1981 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Physical Science, Chemical Changes Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to explain why the mass of the mixture decreases when vinegar and baking soda are mixed. This is a short answer test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1982 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Scientific Ways of Knowing, Data Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to provide examples of how incomplete data from an investigation makes it difficult to draw conclusions about the experimental results. This is a short answer test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1983 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Scientific Inquiry, Variables Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to communicate how variables can affect the conclusions of an investigation, identify a flaw in experimental design, and how to correct the identified flaw. This is an extended-response test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1984 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Science Technology, Technological Advances Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to communicate how technological advances affect the habitat of animals. Students must recall that roads cutting through an ecosystem decrease the size of the natural area available to populations of animals occurring in the ecosystem.... 1985 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Earth Science, Clouds Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to predict weather conditions based upon what type of clouds are present. Students need to know what changes in cloud types are associated with weather changes.... 1986 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Earth and Space Sciences, Seasons Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to recall how the change in seasons is related to change in length of days on Earth. Students need to know what characteristic of Earth is responsible for the change in the length of day and changing of the seasons.... 1987 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Life Science, Symbiotic Relationships Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify the type of symbiotic relationship between protozoans and termites. This is a multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1988 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Life Science, Fossils Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify explanations for the location of coral reef fish fossils to communicate their understanding of the underlying science concept. This is a multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1989 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Life Science, Adaptations Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to communicate how variations in structure, behavior or physiology increase the chances of survival in a particular environment. This is a multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... 1990 ODE Assessment Grade 8: Physical Science, Energy Resource Type: Assessment Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This question asks students to identify an example of a nonrenewable resource. This is a multiple choice test item used in a past Ohio Achievement Test assessment (for more information, see IMS: Assessments). From this test item, a visitor may view the passages and stimuli, and information regarding general student performance on this item.... |