Who Creates ATLAS Tasks?
You may have noticed that the tasks in ATLAS have different styles, formats, and learning approaches. To give you choice to match your teaching style and your students' needs, ATLAS tasks are sourced from a wide variety of trusted developers. Below you will find a list of all the developers who have contributed performance tasks to ATLAS and some additional information about each.
Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative (AMSTI)
A statewide initiative from the Alabama Department of Education that provides professional learning, materials, and coaching to improve math and science teaching.
BSCS
A non-profit organization that develops, tests, and studies science curriculum materials and professional learning programs.
Center for Collaborative Education (CCE)
A non-profit organization that partners with schools and districts to promote student-centered learning through quality performance assessment and school design.
Collaborative Research in Education, Assessment and Teaching Environments for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CREATE for STEM)
A research institute at Michigan State University that focuses on developing and researching innovations in STEM education, including curriculum and assessment design.
ClimeTime Initiative
A statewide initiative in Washington that provides professional learning and resources to educators to support climate science education.
Concolor Research
A research and development organization that has focused on creating and evaluating performance-based assessments in science.
Connecticut Local Assessment Resources in Science (CT LARS)
A program that provides guidance and resources to Connecticut educators for creating and using local, curriculum-embedded performance tasks aligned with the state's science standards.
Food and Agriculture Center for Science Education (FACSE)
A program that promotes the inclusion of food and agriculture into STEM education through the development of high-quality instructional materials.
Hawaii Performance Assessment Development Initiative (PADI)
An initiative from the Hawaii Department of Education to engage educators in the development of a bank of high quality performance assessments for use in classrooms across the state.
Inflexion
A research center that partners with leaders in education to drive authentic, systemic transformation by turning bold ideas into impactful actions to reshape education.. Formerly known as Education Policy Improvement Center (EPIC).
inquiryHub (iHub)
A curriculum and research group that develops, studies, and supports the use of three-dimensional, inquiry-based science curriculum materials.
Kansas and Nebraska Departments of Education
The state agencies responsible for overseeing public education, setting standards, and administering statewide assessments in their respective states.
Kentucky Department of Education
The state agency that provides resources and guidance to Kentucky's public schools and districts to support the implementation of the state's P-12 education requirements.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley, which develops hands-on exhibits, curriculum, and professional development resources for teachers and students.
Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)
A regional education agency that supports local school districts by providing services, including professional development and guidance on state assessments.
Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Educational Assessment (MCIEA)
A partnership of school districts and teacher unions that is developing a new school accountability model using a "multiple measures" approach, including quality performance assessments.
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
The state agency responsible for overseeing and supporting public elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts.
New Hampshire Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE)
A federally approved assessment and accountability system that uses a combination of local and common performance assessments to measure student competency.
Next Generation Science Assessment (NGSA)
A state-level assessment consortium that developed a computer-based science assessment aligned to the NGSS for grades 5, 8, and 11.
OpenSciED
An organization that creates and releases free, high-quality, and open-source Kâ12 science instructional materials, which are designed to support and assess three-dimensional learning.
San Diego Science Project at UC San Diego
The San Diego Science Project (SDSP) serves both San Diego and Imperial County and is a partnership between UC San Diego and the San Diego County Office of Education. The project is housed at UC San Diego and works collaboratively with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Birch Aquarium.
San Diego County Office of Education
A regional education agency that supports local school districts by providing services, professional development, and resources to improve student outcomes.
Science Assessment Grounded in Equity (SAGE)
A project that is developing and researching frameworks, tools, and resources for creating equitable and instructionally relevant science assessments.
State Performance Assessment Learning Community (SPA-LC)
A collaborative community of states that are working to develop, implement, and research performance assessment systems.
Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE)
A research and development center at Stanford University that focuses on designing and studying innovative assessments and instructional approaches to improve learning outcomes and promote equity.
Stanford NGSS Assessment Project (SNAP)
A research project that developed and validated science performance tasks for formative use in classrooms, aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards.
Strengthening Claims-based Interpretations and Uses of Local and Large-scale Science Assessment Scores (SCILLSS)
A research project that focuses on developing and validating new types of science assessments to provide more useful information to teachers and students.
Summit Public Schools
A network of charter schools that uses a project-based learning model and a personalized learning platform to provide a curriculum that is embedded with performance assessments.
Tennessee District Science Network (TDSciN)
A collaborative network of Tennessee districts that works to improve science education through professional development and the sharing of resources, including performance tasks.
University of Hawaii Ethnomathematics Program
A program that integrates indigenous and cultural knowledge with mathematics and science education, with a focus on real-world problem-solving and contextualized learning.
UT Department of Education
The state agency that oversees public education in Utah, providing guidance and resources on curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
The state agency that oversees public education in Wisconsin, providing guidance and resources on curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Wonder of Science
A website and organization dedicated to providing resources for NGSS implementation, including videos, articles, and lesson ideas.