Human Body Systems Assessment: Essay Test with Multiple Choice Questions

This test is a rigorous one question essay test. A test rubric and an adapted rubric for SPED/ELL is included. Seven multiple choice questions are also included and can help with scaffolding the test if the teacher chooses to use them. The test covers the following organ systems: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, skeletal, muscular, and nervous. This test can take between 45 to 120 minutes depending on the students. It can be given over more than one day if needed.

Included resources:

• Teacher Information Page
• Essay Test Rubric
• Adapted Essay Test Rubric
• Exemplar Essay Response Example
• Multiple Choice Question Page and Answer Key
• Teacher Hints Page for helping students be successful

*Note: I created this test for my 7th grade science class, but it can easily be used for higher grade levels because it assesses learning at such a rigorous level. When I first tried making a test some years ago, all the questions I made and found in other resources seemed low level and rote. That's when I decided an essay test would be the best way to reveal my students' true understanding of the human body. Since creating this test, I have adapted it and given it to several different sets of seventh graders. One thing I did every year was tell my students in advance about the format of the test so they could get themselves ready and prepare appropriately. This essay test was the most challenging test I gave all year, but it was also the one my students had the highest performance on and the most pride in. Most of my students kept their graded tests all year and showed other teachers. The English teachers and ELL teachers decided to use the student essays in their classes as well, having the students revise and edit their essays during the spring semester.

This Organ System Test Study Guide will help your students prepare for this test.

The test and study guide can be purchased at a discount as part of the Human Body Organ System Assessment Package, which also includes a PowerPoint with an activity, review stations, and organ system informational posters to display in the room before the test.

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