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Number of science items, by field-of-science scale and grade: 2000
Grade Total Physical science Earth science Life science
4 142 46 46 50
8 197 63 64 70
12 194 62 64 68
NOTE: The numbers in this table represent the post-scaling counts of items.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2000 Science Assessment.

View the science student booklet configurations.

View the framework upon which these items were designed.

Last updated 23 May 2007