A Webbased Item Bank http:sciencescass.org

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A Web-based Item Bank http//sciencescass.org
developed by the Council of Chief State School
Officers (CCSSO) and the Science State
Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards
(SCASS)
(over 1300 items)
- Multiple Choice Items - Constructed Response
Items - Performance Assessment - Events
(1 class period) - Tasks (more than 1 class
period)
Search, View, and Select Items for Saving,
Editing, and Printing (online testing available
too)
Contact Sara Moshman at MetaLogic, Inc. Lincoln,
NE Phone [phone] or Email
smoshman_at_metalogic1.com for help or more
information
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Benefits

• Secure access via the web
• Search by any parameter, including full text.
• Easy to view and select individual items and
  download for further editing and printing.
• Save groups of items for future reference (or
  online testing)
• Easy to add new items, new item descriptors
  such as state or local standards.
• Real-time item bank any edits are immediately
  visible

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Searching Basics
To search Enter text and/or select
desired terms from catalog
Click search button to initiate your search
This smart search will return items cataloged
as (grade level High School AND (topic Geologic
time OR Fossils) AND (cognitive dimensions
Applying Knowledge)
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Examine search results
one item

• Click here
• to select

Click here to select
next item
1. Table view - results displayed like a
spreadsheet, one row per item
2. Items view - results displayed in a vertical
scrolling list
Click here to select
3. Gallery view - results displayed with
thumbnail images
4. Slide view - results displayed one item at a
time
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Functionality
Saved work windows can be accessed as
presentations. Presentations are
immediately available as online assessments!
Selected items can be held in the work window (a
shopping cart for items).
Actions Menu contains additional functionality -
such as customize to show/hide descriptors.
Shortcut Buttons 1. copy items to work
window, 2. open items as test, 3. open items
as score guide
Items can be opened in a new browser window as a
test or as a score guide. Browser windows
can then be saved to the local computer edit
these files as desired.
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Save tests and score guides
Selected items should be opened in a browser
window as tests or score guides. From the browser
window, choose Save as to save the items to the
local computer. This will include a folder
containing any images. Give the file a useful
name and remember where you saved it. Next, edit
this file in your word processor as needed. If
items are constructed responses, rubrics and
scored samples are included in the scoring guides.
Items as Score Guide
Items as test
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Add/Edit Items
If permission is granted, can edit items via web.
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Online Testing
Items are presented in real-time in an online
test Can save and analyze results
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View Test Results
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Dynamic Analysis
Teachers can view dynamic summaries of the
results by any user parameter available.
Additional reports in progress.
Basic score summary
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Analyze to any level of detail
Dynamic item analysis by gender Pull-down of
custom parameters
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Dynamic item analysis by ethnicity
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Secure access and edit tracking
Web-based Data Management Search Window offers
high-functionality for add/edit items and
descriptive data.
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Many collections
Can have many collections of item banks some in
development, some for public use, some private to
individuals, if desired.
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Table View, batch editing of items
This is a table view of search results. The
Pop-up window shown allows many functions Groups
of items can be selected for batch editing.
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Editing Items
Slide view, with pop-up menu displayed. To
edit, select edit option from pop-up menu.
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Advanced Editing Edit Window
Edit window item data and descriptors displayed
in a vertical scrolling list in left half of
window. Many features exist for sophisticated,
yet easy, data entry - such as select from
predefined lists, and type-ahead features which
allow you to start typing and will fill in the
rest with matching values.
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Advanced Editing- HTML
html tags are used with text to format the data
html tags and text are displayed in lower Screen
what the user sees.