Authentic Assessment Systems for Constructivist Based Elementary Science Programs

该项目将教育小学教师，使他们能够改进科学教学，并在不同规模和特点的学区建立全面、真实的评估和报告制度。在这些地区，就像在全国其他地区一样，迫切需要在教什么（课程）、怎么教（指导）、怎么衡量（评估）和怎么分享（报告）之间保持一致。学生在实践科学项目中的表现往往根本没有记录在案，或者是由标准化测试来衡量的，而标准化测试往往与这些项目的期望没有多少相关性。在这个项目中，来自明尼苏达州四个学区（明尼阿波利斯、奥苏、德卢斯、韦扎塔）的人员将在三年的时间里与明尼苏达州教育部合作，以(1)了解评估替代方案的最新研究和发展，(2)适应并进一步发展他们的基础科学课程，(3)为所在学区的其他人员提供服务，将这些真实的评估系统作为标准操作程序。一旦成功实施，该项目将直接影响1500多名教师和45000多名学生。费用分摊将是国家科学基金部分的16%。

This project will educate elementary teachers so that they will be able to improve their teaching of science and institute a comprehensive authentic assessment and reporting system into school districts of varying sizes and characteristics. In these districts, as in others across the country, there is a strong need for alignment among what is taught (curriculum), how it is taught (instruction), how it is measured (assessment), and how it is shared (reporting). Too often student performance within hands-on science programs is not documented at all or is subject to being measured by standardized tests that often offer little correlation to what is expected from these programs. During this project personnel from four Minnesota school districts (Minneapolis, Osseo, Duluth, Wayzata) will work in partnership over a three year period of time with the Minnesota Department of Education to (1) become knowledgeable about recent research and developments in assessment alternatives, (2) adapt and further develop their elementary science programs, and (3) inservice others in their districts to use these authentic assessment systems as standard operating procedures. When successfully instituted, this program will have directly affected more than 1,500 teachers and 45,000 students. The cost sharing will be 16 percent of the NSF portion.