Ohio Graduation Test: Science

Students want to know what types of items are used on the Ohio Graduation Test for science. There are three types of items that are used on the Ohio Graduation Test which are: multiple-choice, short-answer and extended-response.

The multiple-choice items present students with questions or incomplete statements. Student responses to the multiple-choice items receive a score of 0 or 1. There are 32 multiple-choice items that are on the science test. The short-answer and extended-response items address aspects of the science academic standards that are better assessed with constructed response tasks different than multiple choice questions. They require students to generate, and not recognize, a response. These items emphasize thinking skills and allow for different strategies in devising responses. Constructed response items may also ask students to present comparisons, predictions, explanations, conclusions, inferences or descriptions pertaining to events, concepts or ideas. There are four short-answer items on the science test portion of the Ohio Graduation Test.

The extended response items offer students opportunities to demonstrate understanding pf Science in depth. Such as, given the description of an ecosystem, students could be asked to discuss the impact of a large-scale environmental change. Student responses to extended-response items receive a 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4. There are two extended response items on the science test portion of the Ohio Graduation Test. To help students prepare many are using prep tools. To choose the prep tool right for you school district fill out the form on this page and you will receive seven tips to choosing the prep tool right for your school district.