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I was surprised there were so many questions on the states of matter that need more work. We spend a lot of time on the states of matter, however, it's at the beginning of the year.

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I was surprised there were so many questions on the states of matter that need more work. We spend a lot of time on the states of matter, however, it's at the beginning of the year.

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There were a ton of matter questions on the 5th grade test so we need to make sure we are covering matter in depth.

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It helped to see the type of questions students had trouble anwering.

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Students have problems with long questions, graphs and math problems.

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I was surprised by just how much trouble the students had with the pictures

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Students seemed to begin the test strong, lull in the middle, and finish a little stronger.

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surprised to see what we call elementary balance scales instead of Triple beam balance scales.  Must go back and get out the old scales.

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I was surprised by how much more difficult a question got because there was a graph included.

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I was surprised at how low the graph/diagram questions were.

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I found it interesting that 8th grade students cannot use a calculator on their Science STAAR test.

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I found it interesting that the students struggle with questions with pictures in general

how short the biochemistry unit is

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I was surprised with how much more difficult the questions became for students once graphs and diagrams were introduced.

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the importance of teaching kids to annotate their questions and work on testing strategies

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8th grade math uses calculators throughout the year which means
we need to practice more decimals, fractions, etc. without the use of calculators

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I found it interesting that our students only have surface understanding across all grade levels.

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Chemistry & Physics
Looking at the Science exams today it surprised me that district wide we seem to struggle with graphing concepts.

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I found it interesting that in all grade levels that the graphing questions we at the bottom in each grade