End of Year general science professional documents for Easel Activities

NOTE: In this revised document the appearance of the test items has been upgraded so that they are more "crisp" and easier to use with students. Content was "re-typed" and tables were re-formatted to make them appear clearer - while keeping them "true" to the CAST item format.The document contains the 70 sample items that have been on the Portal. Items are intermixed (physical science, life science, earth and space science) as they are on the CAST assessment. The CAST Blueprints state tha

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Grades:

5th

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NGSS:

3-PS2-1

, 4-LS1-1

, 3-ESS3-1

, 5-ESS1-1

, 4-ESS1-1

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PART 3: Grade 8 CAST Test Prep -MS Physical S PEs NOT on Practice Test -34 items

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NOTE: This document, Part 3, contains sample items for Performance Expectations for Middle School Physical Science that are NOT represented on the CAST Practice Tests on the Portal. There are 8 Middle School Physical Science Performance Expectations (plus 4 ETS PEs) that ARE on the CAST Blueprints but ARE NOT represented by sample items on the state's Practice Tests.There are three sample items for each of the PEs. The sample items were carefully developed using the item-specification infor

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8th

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HS 10-11 CAST Test Prep-Revised Item Appearance-Higher Level Thinking/Apply

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NOTE: In this revised document the appearance of the test items has been upgraded so that they are more "crisp" and easier to use with students. Content was "re-typed" and tables were re-formatted to make them appear clearer - while keeping them "true" to the CAST item format.The document contains the 72 sample items that have been on the Portal. Items are intermixed (physical science, life science, earth and space science) as they are on the CAST assessment. The CAST Blueprints state tha

Subjects:

Grades:

10th - 11th

Types:

NGSS:

HS-ESS2-5

, HS-ESS1-6

, HS-LS1-5

, HS-PS1-8

, HS-ESS2-1

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PART 2: Grade 10-11 CAST Test Prep - 22 ESS Items - PEs Not on Practice Tests

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NOTE: This document, Grade 10-11 Part 2, contains sample items for Earth and Space Sciences Performance Expectations that are NOT represented on the CAST Practice Tests on the Portal. There are 7 PEs and 22 Sample Items that ARE on the CAST Blueprints but ARE NOT represented by sample items on the state's Practice Tests.There are three sample items for each of the PEs. The sample items were carefully developed using the item-specification information given to test writers.Included is inform

Subjects:

Grades:

10th - 11th

Types:

NGSS:

HS-ESS2-3

, HS-ESS2-4

, HS-ESS1-5

, HS-ESS2-7

, HS-ESS3-1

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PART 2: Grade 5 CAST Test Prep - 26 Items Representing PEs NOT on Practice Test

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NOTE: This document, Part 2, contains sample items for Performance Expectations that are NOT represented on the CAST Practice Tests on the Portal. There are 13 grade 3 and 4 PEs that ARE on the CAST Blueprints but ARE NOT represented by sample items on the state's Practice Tests.There are two sample items for each of the 13 PEs. The sample items were carefully developed using the item-specification information given to test writers.Included is information about each of the PEs, the DCI targ

Subjects:

Grades:

5th

Types:

NGSS:

4-PS4-2

, 3-ESS3-1

, 3-LS4-1

, 3-ESS2-1

, 3-PS2-3

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Grade 5 CAST Prep Revised-Practice Test Items (68), NGSS Standards, Essential ?s

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NOTE: In this revised document the appearance of the test items has been upgraded so that they are more "crisp" and easier to use with students. Content was "re-typed" and tables were re-formatted to make them appear clearer - while keeping them "true" to the CAST item format.The document contains the 68 sample items that have been on the Portal. The CAST Blueprints state that only about one third of the standards will be assessed (with items that lead to individual student scores) on any

Subjects:

Grades:

5th

Types:

NGSS:

3-PS2-1

, 4-LS1-1

, 3-ESS3-1

, 5-ESS1-1

, 4-ESS1-1

...

Grade 8 Science CAST Prep-Revised-Practice Test Items (64), MS NGSS Standards

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NOTE: In this revised document the appearance of the test items has been upgraded so that they are more "crisp" and easier to use with students. Content was "re-typed" and tables were re-formatted to make them appear clearer - while keeping them "true" to the CAST item format.The document contains the 64 sample items that have been on the Portal.The CAST Blueprints state that only about one third of the standards will be assessed (with items that lead to individual student scores) on any one CA

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

MS-LS1-5

, MS-ESS1-4

, MS-ESS2-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, MS-PS3-4

...

Grade 10-11 CAST Prep - Revised: Practice Test Items (68) and HS NGSS Standards

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NOTE: In this revised document the appearance of the test items has been upgraded so that they are more "crisp" and easier to use with students. Content was "re-typed" and tables were re-formatted to make them appear clearer - while keeping them "true" to the CAST item format.The document contains the 66 sample items that have been on the Portal. There are currently practice assessments in the Interim Assessment portion of CAASPP. Teachers could align those items with the NGSS standards liste

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Grades:

10th - 11th

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