Reading Sage: 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.