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.