Standard+Assessment+Assignment

=== Assessment is one of the most difficult and talked about concepts in the world of education today. Determining how well students in your classroom are comprehending and assimilating material is essential to becoming an excellent teacher. This assignment will begin to introduce you to the world of standard assessments from a teacher’s point of view. ===

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Student Work:
by **Kathy Rossetti** This is a test that would be given after teaching a unit on Evolution. The test contains a variety of questions, including true/false, multiple choice, short answer, and reading phylogenetic trees. The objectives list is the first thing in the word document, then the test with the answers labeled, and finally the blank copy of teh test. The test with the answers also has listed next to each question what objective it was fulfilling.

This is a test that would be given for a unit on cellular structure and function in a Freshman Biology course. The objectives list contains the different cognitive levels of Bloom's Taxonomy for each objective. The answer key has the answers in bold or filled in, with the corresponding objectives noted in italics for each question. The unit test is in the form that it would be provided to the students.
 * Cellular Structure and Function** by Lauren Clayton

by Max Green This is a test for a unit on cellular reproduction. The answers to each question are in bold, and the first page of the document contains the learning objectives, how they are utilized, and the use of different levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

by **Nicole Martinelli** This is a test for a unit on evolution. This test contains multiple choice, matching, analyzing a cladogram, two short answer and an essay that asks for the four postulates of evolution. The blank test and answer key are listed above.


 * Population Ecology** by **Brandon Parrott** - The following is the objectives for the unit, the test, and the test answers along with the assigned objectives to each question in that order.


 * Cellular Function and Stucture by Katie Greune**

** These three documents include a list of objectives for a unit on Mendelian Genetics, a 50 minute unit test and the answers to each question correlating to each objected listed as well as the different levels of cognition found within blooms taxonomy.
 * Mendelian Genetics by Lauren Birkner


 * Animals by Frank Savaglio** - The three documents posted represent an assessment that would be given to students after a unit on animals. The objectives, test document and answer key are posted below.
 * Ecosystems by Kari Free -** These documents contain a list of unit objectives aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy; an exam with each question aligned to at least one unit objective and the correct answer; and a blank copy of the exam.


 * Molecular Genetics by Ashley Fleming**- these documents contain objectives, a 9th grade exam on molecular genetics, and a answer key with the objectives and blooms taxonomy that goes along with each question.

The first document is the unit objectives for population ecology, followed by a blank ecology 9th grade exam, and finally the population ecology exam key that align with both the objectives and bloom's taxonomy.
 * Population Ecology by Lauryn Funteas**


 * Biochemistry by Kevin Tempin.** This is an example of a text for the biochemistry unit. There is an answer key, a standards review guide, and the text.
 * Mendel Genetics by Tim George. [[file:mendeltest aswers.docx]][[file:mendelTest.doc]][[file:Mendel Genetics.docx]]**This is a test that would be given at the end of a unit to assess the understanding of students over Mendelian genetics.


 * Biochemical Processes** by Sam Alderfer: This is a test that would be given at the end of a unit covering enzymes, photosynthesis and cellular respiration. The answer key can be cleared of the answers and used as an answer sheet for the students.




 * Cellular respiration assessment by Jill Dorbeck-**The three documents cover the objectives used in a cellular respiration unit and also include the test and answer key.




 * Biochemistry assessment by Jonathan DeRew**- This is an assessment for a basic chemistry and biochemistry lesson for freshman in high school. It would be given at the end of a unit that covered these topics. The three documents are the objectives, the assessment, and the answer key with the corresponding cognitive levels.