The current Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science (NVACSS) were approved in 2014. Spring 2017 was the first administration of the Nevada Science Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRT) in grades 5 and 8, and the Nevada High School Science assessment aligned to the new academic content standards.

Nevada Department of Education - Science Assessments (Link to NDE)

Nevada Academic Content Standards for Science (Link to NDE)

Content Standards Assessed

• Grade 5--grade level standards
• Grade 8--middle grades standards, 6-8
• High School--Life Science (pdf)