Grade | Physical Science | Life Science | Earth and Space Sciences | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Target | Actual | Target | Actual | Target | Actual | |
4 | 33% | 33% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 32% |
8 | 30% | 32% | 30% | 28% | 40% | 40% |
12 | 38% | 41% | 38% | 35% | 25% | 24% |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Science Assessment. |
Grade |
Identifying Science Principles |
Using Science Principles |
Using Scientific Inquiry |
Using Technological Design | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Target | Actual | Target | Actual | Target | Actual | Target | Actual | |
4 | 30% | 32% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 33% | 10% | 8% |
8 | 25% | 35% | 35% | 33% | 30% | 27% | 10% | 5% |
12 | 20% | 29% | 40% | 37% | 30% | 27% | 10% | 8% |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019 Science Assessment. |
The tables above show the percentage of time students in grades 4, 8, and 12 would have spent on NAEP items that measure knowledge of three science content areas (Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth and Space Sciences) and four science practices (Identifying Science Principles, Using Science Principles, Using Scientific Inquiry, and Using Technological Design), if they responded to all items in the NAEP science assessment.