PhysPort Assessments

Browse Assessments

Tell us about your course to find assessments relevant to you.

118 Research-Based Assessments

Sort by:

Content knowledge

Force Concept Inventory (FCI)

Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE)

Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K)

Energy and Momentum Conceptual Survey (EMCS)

Energy Concept Assessment (ECA)

Colorado Classical Mechanics/Math Methods Instrument (CCMI)

Rotational Kinematics Inventory (RKI)

Flight Physics Concept Inventory (FliP-CoIn)

Half-length Force Concept Inventory (HFCI)

Inventory of Basic Conceptions - Mechanics (IBCM)

Next Gen Physical Science Diagnostic (NGPSD)

Rotational and Rolling Motion Conceptual Survey (RRMCS)

Mechanics Baseline Test (MBT)

Representational Variant of the Force Concept Inventory (R-FCI)

Force, Velocity, and Acceleration Test (FVA)

Density Survey (DS)

Brief Electricity and Magnetism Assessment (BEMA)

Colorado Upper Division Electrostatics Diagnostic - Coupled Multiple Response (CUE-CMR)

Colorado Upper Division Electrostatics Diagnostic - Free Response (CUE-FR)

Determining and Interpreting Resistive Electric Circuit Concepts Test (DIRECT)

Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM)

Diagnostic Exam for Introductory, Undergraduate Electricity and Magnetism (DEEM)

Magnetism Conceptual Survey (MCS)

Rate and Potential Test (RAPT)

Inventory of Basic Conceptions - DC Circuits (IBCDC)

Colorado UppeR-division ElectrodyNamics Test (CURrENT)

Symmetry and Gauss's Law Conceptual Evaluation (SGCE)

Electric Circuits Conceptual Evaluation (ECCE)

Electricity and Magnetism Conceptual Assessment (EMCA)

Electromagnetics Concept Inventory (EMCI)

Mechanical Wave Conceptual Survey (MWCS)

Wave Diagnostic Test (WDT)

Four-tier Geometrical Optics Test (FTGOT)

Light Phenomena Conceptual Assessment (LPCA)

Mechanical Waves Conceptual Survey 2 (MWCS2)

Wave Concept Inventory (WCI)

Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (long) (STPFaSL-long)

Survey of Thermodynamic Processes and First and Second Laws (short) (STPFaSL-short)

Thermal Concept Evaluation (TCE)

Thermodynamic Concept Survey (TCS)

Thermal and Transport Concept Inventory: Thermodynamics (TTCI-T)

Heat and Temperature Conceptual Evaluation (HTCE)

Thermodynamics Concept Inventory (TCI)

Quantum Mechanics Concept Assessment (QMCA)

Quantum Mechanics Conceptual Survey (QMCS)

Quantum Mechanics Formalism and Postulates Survey (QMFPS)

Quantum Mechanics Survey (QMS)

Quantum Physics Conceptual Survey (QPCS)

Quantum Mechanics Visualization Instrument (QMVI)

Relativity Concept Inventory (RCI)

Quantum Mechanics Assessment Tool (QMAT)

Quantum Mechanics Concept Inventory (QMCI)

Calculus Concept Inventory (CCI)

Precalculus Concept Assessment (PCA)

Calculus Concept Readiness (CCR)

Test of Understanding of Vectors (TUV)

Mathematical Modeling Conceptual Evaluation (MMCE)

Quadratic and Linear Conceptual Evaluation (QLCE)

Vector Evaluation Test (VET)

Basic Skills Diagnostic Test (BSDT)

Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI)

Astronomy Diagnostic Test 2.0 (ADT2)

Star Properties Concept Inventory (SPCI)

Test of Astronomy Standards (TOAST)

Newtonian Gravity Concept Inventory (NGCI)

Greenhouse Effect Concept Inventory (GECI)

Lunar Phases Concept Inventory (LPCI)

Astronomical Misconceptions Survey (AMS)

Problem solving

Colorado Assessment of Problem Solving (CAPS)

Assessment of Textbook Problem Solving Ability (ATPSA)

Minnesota Assessment of Problem Solving (MAPS)

Scientific reasoning

Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy (PIQL)

Lawson Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (CTSR)

Enhancing Learning by Developing Process Skills in STEM (ELIPSS)

Montana State University Formal Reasoning Test (FORT)

Scientific Abilities Assessment Rubrics (SAAR)

The Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education rubrics (VALUE rubrics)

Lab skills

Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment (URSSA)

Concise Data Processing Assessment (CDPA)

Physics Lab Inventory of Critical Thinking (PLIC)

Physics Measurement Questionnaire (PMQ)

Survey of Physics Reasoning on Uncertainty Concepts in Experiments (SPRUCE)

Data Handling Diagnostic (DHD)

Measurement Uncertainty Quiz (MUQ)

Beliefs / Attitudes

Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS)

Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics (E-CLASS)

Maryland Physics Expectations Survey (MPEX)

Attitudes and Approaches to Problem Solving Survey (AAPS)

Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physical Sciences (EBAPS)

Views About Science Survey (VASS)

Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession for Higher Education Survey (PTaP.HE)

Physics Goal Orientation Survey (PGOS)

Views on Science and Education Questionnaire (VOSE)

Motivation Scale towards Physics Learning (MSPL)

Perceptions of Teaching as a Profession (PTaP)

Student Assessment of their Learning Gains (SALG)

Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS)

Attitudes toward Problem Solving Survey (APSS)

Sources of Self-Efficacy in Science Courses - Physics (SOSESC-P)

Physics Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

Self-Efficacy in Physics (SEP)

Teaching

Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP)

Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP)

Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS)

Physics Teacher Education Progress Assessment (PTEPA Rubric)

Survey of Climate for Instructional Improvement (SCII)

Laboratory Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (LOPUS)

Real-time Instructor Observing Tool (RIOT)

PULSE rubrics for evaluating teaching in undergraduate programs (PULSE Rubrics)

Postsecondary Instructional Practices Survey (PIPS)

Guides to Advance Teaching Evaluation (GATEs)

Measuring Instrument for Scientific Teaching (MIST)

Teaching Practices Inventory (TPI)

Behavioral Engagement Related to Instruction (BERI)

Student Participation Observation Tool (SPOT)

KU Benchmarks for Teaching Effectiveness (Benchmarks)

Department Climate

Departmental Education and Leadership Transformation Assessment (DELTA)

TEAM-UP rubric for departmental climate for Black students (TEAM-UP Rubric)