Curriculum:  All student expectations are required to be taught in their entirety for a grade level or course. The Assessed Curriculum document outlines the student expectations that are eligible to be assessed on the elementary grade–band science state summative assessment administered in grade 5.

Question types: Drag and drop, hot spot, inline choice, match table grid, multipart, multiple choice, multiselect, short constructed response (SCR), and cluster question sets. Cluster question sets are composed of a stimulus (scenario with a graphic and/or data display) and 3–5 questions. Each question in the cluster counts as a separate question in the blueprint and is scored independently from other questions in the cluster.