[NMScience] FW: Invitation for Teachers to participate in Project 2061 Assessment Pilot Study

[Ellen Loehman]

> AAAS Project 2061
> An Invitation to Participate in the Pilot Testing
> of Middle School and High School Science Assessment Items
> 
> AAAS Project 2061 is developing assessment items to measure middle and high
> school students¹ understanding of important science ideas from the National
> Science Education Standards and the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy. We
> are recruiting middle and high school science teachers willing to pilot test
> our multiple-choice test items with their students in April, May or June of
> 2009. As an incentive, each participating teacher will receive a copy of
> Volume 2 of the Atlas of Science Literacy or a $50 gift card from Borders or
> Barnes and Noble. The assessment should take no longer than 45 minutes to
> complete, will require students to provide written feedback about each item,
> and will cover one of a variety of topics in science. It is not necessary that
> your students have had formal instruction on any of the topics being tested.
> 
> The guidelines for participation are as follows:
> * You must be a middle or high school science teacher.
> * Your students must be in 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.
> * You must obtain permission to participate from the appropriate school or
> district personnel.
> * You must complete a short class information sheet after administering the
> test. 
> * You must return all testing materials to AAAS Project 2061 within four weeks
> of receiving the materials. (Pre-paid shipping envelopes will be provided to
> return the testing materials.)
> This study is not intended to evaluate teachers or students. Individual
> student and teacher data will remain strictly confidential. Individual
> students will not be identifiable. Our only interest is to learn how students
> respond to these test items so that we can design test items that are valid
> measures of what middle and high school students know about important science
> ideas.
> 
> If you are willing to participate, please click the link below and complete
> the registration form that follows. After clicking on the link, you will be
> taken to a page that is very similar to this page. Participation in this study
> is limited, so registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served
> basis. If necessary, we will also adjust our selections to achieve
> representation from urban, rural, and suburban schools from different parts of
> the country. Teachers who are selected to participate will be notified by
> email. Teachers who are not selected will be given priority for participating
> next year.
> 
> Click here if you are willing to participate: http://register.p2061.org/pilot
> 
> The deadline for registration is April 10th, 2009.
> 
> If you have any questions about the study, please contact. Abigail Burrows,
> Senior Project Coordinator, AAAS-Project 2061 at aburrows at aaas.org or at
> 1-202-326-6207.
> 
> 

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