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UDAC Math, Science & ELA

Grade Levels Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High (9-12)    
Subjects Mathematics Science Social Studies ELA Other
Question Types Multiple-Choice Interactive Short Answer Free Response Passage-based
Features Paired Questions Ordered by Difficulty Spanish Translation    
Number of questions: 330
Originally published by: Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP) at Boston College
Database organization: Subject
Requires subscription: No

Design Highlights

This bank includes all 165 questions that appeared on UDAC elementary and middle school assessments, plus 165 matching questions in Spanish. These cover math, science, and reading/writing.

UDAC was a cooperative effort between 11 large U.S. districts and the Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy at Boston College. The goal was to develop and disseminate authentic-assessment instruments as alternatives to the traditional standardized tests for school-accountability purposes. While UDAC dates back to the early 90s, its questions have held up remarkably well and may be considered precursors to what are now called hands-on activities or performance tasks. Copies of the original UDAC assessments were preserved by EducAide Software (maker of Problem-Attic) and, to our knowledge, are not available on any other online site. Permission to republish was graciously given by Boston College.

Notes:

It's fast and easy to switch between the languages, read about it here.

A few illustrations are missing from the source material; we're still trying to track them down.