AAAS Project 2061
Science Assessment Study

Welcome to the AAAS Project 2061 assessment testing registration site. Registration will begin on Monday, August 30^th. Please check back then and thank you for your interest!

If you have any questions about the study, please contact us at 2061assessment@aaas.org or by phone at 202-326-6207.
AAAS Project 2061 is recruiting middle and high school science teachers who are able to pilot test multiple choice test items with their students in September, October, or November, 2010.

Background:

AAAS Project 2061 is developing assessment items to measure middle and high school students’ understanding of important science ideas from the National Science Education Standards and the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy. We are currently interested in learning how students respond to these assessment items so that we can continue to improve on them and design additional items that are valid measures of what middle and high school students know in science.

About the tests:

Each test contains multiple choice items; students will provide their reasoning for selecting and rejecting answer choices and they will describe anything that they find confusing using an open-response format. Most students should be able to complete the test in a single class period.

We are testing one topic in this round of pilot testing: Weather and Climate. We do not expect that the students taking the tests will have had formal instruction on that topic.

These tests are not intended to evaluate teachers or students. Individual student and teacher data will remain strictly confidential and individual students will not be identifiable.

In order to participate:

• You must be a middle or high school science teacher in the United States.
• Your students must be in 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, or 12^th grade.
• You must obtain permission to participate from the appropriate school or district personnel. (Please do not register until you obtain permission.)
• You must return all testing materials, whether completed or not, to AAAS Project 2061 within four weeks of receiving the materials. (Pre-paid shipping materials will be provided to return the testing materials.)

As a thank-you, each participating teacher will receive a copy of Atlas of Science Literacy Vol. I or II, or a $50 gift card from Borders or Barnes & Noble.

If you have any questions about the study, please contact us at 2061assessment@aaas.org or at 202-326-6207.