Developing Assessments Based on NJ Standards
Science: Animal Adaptations
Grades: Elementary and Middle
| Overview | Student
| Teacher | Assessment
Steps |

The steps suggested
for this exercise are designed to act as workshop templates for
the curriculum coordinator, or
teacher. To examine the activity, please see the Student
and Teacher pages above.
The steps which enable the development of assessments are designed
to enable the workshop attendee to develop assessments. Attendees
will:
- Examine the Cumulative Progress Indicators (CPIs) of each Standard involved
with the activity (Steps 1-4)

then
- Create assessments and questions based on the CPIs,

then
- Modify the types of these questions, based on the suggestions
indicated by examination of the Test Matrix for the
particular grade level and content,

and then
- Combine or re-word the questions, based on the suggestions indicated
by examination of the Test Specifications for the particular
grade level and content.