Scoring

<h3>Project Overview</h3>
In this four-year project called Developing Preservice Elementary Teachers' Ability to Facilitate Goal-Oriented Discussions in Science and Mathematics via the Use of Simulated Classroom Interactions (GO Discuss), Educational Testing Service and Mursion developed, piloted, and validated a set of performance-based tasks delivered within a simulated classroom environment in order to improve preservice elementary teachers’ ability to orchestrate discussions. These tasks provided opportunities for preservice teachers in science and mathematics to facilitate discussions with five upper elementary student avatars (fifth grade) where the focus is on disciplinary argumentation within two content domains: fractions (mathematics) and structure/properties of matter (science). The overall goal of this research was to develop a validity basis for the use of such tools as formative assessment tasks that can be integrated within educator preparation programs to increase the amount, variety, and quality of clinical practice opportunities currently available to preservice elementary teachers. <br><p>

<p>We scored the pre-service teachers’ video-recorded performances for the eight tasks in two waves. We scored the formative tasks (M2, M3, M4, S2, S3, and S4) immediately following each data collection and returned written formative feedback to the pre-service teachers within two weeks. For each video-recorded discussion, the formative feedback consisted of general statements and specific feedback about the strengths and areas for growth tied to each indicator in the rubric. The summative scoring (M1 and S1 pre- and post-) discussions were scored at the end of the project. To help reduce rater bias, we coded the videos so that raters could not determine if a video was a pre-service teacher’s pre- or post- video. All summative and formative discussions were scored using the same rubric. <br>

<p>This specific data project includes materials for the scoring and development of formative feedback reports of preservice teachers' performances in the simulated classroom.<br>

<p>For a complete description of the broader “Go Discuss” project, including a list of files for each task, as well as to read the detailed Terms of Use, please start by reading the <a href="https://doi.org/10.5064/F6NJU10I/H0MOQT">Data Overview</a> file. Some files appear in different formats with identical content. This is intentional. ETS wants to encourage adaptation of the deposited materials (which might be easier to implement in Word documents), but also wants to ensure that images and math notations are rendered correctly for secondary users (best preserved in PDF).