9+-+12+SCIENCE

=9 - 12 Science Findings= Living Environment Test - http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scire/le-608/le-exam-eng-608.pdf Earth Science Test - http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/scire/es-608/es-exam-eng-608.pdf
 * Link to High School Science Regents Assessment**s

1. Of the questions that students struggled with, what skill(s) did they need to be successful? (Examples – Vocabulary, Negatives, Discriminators, Multiple Step, Chart or Graph, etc.) 2. Based upon your curriculum map, do you cover the key idea and performance indicator for these difficult questions? Place your findings under the appropriate test area title listed below.
 * ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS**

Living Environment Findings

Earth Science Findings 1. The skill(s) the students need to be more successful in (Question 3- making numeric connections with terminology) (Question 22- applying definition to a visual diagram) (Question 30- Understanding and graphing the relationship between two variables) (Question 33- The question is too "wordy" and applying a multi-step. Also, there is a "lack of direction" -students are not told to go to reference table) (Question 43- Students must turn page to answer the question, it is a multi-step problem and students may get thrown off because they must apply the opposite hemisphere ) (Question 48- Students must understand the definition before applying it to the diagram/question)

2. YES!!!! These difficult questions are covered more than once throughout the year.