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Monday, April 2, 2012

MCAS Practice Test

MCAS Practice Reading ELA, and Math Test Online for Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10
The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, commonly shortened to MCAS is the Commonwealth's statewide standards-based assessment program developed in 1993, in response to the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of the same year. State and federal law mandates that all students who are enrolled in the tested grades and who are educated with Massachusetts public funds participate in MCAS testing.

MCAS has three primary purposes:

To inform and improve curriculum and instruction.
To evaluate student, school, and district performance according to Massachusetts Curriculum Framework content standards and Performance Standards.
To determine student eligibility for the Competency Determination requirement in order to award high school diplomas.

Grade / Class Reading Comprehension Worksheets 2013
Grade 3 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 4 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension.
Grade 5 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 6 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 7 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 8 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade / Class Reading Comprehension Worksheets 2012

Grade 3 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 4 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension.
Grade 5 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 6 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 7 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade 8 English Language Arts Reading Comprehension
Grade / Class Reading Comprehension Worksheets 2011

MCAS Test Prep Games

Testing Vocabulary 3rd , 4th , 5th and 6th Grade

High Frequency Standardized Testing Vocabulary
This is a list of No Excuses Testing Vocabulary for the 3rd , 4th , 5th and 6th Grade. The Testing Vocabulary is the Tier 2 Academic Vocabulary for Reading and ELA Testing, it does not contain the Tier 3 Testing Vocabulary. You will also need to study the Tier 3 Academic Testing Vocabulary for thorough test prep. Students with developing reading skills or second language learners may need extra instruction to gain the full meaning of these words.

TIER 2 ACADEMIC VOCABULARY GLOSSARY
More High Incidence Testing Vocabulary
Tier 3 Academic Vocabulary Words

passage/s, mostly, mainly, different, based, order, paragraph, routine, events, speaker/s, most likely, lesson, suggest, comparison, describe/s, purpose, selection, according, event/s, section, statement/s, main idea, compares, contrast, selection, greatest, description, suggest, considered, organized, reason, provided, preventing, represent, important details, decides, theme, presented, phrases, turning point, examples, predict/ed, cause, effect, differ, article, summary, diagram, instructions, directions, probably, detail, supports, term, organizes, definition, probably, closely

High Frequency Standardized Testing Math Vocabulary

correctly, nearest, seems, diagram, combination, labeled, different, describes, relationship, common, represent/s, figure, model, combined, characteristic, according, examples, receive, statement, symbol, compare/s, patterns, section, arranged, display, input, output, value, expression, assigned, decreasing, results, designed, produced, constant, previous

passage/s

A portion or section of a written work; a paragraph, verse, etc.

There was a very funny passage in the student's response.

mostly

Almost; for the most part; nearly

My homework is mostly done.

mainly

For the most part; chiefly; primarily

The band's members are mainly girls.

different

Not alike; dissimilar; not identical

I didn't recognize her at first because her hair was so different.

based

The bottom support of anything; foundation; basis

He based his answer on the dictionary definition.

order

The listing of things by some characteristic, eg., first letter; size, color, age

The student names were listed in alphabetical order.

paragraph

The portion of written matter dealing with one idea, usually beginning with an indentation on a new line.

The paragraph had an excellent topic sentence.

routine

Regular; typical or everyday activity

Singing is part of the routine in Mr. Taylor's class.

speaker/s

A person who talks or is talking

Mrs. Kuhn was the speaker at the school assembly.

most likely

Best chance of happening; highest probability

If you don't do your homework, you will most likely get into trouble in Mr. Taylor's class.

lesson

Something to be learned or studied; part of a book, an exercise, etc., assigned for study

The math lesson for today is long division.

suggest

To propose an idea for consideration

Please suggest methods for encouraging students to do their homework.

comparison

Likening; reviewing similarities

There is no comparison between driving and flying to New York.

describe/s

To tell about; to list important characteristics; to draw a picture to represent something

Please describe Rio Vista Elementary School.

purpose

The reason for doing something; the reason something exists or is done, made, used, etc.

The purpose for homework is to give students practice in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

selection

Older MCAS Test

Grade 3 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Grade 4 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Grade 5 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Science and Technology/Engineering

Grade 6 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Grade 7 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Grade 8 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

Science and Technology/Engineering

Grade 10 [All Subjects]

English Language Arts

Mathematics

High School [All Subjects]

Biology

Introductory Physics

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Monday, April 2, 2012

MCAS Practice Test

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