Provincial assessment · New Brunswick
Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment
- Grade 8
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- Total time
- 1 h
- Marked questions
- 30
- Calculator
- Approved models
- Format
- On a computer
NB Grade 8 Science Assessment practice test
The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.
The exam in the app
Its parts, and what you can use in each
A question, timed, with the exam’s tools
The marked result, part by part
A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.
Free with a MapleMind account
When
Spring assessment window
- May 10 to May 14, 2027School day · Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment (the school sets the day)
The dates are New Brunswick’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (gnb.ca)
What’s on it
3 topics. Sensemaking counts most, at 44%.
Nature of Science
- Investigation40%
- Sensemaking44%
Learning and Living Sustainably
- Responsible and Sustainable Application16%
The skills it tests · 20 skills
- Careers in space science
- Cost-benefit of space exploration
- Describing motion
- Force, area, and pressure
- History of space exploration
- Human survival in space
- Hypothesis, theory, and law
- Kinds of forces
- Living and working in space
- Newton's three laws
- Remote sensing and satellites
- Science and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Space hazards
- Space robotics: the Canadarm
- Space technology and climate change
- Space technology in everyday life
- Space traffic and space junk
- Space travel and rockets
- The law of gravity
- The solar system
How it’s built
- Scientific literacy
- Time
- 60 min
- Questions
- 30
- Marks
- 30
- Of the marks
- 100%
- Multiple choice
- Questions in sets
Questions set in the Grade 8 space science unit, on planning investigations, making sense of data and using science responsibly: multiple choice, drop-down, drag-and-drop, written answers and labelling diagrams.
How it’s marked
- Below Appropriate Achievement
- Appropriate Achievement
- Strong Achievement
A computer marks your answers. There's no pass mark: you get an achievement level, and Appropriate Achievement or above counts as successful.
On the day
One online sitting, followed by a short survey. You may use text-to-speech in English or French and a basic online calculator. Everyone may take up to double the time: 60 minutes plus another 60.
Getting ready
5 official documents to practise with, and 3 tips.
Official practice
- Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment Blueprintgnb.ca
- Information for Parents and Guardians: Grade 8 Provincial Assessmentgnb.ca
- G8 Scientific Literacy Assessment Practice (online)nbed.vretta.com
- Provincial Assessment Results 2025‑26: Grades 4, 6 and 8 Scientific Literacygnb.ca
- Science: NB Curriculum Framework (skill strands and grade contexts)curriculum.nbed.ca
Tips from the people who write it
- Try the online practice first: it shows every kind of question, including drag-and-drop and graphing.
- Read each question carefully: some want one answer, some all the right answers, and some clicking or dragging.
- The test measures science skills, such as planning investigations, reading data and drawing conclusions.
After the exam
- Results
Results are published by school, district and province, with summary results in the fall of 2027.
- If you miss it
Barring exceptional circumstances, every student takes part. A student can be exempted when their Personalized Learning Plan says so, in the first stages of learning English, or after a serious illness, a bereavement or another event no one could plan for. Parents are always part of the decision.
From Assessments and evaluations (Anglophone sector), with the information for parents for each grade (gnb.ca) and Provincial Assessment Program: Protocols for Accommodations and Exemptions (gnb.ca), read on October 27, 2026.
More for you
Students
Start with the topics worth the most marks, then write full practice exams under the real time limit.
Practise itParents
Put the dates on the family calendar. The Parent Dashboard shows each practice exam’s result and the skills that need another look.
See the Parent DashboardEducators
The topic weights and the official practice above make a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.
For schools
Questions about this exam
When is the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment in 2026–27?
The next sitting is May 10 to May 14, 2027.
How long is the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment?
It takes 1 hour in all, over 1 part.
How many questions are on the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment?
It has 30 marked questions.
Can you use a calculator on the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment?
Yes, a calculator from the approved list.
How are Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment results reported?
At 3 levels: Below Appropriate Achievement, Appropriate Achievement and Strong Achievement.
Where can I find practice tests for the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment?
New Brunswick publishes G8 Scientific Literacy Assessment Practice (online). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.
Practise for the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment
Every skill on the Grade 8 Scientific Literacy Assessment, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.
