National Assessment for Scientific Temperament & Aptitude (NASTA) includes a range of specific subjects at grades 5th to 10th to provide a comprehensive look at the wide array of academic areas that are a part of a student's education.
NASTA is administered offline/online to students during regular school hours. Each student is assessed on the different attributes of NASTA. Students spend between 90 and 120 minutes taking the assessment. Student responses on NASTA are private, and the privacy of each participating school and student is essential. KAMP Planning & Monitoring Committee sets the NASTA policy, determines the assessment schedule, and what content should be measured. NASTA will be administered in English, Hindi, or other regional languages. All students/schools of CBSE, ICSE/ISC, Other State Boards, and other institutions can participate in NASTA.
NASTA indicators involve means and methods to reach scientific information and thus allows the student to think scientifically. The science process occurs naturally, spontaneously in our minds. By logically breaking down the steps in our thinking, we use the scientific process to find out how to answer our questions about how the world works. National Assessment for Scientific Temperament & Aptitude includes the following attributes:
1. Knowing: Knowing refers to students’ knowledge base of facts, information, concepts, and tools.
Recognition: Identification of someone or something or concept from previous encounters or knowledge
Observation: Observation is the active acquisition of information from a primary source.
Classification: Classification is a process related to categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated and understood.2. Applying: Use and apply their understanding of concepts and principles to find a solution or develop an explanation.
Problem Solving: The process of finding solutions to difficult or complex issues.
Precision: The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.
Prediction: Predicting is a process of forecasting events based on observations and previous experiences or certain pattern of reliable data.3. Reasoning: Analyze a problem to determine what underlying principles are involved;
Critical Thinking: The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement. 
Interpretation: The ability to read, make meaning and draw valued statements from obtained data| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | Science | 20 | 20 |
| Mathematics | 20 | 20 | |
| IT/Computers | 10 | 10 | |
| EVS/Humanities | 15 | 15 | |
| Aptitude/Reasoning | 15 | 15 | |
| Grand Total | 80 | 80 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | Aptitude & Career Advisory Test | 80 | 80 |
| CLASS | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th to 8th (90 minutes) |
Science | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 | |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| CLASS | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th to 10th (90 minutes) |
Science | 40 | 40 |
| Mathematics | 40 | 40 | |
| Grand Total | 80 | 80 |
| CLASS | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th to 10th (90 minutes) |
IT/Computers | 20 | 20 |
| EVS/Humanities | 20 | 20 | |
| Aptitude/Reasoning | 20 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| CLASS | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11th to 12th (90 minutes) |
Aptitude & Career Advisory Test | 80 | 80 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | Science | 60 | 60 |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | EVS/Humanities | 60 | 60 |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | Mathematics | 60 | 60 |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 minutes | IT/Computers | 40 | 40 |
| Aptitude/Reasoning | 20 | 20 | |
| Grand Total | 60 | 60 |
| DURATION | SECTION | NO. OF QUESTIONS | TOTAL MARKS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120 minutes | Aptitude & Career Advisory Test | 120 | 120 |
| Grand Total | 120 | 120 |
The National Assessment for Scientific temperament and Aptitude (NASTA) framework describes what skills and knowledge should be assessed in each subject area. The framework is developed by Academic Sub-Committee of KAMP Planning and Monitoring committee (KPMC) and individual assessment questions are developed, reviewed, and refined by educators, and experts. Survey questionnaires are also developed and administered as part of NASTA to contextualize the assessment results with student educational experiences.
The Academic-Sub Committee of KPMC is responsible for developing both the framework and test specifications that serve as the blueprint for the assessment. For each framework, the Academic-Sub Committee works with a committee of subject matter experts, practitioners, and members of the general public—including researchers, educators, business leaders, and policymakers—to develop a rich and rigorous set of standards that define what students should know and be able to do in a particular subject. In order to measure trends in student performance, NASTA frameworks are designed to remain stable for as long as possible.
At the same time, the framework is responsive to changes in national and international standards and curricula. Without advocating any particular approach to instruction, NASTA frameworks provide a starting point for constructive conversations about high-quality educational standards and assessments.
KAMP Planning and Monitoring Committee formed by CSIR-NISTADS approves all final frameworks and test specifications.
