Students may not use a calculator on the Math assessment. The eighth grade Math and Science Assessments will be administered for the first time this spring. Each assessment is comprised of three, 55-minute sessions. Both assessments are in English only, but challenging words not related to the content of the assessments are defined in call out boxes in the test book. Calculators and scratch paper may not be used for either of the eighth grade assessments.
Blank space is provided in the test book for student work.
Students will be provided with a ruler, a protractor, and tangram shapes to assist them in completing the assessment. The accommodations allowed for the eighth grade assessments are the same as those allowed for the fifth grade Mathematics assessment. More specific information regarding accommodations will be available at the time testing materials are delivered. The State Board of Education adopted the performance levels and descriptors on February 10, 2000. The tenth grade Reading, Writing, and Math assessments will be administered for the first time in the spring of 2001.