4th Grade Performance Task
Contributed by: New York State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project (1996)
Scoring Rubric
| 1. Data Table |
2 points total
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Standard: The student will accurately record his/her
measurements in the data table.
Criteria:
The distance measurements should show an accurate relationship
among the balls.
- - Golf Ball - longest distance
- - Rubber Ball - middle distance
- - Practice Golf Ball - shortest distance
Distances should be recorded in reasonable measurements
of centimeters or inches, not meters or yards.
- 2 points for three measurements with correct relationship
- 1 point for one correct measurement
| 2. Comparison of the Distances the Cup Moved |
1 point total
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Standard: The student will make an observation comparing
the distances that the balls pushed the cup.
Criteria:
- 1 point for a statement that includes a correct relationship
between two or three balls.
- - The golf ball moved the cup the farthest distance and
the practice golf ball moved the cup the shortest distance.
- - The golf ball moved the cup very far and the practice
golf ball didn't move the cup hardly at all.
- - The golf ball went the furthest, then the rubber ball,
and then the practice golf ball.
- - The golf ball moved the cup the farthest.
- - The practice golf ball didn't move the cup very far
or not at all.
- 0 points for no observation or comparison
- - The balls moved the cup
- - The balls moved the cup different distances.
*** Evaluate the students' observations based on the information
they have recorded in their data table in question #1, even if
their data is incorrect.
| 3. Explanation for the Difference in Distances |
1 point total
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Standard: The students will explain that mass of the balls
affects the distance each moves the cup.
Criteria:
- Acceptable 1 point answers:
- - The balls move the cup different distances because some
are heavy and some are light.
- - The golf ball is the heaviest so it moves the cup the
farthest.
- - The practice golf ball isn't very heavy so it doesn't
move the cup very far or at all.
- 0 point answers:
- - The balls are made of different materials.
- - The balls moved the cup different distances.
Standard: The student will make a valid prediction based
on his/her data table and observations.
| 4B. Explanation for Prediction |
1 point total
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Standard: The student will logically explain his/her prediction.
Criteria:
- Acceptable 1 point answers:
- - The ball feels lighter than the others so it won't move
the cup very far.
- - It's very light.
- - It feels like the practice golf ball.
- 0 point answer:
- - It's foam/styrofoam.
- - It won't move the cup.
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Highest possible score - 5 points
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Scoring Form - "Balls And Ramp"
Student ID _______________
Male / Female (circle one)
Circle the student's score for each question. Add the points for
each question and write the total score at the bottom of the scoring
form.
| 1. Data table |
0
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1
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2
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| 2. Comparisons |
0
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1
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| 3. Explanation |
0
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1
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| 4A. Prediction |
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No Credit
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| 4B. Explanation of prediction |
0
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1
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Total Score _____________
Total possible score - 5
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