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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street, E-216Springfield, Illinois 62777
1-866-317-6034 www.isbe.net/assessment
2012 PSAE Science
By Pam StankoISBE Science Principal Consultant
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
PSAE Science
• Aligned to the Illinois Assessment Framework
• All multiple-choice items
• Day 1- ACT Science
• Day 2- ISBE-Developed
• 40 items each day
• 80 total items
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
PSAE Science
• Day 1: 11A Science Inquiry
• Day 2: 11B Technological Design, 12A Life Science, 12B Environmental Science, 12C Chemistry, 12D Force and Motion, 12E Earth Science, 12F Astronomy, 13A Safety, Ethics, 13B History of Science, Technology in Science
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Test Item Development
• Illinois teachers write and review test items
• Items written in February 2010, reviewed in August 2010, pilot-tested in April 2011
• Item data analyzed
• Some selected for 2012 PSAE
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
ACT• Responsible for test development starting
with 2008 tests
• Illinois teachers write and review items
• ACT is responsible for printing, distributing materials, scoring, and reporting
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
PSAE Standard Time Test Dates:• Day 1 and Day 2 Initial Test Dates: April 24-25, 2012*• Day 1 and Day 2 Makeup Test Dates: May 8-9, 2012*
*Note that testing will occur on Tuesday and Wednesday in April and May.
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• Testing procedures are the same on Day 1 and Day 2
• Newly appointed Test Supervisors, Back up Test Supervisors, and Test Accommodations Coordinators are required to attend a PSAE Training Workshop given by ISBE and ACT. PSAE staff who were trained previously are strongly encouraged, but not required, to attend.
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Science and NCLB
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• All states were required to assess science by 2008
• Illinois already had science assessments at grades 4, 7, and 11
• Science is not used for AYP
• Science will not be tested in every grade between 3 and 8 and will not be counted towards AYP unless NCLB changes to include science.
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Testing Policies and Preparation
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 1 ACT Science
• 40 questions - 35 minutes
• 7 passages
• Try to spend only 2 minutes reading each passage and 30 seconds to answer each question.
• Read the passages carefully
• Calculators may not be used
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 1 ACT Science• Content includes biology, chemistry, physics,
Earth/space
• Emphasis on scientific reasoning skills-Standard 11A
• 3 different formats: data representation, research summaries, conflicting viewpoints
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 1 ACT Science• Data Representation
– 38% of the test
– Reading graphs, scatter plots, tables
• Research Summaries
– 45% of the test
– Descriptions of experiments
– Questions on experimental design and interpretation of results
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 1 ACT Science
• Conflicting Viewpoints
– 17% of the test
– Expressions of hypotheses, models, or views that are inconsistent with one another
– Questions focus on understanding, analysis, comparison, and the evaluation of the alternative viewpoints
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 1 ACT Science
• ACT Science Cognitive Levels
– Understanding-comprehending information presented
– Analysis-relating components presented
– Generalization-thinking beyond presented materials
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Day 2 ISBE-Developed Science
• 45 multiple-choice items
• 40 minutes
• Items align to Illinois Assessment Framework
• Items written and reviewed by Illinois teachers and pilot-tested in Illinois
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Sample Items
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• Aligns to 11.11.01
• Understand and follow procedures relating to scientific investigations...interpreting data tables and graphs...applying statistical methods to the data...evaluating competing models.”
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• Aligns to 12.11.09
• “Understand that the chief energy-storing compound used by organisms is ATP (adenosine triophosphate).”
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• Aligns to 12.11.28
• “Understand that reproductive or geographic isolation can lead to speciation.”
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Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
• More ACT and ISBE-Developed Science practice items can be found at:
• www.actstudent.org/testprep/index.html
• www.isbe.net/assessment/psae.htm
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Division of Student Assessment
Prairie State Achievement Examination (PSAE)
Illinois State Board of Education
Questions?
Pam StankoISBE Science Principal Consultant
Email: [email protected] Web: www.isbe.net/assessment/PSAE