Provincial Examinations
Grade 10 Provincial Examination Specifications
Science 10
2016/17 Exam Specifications - Effective September 2016 through August 2017.
Changes and Revisions
- There are no changes to the exam specifications this year.
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) 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.
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Cognitive Levels provide a description of what each cognitive level means.
- Curriculum Connections (PDF)
- A Vocabulary List (PDF) provides some common science terms which may be used in context in the wording of questions on the Provincial Science 10 examinations.
- Data Pages (PDF, 2.39MB)
Samples
- Sample and Released Examinations show the format of an examination and the balance of questions across the curriculum organizers.
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.
