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Primary Purposes:To assess students’ mastery of state content standards in scienceTo report individual and group performanceTo report relative strengths and weaknesses of individuals and groupsTo provide data to study changes in performance over timeContent:Grade 5—Alabama state content standardsSix standards in physical scienceThree standards in life scienceTwo standards in earth and space scienceGrade 7—Alabama state content standardsEleven standards in life scienceAdditional Information:The ASA is a criterion-referenced test.The ASA consists of 66 multiple-choice questions.The ASA is aligned to the Alabama state content standards in science.Performance is reported in the following achievement levels:Level I—Does not meet academic content standardsLevel II—Partially meets academic content standardsLevel III—Meets academic content standards (proficient or grade-level performance)Level IV—Exceeds academic content standardsSource: Overview of Alabama Student Assessment Program, Alabama Dept of Education
African American: 425 (85%) American Indian: 2 (0.4%) Asian: 3 (0.6%) Hispanic: 39 (7.8%) Pacific Islander: 0 (0%) Two or more races: 7 (1.4%) White: 24 (4.8%) Not Specified:0 (0%)
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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics
