The released open-ended items come from the development of the teacher assessment. The items were written to surface teacher misconceptions about the content of the assessments. To learn more about the item development process, see Teacher Assessment Development. Each released item specifies the specific concept(s) it targets.
Content Assessed by the Items
The items address science content in one of the following areas:
Each of the items addresses one or two specific sub-ideas from the content clarification.