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What is InnerOrbit?

High-Integrity NGSS Assessments. Meaningful Data.

Informed Instructional Decisions.

Empowering science educators with 3D assessments, innovative sensemaking, and partnerships that make the NGSS accessible for every classroom (learn more).

1. Setup

Choose based on your school’s rostering method.

Clever

Your rosters are automatically synced in. Learn how to check your rosters.

Classlink

Your rosters are automatically synced in. Learn how to check your rosters.

Google Classroom

Learn how to sync in your Google Classroom rosters.

Other

Learn how to set up your rosters manually.

2. Assessment Strategy

Pick a strategy based on your goal and follow the steps to build your assessment, or use this guide to create a plan.

For teachers who want classroom-level 3D proficiency data without school-wide coordination.

Before a unit starts

Gauge prior DCI knowledge before instruction begins.

Does not measure proficiency on PEs
Diagnostic
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Mid-unit or more often

Assess student progress toward proficiency during instruction

Use 1D–3D questions
Formative

End of unit or topic

Assess 3D sensemaking proficiency at the end of instruction

Did students reach proficiency?
Summative

Build student resilience with 3D thinking before a formal assessment.

Question of the Day

5 min

Establishing a sensemaking routine

Students answer one question daily.
Learn How
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SEP Practice Problems

15 min

Practice SEP skills through phenomena

Students engage with a prompt without relying on DCI vocabulary.
Learn How

Science Talks

20 min

Familiarizing students before assessments

Whole-class discussions surface student thinking and exemplar responses.
Learn How

Transfer Stations

60 min

Apply learning across new phenomena

Students rotate through stations applying DCI, SEP, and CCC knowledge.
Learn How

Learn more through our resources

State Test Prep

Prepare students for state science testing with confidence.

Curricula Alignment

Diagnostic, formative, or summative assessments aligned to your curriculum.

Common Assessment

If your school or district uses Common Assessments or CFAs, here's how to find and assign them.

3. Assign

Assign to Students

See how to get that amazing assessment to kiddos.

4. Grading & Reports

Grading Open-Ended Questions

Learn more about how to view and score free response and drawing questions!

Reports Insights

Learn which reports to use, what they show, and how to analyze your data effectively.

Next Steps

Check out 3 ways to use InnerOrbit to take data-driven instructional steps in your classroom!

PLC Chat

Facilitate a Data Chat with your Professional Learning Community (PLC) on 3-Dimensional NGSS student data from InnerOrbit.

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