Assessment Item Codes

The following assessment item codes must be set up at the district. Assessment item codes are used to describe the subject of a test included in an assessment fact or assessment response record.

Subject/Item Description	Definition
Mathematics 03	Districts must report Mathematics and Reading performance at grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Benchmarked grades are specified in the State of the Schools Report collection within the Consolidated Data Collection (CDC) on the NDE Portal: http://www.education.ne.gov/nssrs/Resources.html.
Mathematics 04	See Mathematics 03
Mathematics 05	See Mathematics 03
Mathematics 06	See Mathematics 03
Mathematics 07	See Mathematics 03
Mathematics 08	See Mathematics 03
Mathematics 09	Districts must report Mathematics and Reading performance at one grade in high school. Benchmarked grades are specified in the State of the Schools Report collection within the Consolidated Data Collection (CDC) on the NDE Portal: http://www.education.ne.gov/nssrs/Resources.html.
Mathematics 10	See Mathematics 09
Mathematics 11	See Mathematics 09
Mathematics 12	See Mathematics 09
Science 04	Districts must report Science performance at grades 4 or 5, 8, and 11. The selection of grade 4 or grade 5 is specified in the State of the Schools Report collection within the Consolidated Data Collection (CDC) on the NDE Portal: http://www.education.ne.gov/nssrs/Resources.html.
Science 05	See Science 04
Science 08	See Science 04
Science 11	See Science 04
Science 03	Some districts with local science standards will report Science performance at grades other than 4 or 5, 8, and 11. The selection of grades is specified in the State of the Schools Report collection within the Consolidated Data Collection (CDC) on the NDE Portal: http://www.education.ne.gov/nssrs/Resources.html. Note: District must report the same grade levels for both STARS and STARS Alternate.
Science 06	See Science 03
Science 07	See Science 03
Science 09	See Science 03
Science 10	See Science 03
Science 12	See Science 03