a web-based item bank sciencescass

A Web-based Item Bank http://sciencescass.org

Search, View, and Select Items for Saving, Editing, and Printing(online testing available too)

- Multiple Choice Items - Constructed Response Items - Performance Assessment: - Events (1 class period) - Tasks (more than 1 class period)

(over 1300 items) developed by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and

the Science State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS)

Contact Sara Moshman at MetaLogic, Inc.: Lincoln, NE: Phone: 402 474-6194 or Email: smoshman@metalogic1.com for help or more information

Benefits:• Secure access via the web

• Search by any parameter, including full text.

• Easy to view and select individual items and download for further editing and printing.

• Save groups of items for future reference (or online testing)

• Easy to add new items, new item descriptors – such as state or local standards.

• Real-time item bank– any edits are immediately visible

Searching Basics

To search:

Enter text and/or

select desiredterms from catalog

This “smart” search will return items cataloged as (grade level: High School AND(topic: Geologic time OR Fossils) AND (cognitive dimensions: Applying Knowledge)

Click searchbutton to initiateyour search

Examine search results:

1. Table view - results displayed like

a spreadsheet, one row per item

3. Gallery view - results displayed

with thumbnail images

2. Items view - results displayed

in a vertical scrolling list

4. Slide view - results displayed

one item at a time

one item

next item

Click hereto select

Click hereto select

Click hereto select

Selected items can be held in the work window (a shopping cart for items).

Saved work windows can be accessed as presentations. Presentations are immediatelyavailable as online assessments!

Items can be opened in a new browser window as a test or as a score guide. Browser windows can then be saved to the local computer – edit these files as desired.

Shortcut Buttons:1. copy items to work window,

2. open items as test,

3. open items as score guide

Actions Menu contains additional functionality - such as “customize” to show/hide descriptors.

Functionality

Selected items should be opened in a browser window as tests or score guides. From the browser window, choose “Save as” to save the items to the local computer. This will include a folder containing any images. Give the file a useful name and remember where you saved it. Next, edit this file in your word processor as needed. If items are constructed responses, rubrics and scored samples are included in the scoring guides.

Items as test Items as Score Guide

Save tests and score guides

If permission is granted, can edit items via web.

Add/Edit Items

Items are presented inreal-time in anonline test

Can save and analyze results

Online Testing

View Test Results

Teachers can view dynamic summaries of the results by any user parameter available. Additional reports in progress.

Dynamic Analysis

Basic score summary

Analyze to any level of detailDynamicitem analysisby gender:

Pull-downof customparameters

Dynamicitem analysisby ethnicity

Web-based Data Management Search Window – offers high-functionality for add/edit items and descriptive data.

Secure access and edit tracking

Can have many collections of item banks – some in development, some for public use, some private to individuals, if desired.

Many collections

This is a table view of search results. The Pop-up window shown allows many functions

Groups of items can be selected for batch editing.

Table View, batch editing of items

Slide view, with pop-up menu displayed.

To edit, select edit option from pop-up menu.

Editing Items

Edit window – item data and descriptors displayed in a verticalscrolling list in left half of window.

Many features exist for sophisticated, yet easy, data entry - such as select from predefined lists, and type-ahead features which allow you to start typing and will fill in the rest with matching values.

Advanced Editing –Edit Window

html tags areused with text to format the data

html tags and text aredisplayed in lowerScreen –what the user sees.

Advanced Editing- HTML