HS-PS4-2

Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.

Clarification statement: Examples of advantages could include that digital information is stable because it can be stored reliably in computer memory, transferred easily, and copied and shared rapidly. Disadvantages could include issues of easy deletion, security, and theft.

Performance Level Descriptions

PLDs communicate the knowledge and skills expected of students to demonstrate proficiency in each Learning Standard. NYS assessments classify student performance into one of five levels.

Level 5Level 4Level 3Level 2Level 1

Evaluate questions about the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information using multiple sources of scientific and technical information.

Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.

Evaluate a question about an advantage and/or disadvantage of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information.

List the advantages or disadvantages of using a digital transmission and/or storage of information.

Identify given transmission data or storage data as being either analog or digital.

Resources

Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of HS-PS4-2.

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Assessment

What assessment of HS-PS4-2 might look like on a NY state exam.

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NGSS Dimensions

Performance expectation HS-PS4-2 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:

Science and Engineering Practices

Disciplinary Core Ideas

Crosscutting Concepts

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