This Web page provides information and resources related to the development and administration of the new
California Science Test (CAST).
Amplification — non-embedded designated support for English language arts, mathematics, and
California Science Test (CAST) Field Test
The new
California Science Test (CAST) will replace the California Standards Test (CST).
To support implementation of
the California Science Test (CAST), the California Department of Education is partnering with Educational Testing Service and WestEd to offer a one - day CAST Academy for local educational agency (LEA) science educators.
The California Science Test (CAST) field test will be available on April 2, 2018.
Not exact matches
In 2014, Krisna Bhargava was getting his PhD in material
science from the University of Southern
California when he realized he could build better tools to conduct medical
tests to be used in doctors» offices and emergency rooms.
The fascinating research led by University of
California, San Francisco psychologist Erika Siegel and recently published in Psychological
Science,
tested how our mood affects our perception of faces.
Since then, a research company called Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)-- unaffiliated with Musk or any of his other companies and ventures — is right on track to making
science - fiction legit
science by building an actual
test track for the technology in
California.
Discovery is headed for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, Endeavour to the
California Science Center in Los Angeles, and Enterprise, the
test orbiter which never flew beyond the atmosphere, will be exhibited at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.
More to explore Flame
Tests, from University of
California, Davis, ChemWiki Flame
Tests: Flame Coloration by Element, from Mineral News Fun,
Science Activities for You and Your Family, from
Science Buddies Rainbow Fire, from
Science Buddies
Partners include representatives of the following institutions and organizations: American Institutes for Research, Cambridge Education, University of Chicago, The Danielson Group, Dartmouth University, Educational
Testing Service, Empirical Education, Harvard University, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Math and
Science Initiative, New Teacher Center, University of Michigan, RAND, Rutgers University, University of Southern
California, Stanford University, Teachscape, University of Texas, University of Virginia, University of Washington, and Westat.
Business leaders from important sectors of the American economy have been urging schools to set higher standards in math and
science — and
California officials, in mandating that 8th graders be
tested in introductory algebra, have responded with one of the highest such standards in the land.
While not the final word, that's potentially troubling for
California, which is proposing multiple measures of performance, including student suspension rates, a college and career readiness indicator and the new
science test, when it's ready in a few years.
As of August 2017, the Standardized
Testing and Reporting (STAR), including the CST Life
Science Test, is no longer administered by the
California Department of Education (CDE).
The Educational
Testing Service, or ETS, is under contract with the state to continue administering the current
California Standards
Tests until a new
science assessment is developed.
If
California does what the U.S. Department of Education says it should do, some students could end up taking two standardized
science tests instead of one this spring.
Paul Bruno, a
California science teacher, isn't sure the new
tests will be as different as they're touted to be.
Others will want to take longer, waiting until the
California Department of Education (CDE) develops a curriculum framework, and until more is known about what kind of statewide
science assessment --- the
tests students will take that are aligned with the new standards — will be adopted and when.
EdSource reports that
California received a waiver from the U.S. Dept. of Education from «administering outdated
science tests, instead allowing it to give students pilot
tests based on new
science standards.»
Gail Cerelli, the IB coordinator for the Casita Center for Technology,
Science, and Math (a K - 5 school in Vista,
California), isn't worrying about the
test.
LA Unified 2nd graders will be taking a
California comprehensive
science test when they reach 5th grade in 2019, and district
science coordinators are already gearing up for it, according to a presentation before the school boad's Curriculum, Instruction and Educational Equity Committee.
But so far, the new
test only exists in a shortened, pilot form;
California would need an exemption from federal laws that require the state to report the scores of a benchmark
science test every year.
California Department of Education officials want to administer a new statewide
science test to all fifth, eighth and tenth graders this spring; a
test tailor - made to match the new
science standards teachers are following this year.
Students must take the appropriate
California Standards
Test for
science in grades five, eight, and 10.
California officials reject federal government's push to administer old
science tests California education officials have decided that students will take only one statewide standardized test in science this spring, a pilot test based on new standards known as the Next Generation Science Sta
science tests California education officials have decided that students will take only one statewide standardized
test in
science this spring, a pilot test based on new standards known as the Next Generation Science Sta
science this spring, a pilot
test based on new standards known as the Next Generation
Science Sta
Science Standards.
Building
Science Corporation (BSC)
tested four field - installed ECM air handlers in
California in 2007.
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In 2015 - 2016
California used the
California Standards
Tests (CSTs) to
test students in
science in grades 5, 8 and 10.