Elementary Education Fundamentals: Science (8005)
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Test Length
90 Minutes
Number of Questions
74
Format
The test consists of a variety of selected-response questions.
Test Delivery
Computer Delivered
An on-screen scientific calculator is provided. Approximately 10-15% percent of questions integrate science content knowledge with one or more Science and Engineering Practices. Approximately 10-15% of questions also call for application of science content and processes within a teaching scenario or an instructional task.
The Elementary Education Fundamentals tests are designed to assess whether the entry-level elementary teacher has the content knowledge that is important, necessary, and needed at time of entry to the profession to teach reading, mathematics, social studies, and science at the elementary level.
Each state may require one or more of the subject tests to support a generalist elementary school license.
The Elementary Education Fundamentals: Science test measures the knowledge and skills in science necessary for a beginning teacher of children in primary through upper elementary school grades. The 74 selected-response questions are based on material commonly covered in a bachelor’s degree program in elementary education.
The test content is grounded in the National Science Education Standards (NSES), the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) standards, which include the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and the CAEP K-6 Teacher Preparation Standards.
Test takers can expect ten to fifteen percent of the questions on the test to integrate science content knowledge with one or more of the Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs). Test takers will also find that approximately ten to fifteen percent of questions call for application of science content and processes within a teaching scenario or an instructional task. Such questions—designed to measure applications of science knowledge to the kinds of decisions and evaluations a teacher must make during work with students, curriculum, and instruction—situate science content questions in tasks critical for teaching.
This test may contain some questions that will not count toward your score.
