Item Analyses of the Grade 4 and Grade 8 NYS Science Exams - 2006 to 2009
The following files contain school by school summaries of student performance on each item of the 2006 through 2009 NYS Science Exams. When a school is selected from the drop down menu, the data will load automatically. The files also contain charts with graphical comparisons of the performance of the selected school vs the city-wide averages. Hotlinks are provided to each science test item, to display the actual question from the test, and the standard on which it is based. Please refer to the “READ ME” documents for further information.
IMPORTANT: To work properly, these files must be downloaded and saved BEFORE they are opened. When you click on the links below, FIRST DOWNLOAD AND SAVE, then open the file. These are large files which may take one or two minutes to download.
2009 Item Analysis Files
README – 2009
Grade 4 – New York State Science Test Item Analysis – 2009
Grade 8 – New York State Science Test Item Analysis – 2009
2006 to 2008 Item Analysis Files
READ ME – 2006 to 2008
Grade 4 – New York State Science Test Item Analysis – 2006 to 2008
Grade 8 – New York State Science Test Item Analysis – 2006 to 2008
Item Banks - NYS Science Exams
Item Bank for the Grade 8 NYS Science Exam - 2001 to 2009 - Contains all questions from the written portion of the NYS Grade 8 Science Exam from 2001 to 2009, arranged by the primary standard to which the question was aligned. WARNING LARGE FILE - ~35megs. This file will take about 3-4 minutes to download with a high speed internet connection.
Item Bank for the Grade 4 NYS Science Exam - 2004 to 2009 - Contains all questions from the written portion of the NYS Grade 4 Science Exam from 2004 (when the test was first administered in its present form) to 2009, arranged by the primary standard to which the question was aligned. ~5meg file.