STEM Assessment: Measuring Student Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Performance tasks require students to demonstrate their understanding of scientific concepts and principles by applying them to real-world situations.

Formative assessment is used to provide feedback to students and teachers so that they can identify areas where students need additional support and make adjustments to their teaching and learning strategies.

Performance tasks allow students to demonstrate their ability to design and conduct scientific investigations by actually carrying out an investigation.

Portfolios allow students to collect and organize a variety of artifacts that demonstrate their learning over time, providing a comprehensive view of their progress and achievement.

Multiple-choice tests are commonly used to assess students' understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures because they are efficient and objective.

Summative assessment is used to measure student achievement at the end of a unit or course of study.

Performance tasks allow students to demonstrate their ability to apply engineering design principles by designing and building a product or system.

Rubrics provide clear and specific criteria for assessing student work, which helps to ensure that assessments are fair and consistent.

Open-ended questions allow students to demonstrate their understanding of technological concepts and systems by explaining how they work or by describing their applications.

Diagnostic assessment is used to identify students who need additional support by pinpointing their specific areas of weakness.

Performance tasks allow students to demonstrate their ability to solve technological problems by actually solving a problem.

Self-assessment helps students to develop metacognitive skills, such as the ability to reflect on their own learning and to identify areas where they need to improve.

Open-ended questions allow students to demonstrate their understanding of the nature of science by explaining how scientists work or by describing the role of evidence in science.

Benchmark assessment is used to compare students to each other in order to identify students who are struggling and students who are excelling.

Performance tasks allow students to demonstrate their ability to communicate scientific and technological information by writing a report, giving a presentation, or creating a poster.