collaborative, which consists of researchers and technology developers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, WestEd, Michigan State University, and the Concord Consortium. Researchers from UChicago STEM Education partnered on the development of the elementary tasks. For more details about our work visit the main project website: nextgenscienceassessment.org

You can preview assessment tasks without an account, but signing up has many benefits. With a teacher account you can create classes, assign specific tasks, and get collated reports of student work. A detailed user manual for the portal can be found here. District, state, and other researchers are welcome to sign up as well.

Create classes, assign tasks, and more

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Welcome to the Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA) task portal. Elementary Grades (3-5) Assessment Tasks Middle Grades (6-8) Assessment Tasks Here you will find a set of tasks produced by the NGSA Collaborative, which consists of researchers and technology developers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, WestEd, Michigan State University, and the Concord Consortium.

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Science Test Updates

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The California Science Test (CAST) is an online assessment based on the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) . All local educational agencies (LEAs) with eligible students in grades five and eight and in high school will administer the CAST operational test. The CAST operational test uses the current California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) test delivery system and will be administered online only.

Who takes the CAST operational test? The CAST is administered in grades five and eight and once to each student while that student is in high school. All students must take the CAST by the end of grade twelve, but have the option of testing in grade ten or grade eleven. Only eligible students may participate in the administration of the CAST. Students assigned to take an alternate assessment should take the California Alternate Assessment for Science.

CAST Video

Please watch this video to learn about the new standards and how they are being built into the new California Science Test (CAST). The video has information about the structure of the CAST and the types of questions students can expect to see on the assessment.

2019-2020 CAST Test Materials

Administration Materials

Test Coordinator Resources

Scoring Guides

Note: The CAST practice and training tests include all accessibility resources found in the operational assessments.

Practice Tests

Training Tests

Accessibility Resources

Desmos Calculators

Students taking the CAST will have access to the Desmos calculator during the entire test. These calculators will be automatically assigned to students based on their grade level. Students can resize and reposition the calculator on the screen as needed. The Desmos calculator is free and available all year via the Desmos website ,and is accessible for students using Job Access with Speech (JAWS®). Students can use this calculator during the school year to build familiarity with this resource.

Translated Test Directions

Science Reference Tools

The CAST assessments for grade eight and high school include a periodic table and a reference sheet of formulas that students may access during online testing as universal tools. The reference sheet provides all formulas that a student may need to use in responding to a test item; however, this does not imply that the student will receive a specific item type. The purposes of these reference tools are to signal that students do not need to memorize formula sheets and to ensure that students have equal access to the tools during testing. These reference tools are not meant to guide instruction.

An updated and accessible periodic table is available for all students on the practice and training tests. This periodic table can be resized and moved within the item and is accessible for students using JAWS.

A printable CAST periodic table has been provided as a resource intended for classroom use. This printable version closely resembles the online periodic table available in the CAST and can be downloaded and printed to give students practice using the periodic table in a format similar to the online version. We encourage students to practice using both types of periodic table resources throughout the year.

Files that contain a periodic table of elements and reference sheet of formulas-.brf and .prn files-are intended to be printed using a braille embosser.

See the Printing Enlarged Science Reference Tools quick start guide if the student requires the science reference tools to be enlarged and printed on 11×17 paper.

Periodic Table

Reference Sheet

Other Resources

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The California Science Test (CAST) is an online assessment based on the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) . All local educational agencies (LEAs) with eligible students in grades five and eight and in high school will administer the CAST operational test.

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Middle school and lower HS, content, process & misconceptions. NGSS research and test generator

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Intended primarily for teachers, these assessment items and resources will also be useful to education researchers, test developers, and anyone who is interested in the performance of middle and high school students in science.

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Released Performance Tasks From Rhode Island

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Released Performance Tasks From Rhode Island

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5th grade, Biology end of course, NGSS

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The Performance Assessment Resource Bank is an online collection of high-quality performance tasks and resources that support the use of performance assessment for meaningful learning. Resources include performance tasks, professional development tools, and examples of how schools, districts, and states have integrated performance assessment into their systems of assessment.

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Our tasks are intended to be used to support teaching and learning in classrooms that are enacting NGSS-aligned instruction. Currently, we have made available through our portal a comprehensive set of assessment tasks and rubrics for middle school physical science and life science.