LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science!
Welcome to Albert's Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) 2025 Grade 8 Science Assessment course!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science prep course, including how it is organized, how to find questions using standards or tags, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
For testing information or details about the exam itself, visit the Louisiana Department of Education.
Subject Organization
Albert's LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science course is organized by content themes and further broken down into topics. Our full LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science subject guide includes three themes that align with the different reporting categories on the exam.
Themes
- Investigate
- Evaluate
- Reason Scientifically
Topic Quizzes
Within each theme, you'll find short, formative topic quizzes. Each topic quiz is designed to be given in a single class period. The quiz questions mimic the rigor and format of the actual exam. For example, here are the topic quizzes within the Evaluate theme:
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-PS3-5: Changing Kinetic Energy
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-ESS2-3: Evidence of Past Plate Motion
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-LS1-4: Factors Involved in Successful Reproduction
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-LS4-1: Changing of Life Forms Over Time
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-LS4-3: Embryology
- Topic Quiz | 8-MS-LS6-6: Natural Selection
Constructed Response and Extended Response Questions
Albert's LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science course also includes three constructed response prompts and three extended response prompts in our LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science course. The questions provide practice examples of the ones found in the actual exam. For example, here are some constructed responses and extended responses you can find throughout the course:
- Constructed Response | 8-MS-LS4-1
- Constructed Response | 8-MS-ESS1-4
- Extended Response | 8-MS-PS3-3
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
Every question is aligned to the standards outlined in the Louisiana Student Standards for Science. Each standard begins with the state abbreviation LA.
You can find questions aligned to learning standards using our standards search tool. In the Standards drop-down at the top of the Assessments tab, you can search for standards by name (for example, LA 8-MS-ESS2-3) or description. When you type in characters that match one of the standards, the drop-down will populate with matching standards. You will also be able to find Science Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts using the Standards drop-down. Science Engineering Practices will start with "LA SEP" and Crosscutting Concepts will start with "LA CCC".
Tags
In addition to standards, each question is assigned one or more tags to help differentiate between the wide variety of questions we offer. These tags are words or phrases that encompass content, question type, and skill. All words are lower-case, and multiple word tags are connected by a hyphen. For example, “literacy” or “application.”
To search for a tag, click the Tags drop-down within the subject and enter the tag or content you're searching for in the search bar.
For more help on finding questions using standards and tags, visit our Help Center.
Question Types
LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science uses a variety of question types to test students’ understanding of content and provide meaningful practice of important skills. These question types include:
- Multiple Choice
- Multiple Select
- Two-Way Tables
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Snippet Select
- Free Entry
- Free Response
Related Content
For additional material, you can combine LEAP 2025 Grade 8 Science with our other core courses, Middle School Earth and Space Science, Middle School Life Science, and Middle School Physical Science. Our core courses are aligned to LA standards, so you can leverage thousands of aligned practice questions across Albert to assess, reteach, and extend student learning.
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