Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms

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Far from being just another set of guidelines, this step-by-step approach provides a pathway for creating tasks that will support, engage, and encourage students in Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) classrooms. Built with the NGSS in mind, the design process is centered around the three dimensions of science learning: disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts, and science and engineering practices.

 

Chapters featuring CREATE authors:

  • The Critical Importance of Designing Assessment Tasks Aligned With the NGSS, James Pellegrino, Joseph Krajcik, Christopher Harris
  • Creating Assessment Tasks for NGSS Classrooms: An Overview of the Design Process, Brian Gane, Samuel Severance, Joseph Krajcik
  • Unpacking and Mapping the NGSS Dimensions, Sania Zahra Zaidi, Kevin McElhaney, Nonye Alozie, Joseph Krajcik
  • Attending to Equity and Inclusion in the Assessment Design Process, Nonye Alozie, Krystal Madden, Daniel Damelin, Joseph Krajcik, James Pellegrino
  • Using Assessment Tasks to Promote Student Learning, Consuelo Morales, Sania Zahra Zaidi, Joseph Krajcik
  • Reflections and Implications: Creating and Using Three-Dimensional Assessment Tasks to Support NGSS Instruction, Christopher Harris, Joseph Krajcik, James Pellegrino, Daniel Damelin
Authors List

Christopher Harris

Joseph Krajcik

James Pellegrino