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Typo: "answering correctly is"

Conradrichman at 01:16, 21 September 2026

2026-09-21T01:16:10Z

Conradrichman: Spring 2026 grade 8 directory page: released clusters, standards and p-values from the NYSED test map

2026-09-21T01:00:42Z

Spring 2026 grade 8 directory page: released clusters, standards and p-values from the NYSED test map

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{| class="pe-ce-toggle"
|[[Spring 2026 Grade 8 Science Test|Cluster View]]
|[[Spring 2026 Grade 8 Science Test Questions by Difficulty|Table View]]
|}
The spring 2026 grade 8 science test is composed of 52 questions. The 47 released questions (30 multiple choice and 17 constructed response) are organized into ten question clusters below; questions 29–33 were not released. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is from NYSED.

'''<big>[[Questions:Cowbirds|Cowbirds]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Cowbirds#q1|Question 1]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.74
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Cowbirds#q2|Question 2]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.76
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Cowbirds#q3|Question 3]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.49
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Cowbirds#q4|Question 4]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.13
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Cowbirds#q5|Question 5]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.40
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Acoustic Levitation|Acoustic Levitation]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Acoustic Levitation#q1|Question 6]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.41
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Acoustic Levitation#q2|Question 7]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.23
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Acoustic Levitation#q3|Question 8]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-7]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.48
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Acoustic Levitation#q4|Question 9]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.09
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls|The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q1|Question 10]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.46
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q2|Question 11]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.13
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q3|Question 12]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q4|Question 13]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.34
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q5|Question 14]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.35
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Forces and Fields|Forces and Fields]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Forces and Fields#q1|Question 15]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Forces and Fields#q2|Question 16]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.34
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Forces and Fields#q3|Question 17]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.36
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Forces and Fields#q4|Question 18]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.38
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Forces and Fields#q5|Question 19]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.50
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Quaking Aspen|Quaking Aspen]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Quaking Aspen#q1|Question 20]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.33
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Quaking Aspen#q2|Question 21]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Quaking Aspen#q3|Question 22]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS3-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.14
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Quaking Aspen#q4|Question 23]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS1-6]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.22
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Quaking Aspen#q5|Question 24]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ETS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.27
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle|Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle#q1|Question 25]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.23
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle#q2|Question 26]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.44
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle#q3|Question 27]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.44
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Ammonia and the Nitrogen Cycle#q4|Question 28]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.34
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Plate Tectonics|Plate Tectonics]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q1|Question 34]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.36
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q2|Question 35]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.04
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q3|Question 36]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.54
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q4|Question 37]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.39
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Plate Tectonics#q5|Question 38]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS2-1]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.12
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs|Hard-Boiled Eggs]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs#q1|Question 39]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.42
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs#q2|Question 40]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.40
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs#q3|Question 41]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.46
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs#q4|Question 42]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS1-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.34
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Hard-Boiled Eggs#q5|Question 43]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS3-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.24
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes|Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes#q1|Question 44]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.54
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes#q2|Question 45]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.29
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes#q3|Question 46]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS4-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.57
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes#q4|Question 47]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.56
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Giraffe Adaptations and Population Changes#q5|Question 48]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-LS2-5]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.20
|}

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'''<big>[[Questions:Scale Properties in Our Solar System|Scale Properties in Our Solar System]]</big>'''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Question
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | Standard
! style="padding: 0.5em 1.5em;" | % correct
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Scale Properties in Our Solar System#q1|Question 49]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS1-2]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Scale Properties in Our Solar System#q2|Question 50]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-PS2-4]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.37
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Scale Properties in Our Solar System#q3|Question 51]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.38
|-
| style="background-color:white;" | [[Questions:Scale Properties in Our Solar System#q4|Question 52]] || style="background-color:white;" | [[MS-ESS1-3]] || style="background-color:white;" | 0.62
|}

<metadesc>View the questions, answer key, performance expectation, and measured difficulty of each question from the NYS spring 2026 grade 8 science test.</metadesc>

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 |[[Spring 2026 Grade 8 Science Test Questions by Difficulty|Table View]]
 |}
-The spring 2026 grade 8 science test is composed of 52 questions. The 47 released questions (30 multiple choice and 17 constructed response) are organized into ten question clusters below; questions 29–33 were not released. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly [https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/science/2026/2026-released-items-science-g8.pdf from NYSED].
+The spring 2026 grade 8 science test is composed of 52 questions. The 47 released questions (30 multiple choice and 17 constructed response) are organized into ten question clusters below; questions 29–33 were not released. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is [https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/science/2026/2026-released-items-science-g8.pdf from NYSED].
 '''<span id="c1"></span><big>[[Questions:Cowbirds|Cowbirds]]</big>'''

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 |[[Spring 2026 Grade 8 Science Test Questions by Difficulty|Table View]]
 |}
-The spring 2026 grade 8 science test is composed of 52 questions. The 47 released questions (30 multiple choice and 17 constructed response) are organized into ten question clusters below; questions 29–33 were not released. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly is from NYSED.
+The spring 2026 grade 8 science test is composed of 52 questions. The 47 released questions (30 multiple choice and 17 constructed response) are organized into ten question clusters below; questions 29–33 were not released. Data on the percentage of students answering correctly [https://www.nysedregents.org/ei/science/2026/2026-released-items-science-g8.pdf from NYSED].
 '''<span id="c1"></span><big>[[Questions:Cowbirds|Cowbirds]]</big>'''

Spring 2026 Grade 8 Science Test - Revision history

Conradrichman: Typo: "answering correctly is"

Conradrichman at 01:16, 21 September 2026

Conradrichman: Spring 2026 grade 8 directory page: released clusters, standards and p-values from the NYSED test map