Release of Science
OST Spring Items
A
partial release of items from the spring 2015, 2016, and 2017 Science Ohio
State Tests is now available in the Ohio’s State Test portal. These items
give educators insight into the kinds of questions students experienced, and
they are a useful tool to inform classroom instruction. Both teachers and parents may use this
resource to help students know what to expect.
Included with each item in this release are the associated
learning standard(s) and the scoring rubrics. Examples of student responses
also are available to illustrate actual work and the corresponding points
earned on the student examples.
Online
Practice Tests Are Now Able To Be Scored
The student on-line practice tests accessed
through Ohio’s State Test Portal now feature real-time
item-scoring to allow a student immediate feedback on each item. The item score
will show how many points the student earned for the response; how many points
are possible for the item; and information about why the student’s response was
correct or incorrect. The practice tests will not provide test scores (e.g., no
scale score, no performance level) or item scoring information for test
administrators. If the Practice Test Sign In page does not
appear after selecting the Student
Practice Site, try using a different browser, such as Firefox or Google.
To obtain scores on these practice test
items, users need to select the End Test icon on the top row of the
screen. This icon only appears on screen when the user reaches the last
question in the practice test session. Constructed response items are not
eligible for scoring by computer. A scoring rubric is available in the Item
Release Scoring Guide for each set of these practice items. For released
constructed response items, educators can use the scoring rubrics as tools for
providing feedback on written student responses.
New
Item Types Available for Online Tests
A pair of new item types, Inline Choice and
Gap Match, are now available for online Ohio’s State Tests. These new item
types will be eligible to appear as field test items during the 2017-2018
school year. Field test items do not count for or against a student’s overall
score. To help teachers and students become familiar with these new item types,
the practice test for each grade level or high school course feature an example
of each new item type.
A video tutorial demonstrating the
functionality of each new item type is available in the test portal. Students can access tutorial videos for each of the various
item types, including the newly added Inline Choice and Gap Match item types
through the test portal any time before or after testing. During testing,
students can access the tutorial videos through the testing platform.
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