NAEP 2009 Science Assessment: Tennessee and the Nation

1. NAEP 2009 Science Assessment: Tennessee and the Nation Hector Ibarra, Member National Assessment Governing Board May 24, 2011

2. NAEP and the Governing Board What is NAEP? • National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card • Assessment of students at 3 grades and 3 ages across several subject areas What is the Governing Board? • National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) • Independent bipartisan 26-member Board setting policy for the assessment • Assessment Content • Methodology • Achievement Levels Setting • Reporting and Dissemination

3. NAEP 2009 Science Framework Content • Physical Science • Life Science • Earth and Space Science Practices • Identifying Science Principles • Using Science principles • Using Scientific Inquiry • Using Technological Design http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks

4. NAEP 2009 Science Assessment • Contexts include: • History of science • Relationship between science and technology • Item formats include: • Paper-and-pencil questions • Hands-on performance tasks • Interactive computer tasks

5. NAEP 2009 Science Administration • Administered January through March 2009 • 156,500 fourth-graders • 151,100 eighth-graders • 11,100 twelfth-graders • For Tennessee State-Level Reports • 2,900 fourth-graders assessed • 3,000 eighth-graders assessed • Performance reported as • Average scale scores (0–300 scale) • Achievement levels (3 cut scores and descriptions) • Grade 4: Basic (131), Proficient (167), Advanced (224) • Grade 8: Basic (141), Proficient (170), Advanced (215)

6. NAEP 2009 Science: Grade 4 Comparisons Tennessee scored higher than 9 states, while 22 states scored higher than Tennessee

7. NAEP 2009 Science: Grade 4 Comparisons Highest Scoring 10 States

8. NAEP 2009 Science Achievement at Grade 4: Tennessee, the Nation, and Highest Scoring State At or Above Basic At or Above Proficient At Advanced

9. NAEP 2009 Science at Grade 4: Performance Gaps National Public Tennessee

10. Grade 4 Sample Question: Physical Science • 35% of the nation’s fourth-graders and 36% in Tennessee were able to design an investigation to determine the volume of a container

11. Grade 4 Sample Question: Life Science

12. Grade 4 Sample Question: Life Science

13. Grade 4 Sample Question: Life Science Item Performance Overall

14. NAEP 2009 Science: Grade 8 Comparisons Tennessee scored higher than 9 states, while 24 states scored higher than Tennessee

15. NAEP 2009 Science: Grade 8 Comparisons Highest Scoring 10 States

16. NAEP 2009 Science Achievement at Grade 8: Tennessee, the Nation, and Highest Scoring State At or Above Basic At or Above Proficient At Advanced

17. NAEP 2009 Science at Grade 8: Performance Gaps National Public Tennessee

18. Grade 8 Sample Question: Earth and Space Sciences • 45% of the nation’s eighth-graders and 41% in Tennessee were able to identify the correct order of soils according to the rate that water flowed through them

19. Grade 8 Sample Question: Physical Science

20. Grade 8 Sample Question: Physical Science

21. Grade 8 Sample Question: Physical Science

22. Grade 8 Sample Question: Physical Science Item Performance Overall

23. Additional NAEP Resources • NAEP Questions Tool • National performance on released test items • Jurisdictional performance also available http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/naeptools.asp

24. Additional NAEP Resources • Background questionnaire data on the NAEP Data Explorer (students, teachers, schools) http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/about/naeptools.asp

25. Additional NAEP Resources • NAEP Assessment Frameworks http://www.nagb.org/publications/frameworks.htm

26. Next Steps • International Linking with 2011 TIMSS and 2011 PIRLS • Grade 8 Science • Grade 8 Mathematics • Grade 4 Reading TIMSS: http://nces.ed.gov/timss/ PIRLS: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pirls/ PISA: http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa/ • Parent Engagement Initiative • Preparedness Reporting • Grade 12 Reading • Grade 12 Mathematics