GRADE 5 SCIENCE EOG Testing Specifications

Revised February 2017

Here is the link to the .PDF where this information originated.

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/technotes/scispcs17.pdf

Table 1: Weight Distributions for Grade 5 Science

UNIFYING CONCEPT GRADE 5 SCIENCE
Forces & Motion 13-15%
Matter: Properties and Change 12-14%
Energy: Conservation & Change 11-13%
Earth Systems, Structures, and Processes 15-17%
Structures and Functions of Living Organisms 14-16%
Ecosystems 14-16%
Evolution and Genetics 13-15%
Total 100%

NOTE: Members of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)/Test Development Section
invited North Carolina educators to collaborate and develop recommendations for a prioritization of the
standards indicating the relative importance of each standard, the anticipated instructional time, and the
appropriateness of the standard for different item formats. Subsequently, curriculum and test development
staff from the NCDPI met to review the results from the teacher panels and to develop weight distributions
across the domains for each grade level.

Table 2: Number of Items by Clarifying Objective – Grade 5

UNIFYING Grade 5 Science Number of Items
Grade 5 Science Objective Description
CONCEPT: Objective per Objective*
Gravity, friction, change in mass effect on
5.P.1.1 3-4
motion
Infer motion in terms of time, distance, and
5.P.1.2 3-4
Forces & Motion direction
Illustrate motion using a graph (position over
5.P.1.3 0-1
time)
5.P.1.4 Predict force or change in mass on motion 0-1
5.P.2.1 Water cycle 4-7
Matter: Properties 5.P.2.2 Total weight = sum of weight of parts 0-1
& Change Properties of matter before and after an
5.P.2.3 2-3
interaction
Energy: 5.P.3.1 Heat transfer 1-4
Conservation & Effect of heating and cooling on materials and
5.P.3.2 2-5
Transfer how this relates to its purpose
5.E.1.1 Compare changes in weather 2
Earth Systems,
5.E.1.2 Predict weather based upon observations 3-5
Structures, and
Explain global patterns – jet streams, water
Processes 5.E.1.3 4-6
currents affect weather
Structures and 5.L.1.1 Single-celled & Multi-celled organisms 4-5
Functions of Living Human body systems
5.L.1.2 5-6
Organisms
 5.L.2.1 Characteristics of ecosystems 1-2
Classify organisms –producers, consumers,
5.L.2.2 3-4
Ecosystems decomposers
Interconnected relationships of organisms in
5.L.2.3 5-6
an ecosystem
Parents and their offspring have similarities
5.L.3.1 2-4
Evolution & and differences
Genetics Examples of likenesses that are inherited and
5.L.3.2 4-5
not inherited