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GRADE 8 SCIENCE Assessment Anchors
Performance Averages over Time
2014 2015 2016
Mean Max Percent Mean Max Percent Mean Max Percent
S.A 26.1 34 77 26.1 34 77 25.9 34 76
S.A.1 10.6 14 75 10.7 14 76 12.0 17 70
S.A.2 6.6 9 74 9.5 12 80 9.0 11 82
S.A.3 8.9 11 81 5.8 8 73 4.9 6 82
S.B 9.6 12 80 9.7 13 75 10.5 14 75
S.B.1 0.7 1 68 1.6 2 79 3.7 5 75
S.B.2 2.9 4 73 2.0 3 66 1.5 2 77
S.B.3 6.0 7 85 6.2 8 77 5.3 7 75
S.C 7.5 10 75 8.5 11 78 6.9 9 77
S.C.1 3.0 4 74 2.5 3 82 2.3 3 77
S.C.2 3.2 4 79 3.0 4 75 3.9 5 78
S.C.3 1.4 2 71 3.1 4 77 0.7 1 73
S.D 7.5 12 62 7.0 10 70 7.4 11 68
S.D.1 5.2 8 65 3.9 5 78 6.6 10 66
S.D.2 0.6 1 62 1.2 2 61 Not Tested
S.D.3 1.7 2 55 1.8 3 61 0.8 1 82

2019 Grade 8 Anchor Performance vs. State
Nature of Sciences
Max Points PR PR Percent PA PA
Mean Mean Percent
S8.A 25 16.4 65.4 13.3 53.2
S8.A.1 6 4.4 73.1 3.8 63.6
S8.A.2 9 5.7 63 4.2 47
S8.A.3 10 6.3 63 5.3 52.6

Biological Sciences
Max PR PR Percent PA PA
Points Mean Mean Percent
S8.B 8 4.6 57 4 49.5
S8.B.1 5 2.3 47 2.1 42.1
S8.B.2 1 0.7 73.4 0.6 61.3
S8.B.3 2 1.5 74 1.2 62

Physical Sciences
Max PR PR PA PA
Points Mean Percent Mean Percent
S8.C 8 5.1 63.2 4.3 54.1
S8.C.1 3 1.5 49.9 1.3 43.2
S8.C.2 3 2 66.8 1.8 61
S8.C.3 2 1.6 77.7 1.2 60.1

Earth and Space Sciences
Max PR PR PA PA
Points Mean Percent Mean Percent
S8.D 7 4.1 58.1 3.5 50.6
S8.D.1 4 2.4 60.2 2.1 51.9
S8.D.2 1 0.4 45 0.4 43.3
S8.D.3 2 1.2 60.5 1 51.6

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