Provincial Examinations

Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications

Science 10

2011/12 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2011 through August 2012.


Changes and Revisions

  • Beginning School Year 2011/12, the Provincial Science 10 examination no longer examines specific content from the Energy Transfer in Natural Systems Organizer.

  • The Vocabulary List has some revisions as of June 2011.

Specifications

  • Beginning in January 2005, the Science 10 Provincial Examination became a mandated part of a student's graduation requirements. The provincial examination represents 20% of the student's final letter grade and the classroom mark represents 80%.

    The Table of Specifications (PDF, 54KB) shows teachers and students how the Science 10 curriculum will be tested on provincial examinations. The Table of Specifications provides percentage weightings for each of the curriculum organizers and the relative weighting of each cognitive level.

    It is expected that there will be a difference between school marks and provincial examination marks for individual students. Some students perform better on classroom tests and others on provincial examinations. School assessment measures performance on all curricular outcomes, whereas provincial examinations may only evaluate performance on a sample of these outcomes.

  • Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.

  • Curriculum Connections (PDF, 491KB)
  • A Vocabulary List (PDF, 46KB) provides some common science terms which may be used in context in the wording of questions on the Provincial Science 10 examinations.

Samples

  • Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.

    The Sample and Released exams for Science 10 have been updated to correspond with the new Table of Specifications for 2011/12.

Item Level Analysis

  • Edudata provides Item-Level Response Reports at the provincial, district, and school level, that can assist educators in interpreting and understanding the common errors students made on their exams.