Center for Standards, Assessment, and Accountability

Subject Area: Science

The American Indian Education KnowledgeBase

The American Indian Education KnowledgeBase is an online resource to aid education professionals in their efforts to serve American Indian (AI) students and close the achievement gap between AI students and other student subgroups. The website resource has four major components, with classroom activities to support each element – Element 1: Foundations and Current Status […]

A Vision for Science Education in South Dakota

This resource is a presentation by the South Dakota Department of Education, given during the 2014 Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Annual Leadership Meeting, highlighting South Dakota’s STEM Education Model of Implementation Plan. It highlights preliminary academies for NGSS implementation, survey results, and action plans.

Deepening Assessment Literacy

The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) developed the Deepening Assessment Literacy module to help educators build their knowledge-base by deepening their understanding of the purposes and types of educational assessment and practices for local assessment development. This module provides guidance for teachers who are involved in reviewing or writing assessments for use in their […]

Science Technology Engineering Arts Math

The San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) is dedicated to increasing youth’s experience with Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM). SDCOE created a STEAM directory that is intended to enable the public, educators, and STEAM partners to identify valuable STEAM resources. Their goal is to link preK-16 schools, educators, after-school programs, community-based organizations, […]

Assessment Tools in Informal Science

This searchable website, created by the PEAR Institute, provides assessment tools for informal science learning. This website allows practitioners, evaluators, researchers, and policy makers with the information to choose appropriate tools for assessing program quality and outcomes for children and youth. The tools found on the website were reviewed by the PEAR staff.

PEAR’s STEM Work

The PEAR Institute (Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency) has created a comprehensive suite of tools that provides information on the quality of students’ science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning experiences and provides a common language around STEM outcomes so students can learn in school and after school settings. The two tools in this […]