End of Course Biology Test
 
 
microscopeEffective with the 2007-2008 school year, the HSPA Science test was replaced by an End of Course Biology Test.  Criteria for determining who must participate in the End of Course Biology Test are as follows:
 
All New Jersey public high school students, regardless of grade level, who are enrolled in a biology course any time during the 2007-2008 school year must take the End of Course Biology Test. The following course titles are included as exemplars:
  • Resource Center Biology
  • ESL Biology
  • General Biology
  • Life Science
  • Foundations in Biology
  • College Prep Biology
  • Honors Biology
  • Accelerated Biology
  • Advanced Placement Biology (see below)
  • Integrated Science (see below)
 
The additional criteria for participation in the End of Course Biology Test must be followed:
  • Students taking AP Biology, without having completed a Biology prerequisite must take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.
  • Students taking AP Biology, after completing a Biology prerequisite, must not take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.
  • Students taking Integrated Science as an alternative to the biology offerings listed above must take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.
  • Students taking Integrated Science as a prerequisite course for a Biology elective must not take the May 2008 End of Course Biology Test.  These students will take the End of Course Biology Test during the school year that they are enrolled in the Biology elective.
  • Adult high school students and returning students are not permitted to take the End of Course Biology Test.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Last Modified on May 7, 2013