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This Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 9 ELA/Literacy) assessment also includes:
Ready your pupils for Common Core testing by providing them with practice. For this assessment, learners read and respond to a variety of different passages in both multiple-choice and essay format. An online version is also included.
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Concepts
test preparation, Standardized Tests, Study Skills, reading strategies, textual evidence, explanatory writing, Narrative Writing, comparative essays, reading comprehension, reading nonfiction, compare and contrast texts, compare and contrast essays, textual analysis, informational texts, word meanings
Instructional Ideas
- Reserve some time in the computer lab to go over the online version and testing environment
- Set aside time to go through test-taking strategies and to discuss the results of the practice test
Classroom Considerations
- Some questions take on a different format in the online version; for example, pupils may have to drag and drop passages into a chart rather than choosing from a multiple choice list
- Depending on your printing capabilities, it may prove tricky to print the large-print version of the test
- When students take the online version, they will see a scoresheet for the easily-graded questions, which they can then share with you (these show point values, but not answers)
Pros
- Both the online and paper versions have answer keys, available in the materials for this resource
- Answer keys include standards to help you analyze your pupils' understanding of the Common Core
- A rubric for the essay portion is also provided
Cons
- None