The standards and assessments for the state of Kansas are detailed here for all disciplines. Sample test items are included for some areas.

The brain has unique physical characteristics and it is specialized into many different areas, each with a different job. Brain functions and abilities develop over time. Assess student's knowledge of the structure of the brain by having...

This activity explores healthy eating and can be used as a pre-assessment of students' knowledge about food and nutritional needs. Students will observe and describe samples of different food groups then share their observations with the...

A post-assessment at the end of a unit on the needs of living things. The lesson materials can be downloaded in PDF format.

A pre-assessment at the beginning of a unit on microorganisms to see what students understand about microbes. The lesson and a set of slides can be downloaded. An included instructional video on microbes is 14 min. 44 sec.

The human brain is complex. Messages within the brain and the rest of the nervous system are conducted by cells called neurons. Drugs and other substances can interfere with or modify the transmission of messages between neurons. In this...

This resource includes a 45-minute webcast with George Mason University education professor Dr. Lorraine Valdez Pierce, discussion questions, sample assessment tools, and other resources. Sample assessment tools are available as...

This is a final assessment for the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. There are two groups of assignments: Group 1 requires students the choose one from three essay questions and answer it according to requirements. Group 2 requires...

A discussion of why we have assessments, the types of assessments, and what they measure.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will create a leaflet that will persuade classmates to read the book Holes, a young adult book written by Louis Sachar. These rubric resources will used for peer assessments and self-assessments.

This resource provides an in-depth discussion concerning summative and formative assessments.

Students will compare numbers within 15, using symbols for "greater than", "less than", and "equal to". This instructional activity contains a printable assessment for this topic.

Survey says? That is the question today, as students work on three different tasks to assess the how they are doing with the skills from the current unit.

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for reading students in the middle grades. Five multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on the assessment.

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for students in the high school grades. Five multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on thia nonfiction reading assessment.

Multi-instructional activity activity in which students conduct a life cycle assessment of energy and carbon dioxide used and produced in ethanol production.

An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...

This activity is designed to determine the appropriate instructional level for a student in a one-on-one interaction with the teacher. It assesses the students understanding of counting, specifically "number after".

This lesson assesses rather students can correctly order numbers. The teacher will ask the student(s) to put pre-made number cards in order from the smallest number to the biggest number or in the order they would say them if they were...

Students solve for missing angle measures by applying what they have learned about types of angles and the angle measures of polygons. Students do a pre-assessment at the end of the lesson.

Use this assessment to see what your students have learned about adaptations. This type of assessment allows students to observe and make open-ended claims backed up by evidence. Included are a power point presentation, student quiz, and...

This resource introduces some tools created by Intel for assessing projects and student progress in different ways.

This resource introduces some tools created by Intel for assessing projects and student progress in different ways.

Students will use a variety of objects to participate in a partner activity and communicate using light and sound waves. Resources include a video, pictures and videos of the lesson plan in action, and examples of student work.