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Welcome to SRI International’s Integrative Performance Assessments in Technology (IPAT) OVERVIEWAre you a middle or high school teacher, school administrator, or evaluator who is interested in assessing how proficient students are using computer-based technology to carry out Information and Communications Technology (ICT)?
If yes, this site developed by SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning
may be of interest to you. It provides five pilot-tested assessment tasks you can administer to
your students: Car Crash, Solar Power, Choose a City, EPA Phoenix, and Predator-Prey. In Car Crash, students use a modeling tool to design and test a crash barrier system. This task has a physics emphasis. In Solar Power, students use a visualization tool and its database to perform complex mathematical modeling. This task has an Earth Science emphasis. In Choose a City, students research about the quality of life in two cities – Fort Collins, Colorado and Knoxville, Tennessee. This task has a social science emphasis. In EPA Phoenix, students collect web research about air quality in Phoenix, Arizona. This task has a general science emphasis. In Predator-Prey, students work collaboratively with students at remote locations to resolve a problem in a national park. This task has a life science emphasis. HOW THE ASSESSMENTS ARE STRUCTUREDThe IPAT assessments are modular in nature. The teacher/evaluator can modify the length and/or content of the assessment as well as the types of technology used by selecting among inter-related modules.
Click the link above to the Site Tour, which will overview where everything is. |