Types of Items and Supplemental Materials
Students taking the EOG grade 8 science assessment will receive a periodic table of the elements to reference. Periodic Table of ElementsAll students will be provided blank paper.
Released items are available on the NCDPI/Released Forms page.
- Released items may be used by school systems to help acquaint students with items.
- The released items may not reflect the breadth of the standards assessed and/or the range of item difficulty found on the EOG assessments.
- These materials must not be used for personal or financial gain.
- The released items are also available to schools through NCTest, the NCDPI’s online assessment platform.
Testing Structure and Test Administration Time
Included in the total item counts are embedded field test items that will not be included in the score but will be used for purposes of developing items for future test forms.
Time Allotted for Science EOG
The NCDPI estimates it will take 180 minutes for nearly all students to complete the EOG science Grade 8 assessments.
The NCDPI requires all students be allowed ample opportunity to complete the assessment.
The maximum amount of time allowed is 240 minutes except for students with documented special needs requiring accommodations, such as Scheduled Extended Time.
Test Cycle and Delivery Mode
The EOG assessments must be administered during the last ten days of the school year.
All student in membership at grade8 (according to PowerSchool) are expected to participate with or without accommodations in the standard administration of the EOG assessments
The EOG grades 8 science assessment will be designed for an online administration.
Online assessments are delivered through NCTest, The NCDPI’s online assessment platform.
Schools must ensure every student participating in an online assessment for the North Carolina Testing Program completes the Online Assessment Tutorial for the associated assessment at least once at the school before test day.
The tutorial provides students the opportunity to practice the mechanics of navigating through the testing platform, to become familiar with the tools, and to respond to the sample items
The EOG and EOC assessments are only provided in English.
Native language translation versions are not available.
Grade 8 Science Number of Operational Items by Clarifying Objective
The following table shows the approximate number of operational items for each clarifying objective. Note that future coverage of objectives could vary within the constraints of the content category weights in Tables 1-3. Some objectives not designated with tested items (i.e., “–”) may be a prerequisite objective, may be tested within the context of another objective or may be included as an embedded field test item.
The EOG assessments must be administered during the last ten days of the school year.
All student in membership at grade8 (according to PowerSchool) are expected to participate with or without accommodations in the standard administration of the EOG assessments
The EOG grades 8 science assessment will be designed for an online administration.
Online assessments are delivered through NCTest, The NCDPI’s online assessment platform.
Schools must ensure every student participating in an online assessment for the North Carolina Testing Program completes the Online Assessment Tutorial for the associated assessment at least once at the school before test day.
The tutorial provides students the opportunity to practice the mechanics of navigating through the testing platform, to become familiar with the tools, and to respond to the sample items
The EOG and EOC assessments are only provided in English.
Native language translation versions are not available.
- Chapter 115C-81 Basic Education Program of the North Carolina General Statutes requires all teachers and principals to conduct classes except foreign language classes in English.
Grade 8 Science Number of Operational Items by Clarifying Objective
The following table shows the approximate number of operational items for each clarifying objective. Note that future coverage of objectives could vary within the constraints of the content category weights in Tables 1-3. Some objectives not designated with tested items (i.e., “–”) may be a prerequisite objective, may be tested within the context of another objective or may be included as an embedded field test item.
What do the SCORES mean?
Achievement Level 1:
Students performing at this level have limited command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and will need academic support to engage successfully in this content area.
Achievement Level 2:
Students performing at this level have partial command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and will likely need academic support to engage successfully in this content area.
Achievement Level 3:
Students performing at this level have a sufficient command of grade-level knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at grade 8, but they may need academic support to engage successfully in this content area in the next grade level. They are prepared for the next grade level but are not yet on track for college-and-career readiness without additional academic support
Achievement Level 4:
Students performing at this level have solid command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and are academically prepared to engage successfully in this content area. Students understand the properties of matter and the changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container. They explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources.
Achievement Level 5:
Students performing at this level have superior command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and are academically well-prepared to engage successfully in this content area.
Achievement Level 1:
Students performing at this level have limited command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and will need academic support to engage successfully in this content area.
- Students identify some properties of matter and recognize changes occur. They identify renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and conservation methods.
- Students have a limited understanding of the hydrosphere and human impact on local water systems. They recognize changes on Earth recorded in fossil records and landforms.
- Students can identify agents of diseases that affect living organisms. Students recognize some types of interactions between organisms within an ecosystem. They can identify limited evidences of the evolution of organisms and landforms and have limited understanding of the processes that affect Earth over time. Students recognize living organisms need food to survive and identify digestion and respiration as body processes.
Achievement Level 2:
Students performing at this level have partial command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and will likely need academic support to engage successfully in this content area.
- Students describe the properties of matter and recognize the changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container. They recognize some environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources.
- Students understand some components of the hydrosphere, human impact on local water systems, and the effects of the hydrosphere on humans. They have some understanding of Earth’s history based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.
- Students recognize some hazards caused by agents of diseases that affect living organisms. They can identify some applications of biotechnology.
- Students recognize some types of interactions between organisms and can identify some biotic and abiotic factors within an ecosystem. They can interpret some evidences of the evolution of organisms and landforms and have some understanding of the processes that affect Earth over time.
- Students recognize that food serves as a source of energy and building materials for living organisms. They recognize that digestion and respiration are necessary for the health of the body.
Achievement Level 3:
Students performing at this level have a sufficient command of grade-level knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at grade 8, but they may need academic support to engage successfully in this content area in the next grade level. They are prepared for the next grade level but are not yet on track for college-and-career readiness without additional academic support
Achievement Level 4:
Students performing at this level have solid command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and are academically prepared to engage successfully in this content area. Students understand the properties of matter and the changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container. They explain the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources.
- Students understand the hydrosphere, human impact on local water systems, and the effects of the hydrosphere on humans. They understand the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.
- Students understand the hazards caused by agents of diseases that affect living organisms. They understand how biotechnology is used to affect living organisms.
- Students understand how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. They understand the evolution of organisms and landforms based on evidence, theories, and processes that affect Earth over time.
- Students understand how food provides energy and molecules required for survival, growth, and repair of organisms (including plants). They can explain the relationship between respiration and digestion as it pertains to the health of the body.
Achievement Level 5:
Students performing at this level have superior command of the knowledge and skills contained in the North Carolina Essential Standards (ES) for Science assessed at their grade level and are academically well-prepared to engage successfully in this content area.
- Students understand the properties of matter and analyze the changes that occur when matter interacts in an open and closed container. They analyze and evaluate the environmental implications associated with the various methods of obtaining, managing, and using energy resources.
- Students understand the hydrosphere and evaluate human impact on local water systems, and analyze the effects of the hydrosphere on humans. They analyze and evaluate the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.
- Students analyze the hazards caused by agents of diseases that affect living organisms. They evaluate how biotechnology is used to affect living organisms.
- Students analyze and evaluate how organisms interact with and respond to the biotic and abiotic components of their environment. They analyze the evolution of organisms and landforms based on evidence, theories, and processes that affect Earth over time.
- Students understand and evaluate how food provides energy and molecules required for survival, growth, and repair of organisms (including plants). They can analyze and explain the relationship between respiration and digestion as it pertains to the health of the body.
We are all working to score 4s and 5s on our EOG (End of Grade) Test this year!
The EOG typically has 75 questions – all multiple choice. We CAN do this!
The EOG typically has 75 questions – all multiple choice. We CAN do this!