This research was to develop a diagnostic test for the scientific literacy characteristic of primary students. The sample group was 30 grade 6 students in the first semester of 2012. The tool was the diagnostic test for scientific literacy characteristics developed from an application of science assessments in PISA, and consisting of 3 factors; knowledge, context and attitude. The diagnosis test coonsisted of multiple choice, data analysis by difficulty, discrimination, reliability and construct validity by confirmatory factor analysis. The result of the research revealed that the diagnostic test was able to assess scientific literacy well, the model was according to the empirical data. It has been identified that the sample group had a misconception of scientific literacy characteristics in terms of knowledge and context.
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