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Directions to the Teachers
Follow the procedures below for scoring student answer papers for the Regents Examination
in Living Environment. Additional information about scoring is provided in the publication
Information Booklet for Administering and Scoring Regents Examinations in Living
Environment and Physical Setting/Earth Science.
Use only red ink or red pencil in rating Regents papers. Do not attempt to correct the student’s
work by making insertions or changes of any kind. Allow 1 credit for each correct response for
multiple-choice questions in Part A and Part B.
On the detachable answer sheet for Part A, indicate by means of a checkmark each incorrect
or omitted answer to multiple-choice questions. In the box provided in the upper right corner
of the answer sheet, record the number of questions the student answered correctly for
that part.
At least two science teachers must participate in the scoring of the Part B and Part C
open-ended questions on a student’s paper. Each of these teachers should be responsible for
scoring a selected number of the open-ended questions on each answer paper. No one teacher
is to score all the open-ended questions on a student’s answer paper.
Students’ responses must be scored strictly according to the Scoring Key and Rating Guide.
For open-ended questions, credit may be allowed for responses other than those given in
the rating guide if the response is a scientifically accurate answer to the question and
demonstrates adequate knowledge as indicated by the examples in the rating guide. In the
student’s examination booklet, record the number of credits earned for each answer in the box
printed to the right of the answer lines or spaces for that question.
Fractional credit is not allowed. Only whole-number credit may be given to a response.
If the student gives more than one answer to a question, only the first answer should be rated.
Units need not be given when the wording of the questions allows such omissions.
Raters should enter the scores earned for Part A Part B, and Part C on the appropriate
lines in the box printed on the answer sheet and should add these 3 scores and enter the total in
the box labeled “Total Raw Score.” Then the student’s raw score should be converted to a
scaled score by using the conversion chart printed at the end of this Scoring Key and Rating
Guide. The student’s scaled score should be entered in the labeled box on the student’s answer
booklet. The scaled score is the student’s final examination score.
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