On Colorado's CMAS Science test, Grade 11 Science is reported on a scale from 650 to 850 (2023 to 2026), and each score falls into one of 4 performance levels. Reaching Met, at 750 or above, is the state's proficiency line.
The score ranges changed during these years, so each period has its own table below, newest first.
From 2023, Grade 11 Science has a new score scale (650 to 850), so a score from before 2023 is not directly comparable to one from 2023 on. Percentiles are, because each year is compared with its own students.
| Level | Score range | What it means | Statewide 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Partially Met | 650–724 | The lowest level, well below the state standard | 38% |
| Approached | 725–749 | Approaching the state standard | 37% |
| Met | 750–786 | Meeting the state standard (the proficiency line) | 24% |
| Exceeded | 787–850 | The highest level, above the state standard | 1% |
| Level | Score range | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Partially Met | 300–542 | The lowest level, well below the state standard |
| Approached | 543–672 | Approaching the state standard |
| Met | 673–773 | Meeting the state standard (the proficiency line) |
| Exceeded | 774–900 | The highest level, above the state standard |
Statewide in 2026, about 25% of the students counted for Grade 11 Science reached Met or Exceeded. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).
Grade 9 is the PSAT 8/9, grade 10 the PSAT 10 and grade 11 the SAT: the tests Colorado gives public school students in those grades at school each spring. Each school's numbers count its students in that grade who got a valid score, about 83 to 87 of every 100 students in the grade since 2022 and 73 to 80 in 2021. From 2024 the tests are digital and the reading section is called Reading and Writing (before 2024, Evidence-Based Reading and Writing). Science is the CMAS Science test in grade 11, which about half of grade 11 students took from 2023 (about 6 in 10 in 2018 and 2019).
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.
A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students who took the same test. Our free tool turns a Grade 11 Science score into an estimated percentile versus the school, district and the whole state, so you can see where a score stands, not just its level.
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