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Content Standards are constant across grade levels; however the scope of what is taught and assessed varies at grade levels.
Standards are general statements that identify what information students should know/understand or what skills/processes they should be able to do as a result of their educational experience.
Interval Benchmarks describe what students should know and be able to do at developmental levels to attain the standards.
To view specific Interval Benchmarks, use the yellow bar to the right.
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Interval Benchmark Assessments
In addition, this site identifies the Life Sciences Interval Benchmarks assessed in current standardized tests.
ITBS - Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
ITED - Iowa Tests of Educational Development
NAEP-Science - National Assessment of Educational Progress
NS:Science - New Standards Reference Examinations:Science
TIMSS - Third International Mathematics and Science Study
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Standard 1
Knows about the diversity and unity that characterize life
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Standard 2
Understands the genetic basis for the transfer of biological characteristics from one generation to the next
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Standard 3
Knows the general structure and functions of cells in organisms
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Standard 4
Understands how species depend on one another and on the environment for survival
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Standard 5
Understands the cycling of matter and flow of energy through the living environment
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Standard 6
Understands the basic concepts of the evolution of the species
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