4th Grade Science Diagnostic Assessment & Review System

Start the year with a clear picture of what students know using this comprehensive 4th Grade Beginning-of-Year Science Assessment and Targeted Review System! Designed to assess readiness across Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Scientific Practices, this resource helps teachers identify strengths, pinpoint skill gaps, create targeted groups, and move directly into focused review and reteaching.

The resource includes a 46-question mixed-format science diagnostic worth 116 points, multiple-choice and short-answer questions, matching and labeling activities, diagrams, food webs, data tables, graphs, scientific scenarios, vocabulary-in-context questions, CER tasks, a quick-reference key, skill-by-skill scoring tools, strand analysis, performance bands, individual student profiles, a whole-class data tracker, suggested instructional groups, 13 targeted follow-up practice pages, complete explained answer keys, sample CER responses, and a CER scoring rubric.

Students review essential concepts including plant and animal structures, ecosystems, food webs, energy flow, adaptations, the water cycle, weather and climate, rocks and the rock cycle, weathering, erosion, Earth changes, forms of energy, forces and motion, states of matter, particle models, conductors and insulators, mixtures, fair tests, variables, measurement, graph interpretation, and evidence-based conclusions.

The 13 targeted follow-up pages cover Structures & Function, Food Webs, Ecosystems & Energy, Adaptations, Water Cycle, Weather & Climate, Rocks & the Rock Cycle, Earth Changes, Energy & Its Forms, Forces & Motion, Properties of Matter, Scientific Investigation, and Science Data & Graphs. Each page includes a short “Remember” reteaching box, fresh practice, and an “Apply It” challenge.

The built-in Assess → Analyze → Group → Review → Reteach system makes it easy to turn results into action. Teachers can analyze performance by strand and skill, identify shared needs, form flexible instructional groups, and assign only the practice pages students need.

Perfect for 4th grade science diagnostics, beginning-of-year assessment, back-to-school science review, pre-assessment, formative assessment, small-group planning, intervention, CER practice, data-driven instruction, and targeted reteaching.

Start the year knowing what students understand—and exactly what they need next—with one coordinated Grade 4 science assessment and review system!