NYS Science Questions by Performance Level

From NY Science Standards Wiki

Released NYS science exam questions, sorted by performance level under each learning standard. Click a course or grade to open its PLD page:

HS Biology

257 questions
Level 1
81
32%
Level 2
98
38%
Level 3
57
22%
Level 4
21
8%
Level 5
0
0%

HS Chemistry

113 questions
Level 1
31
27%
Level 2
43
38%
Level 3
32
28%
Level 4
7
6%
Level 5
0
0%

HS Physics

65 questions
Level 1
21
32%
Level 2
17
26%
Level 3
19
29%
Level 4
8
12%
Level 5
0
0%

HS Earth & Space Sciences

280 questions
Level 1
93
33%
Level 2
111
40%
Level 3
59
21%
Level 4
17
6%
Level 5
0
0%

Grade 8 Science

161 questions
Level 1
66
41%
Level 2
74
46%
Level 3
21
13%
Level 4
0
0%

Grade 5 Science

95 questions
Level 1
41
43%
Level 2
41
43%
Level 3
11
12%
Level 4
2
2%

What are PLDs?

Performance Level Descriptions (PLDs) are NYSED's descriptions of what a student at each score level (1–5 on Regents exams, 1–4 on the Grade 5 and Grade 8 tests) can typically do for each learning standard. These pages put real exam questions next to each description, so you can see what a Level 3 question looks like versus a Level 5 on the same standard.