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Spring 2009, English and Spanish TAKS


GradeSpring 2009 English TAKSSpring 2009 Spanish TAKS
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5Reading, Math, ScienceReading, Math, Science
6Reading, MathReading, Math
7Reading, Math, Writing, Writing Prompt
8Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science
9Reading, Math
10ELA, ELA Prompt, Math, Social Studies, Science
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3Reading, Math
4Reading, Math, Writing, Writing Prompt
5Reading, Math, Science
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8Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science
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10ELA, ELA Prompt, Math, Social Studies, Science
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7Reading, Math, Writing, Writing Prompt
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Alaskan Practice Tests
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Scoring Guide for Released Item #45 ( 1.3 MB)
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Scoring Guide for Released Item #45 ( 1.3 MB)
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Grade 5 Mathematics
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Scoring Keys for Fall 2008 MEAP Released Items, Grades 3 - 5
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Grade 3 Mathematics
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Scoring Keys for Fall 2007 MEAP Released Items, Grades 3 - 5
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Scoring Keys for MEAP Released Items, Grades 3 - 5
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Ohio's Grade 3-8 Achievement Assessments
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Grade 3 Mathematics
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Grade 4 Reading
May 2011 Partial Test
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March 2006 Partial Test
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May 2011 Answer Key/Scoring Guide
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Grade 4 Mathematics
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March 2006 Full Test
May 2011 Answer Key/Scoring Guide
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Grade 5 Social Studies
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May 2011 Answer Document (all subject areas)
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Grade 6 Reading
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Grade 6 Mathematics
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March 2006 Full Test
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Grade 7 Reading
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Grade 7 Writing
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May 2011 Answer Document (all subject areas)
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Grade 8 Reading
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Grade 8 Mathematics
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Grade 8 Social Studies
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May 2007 Full Test

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May 2011 Answer Document (all subject areas)
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John Carter: A Prisoner 
Level 2 Reading Practice Passage

We had gone perhaps ten miles when the ground began to rise very rapidly.
We were, as I was later to learn, nearing the edge of one of Mars'
long-dead seas, in the bottom of which my encounter with the Martians
had taken place. WCPM 44

In a short time we gained the foot of the mountains, and after traversing
a narrow gorge came to an open valley, at the far extremity of which
was a low table land upon which I beheld an enormous city. Toward this
we galloped, entering it by what appeared to be a ruined roadway leading
out from the city, but only to the edge of the table land, where it
ended abruptly in a flight of broad steps. WCPM 125

Upon closer observation I saw as we passed them that the buildings
were deserted, and while not greatly decayed had the appearance of not
having been tenanted for years, possibly for ages. Toward the center of
the city was a large plaza, and upon this and in the buildings immediately
surrounding it were camped some nine or ten hundred creatures of
the same breed as my captors, for such I now considered them despite
the suave manner in which I had been trapped. WCPM 209

With the exception of their ornaments all were unclothed. The women varied
in appearance but little from the men, except that their tusks were
much larger in proportion to their height, in some instances curving
nearly to their high-set ears. Their bodies were smaller and lighter in color,
and their fingers and toes bore the rudiments of nails, which were entirely
lacking among the males. The adult females ranged in height from
ten to twelve feet. WCPM 289

What was the state of the dwellings in the city, particularly the state of habitation?
A. The dwellings seem to have recent tenants.
B. The dwellings are inhabited and in pristine condition.
C. The city is slightly damaged with no apparent habitation.


John Carter: My Advent on Mars
Level 2 Reading Practice Passage

I opened my eyes upon a strange and weird landscape. I knew that I was
on Mars; not once did I question either my sanity or my wakefulness. I
was not asleep, no need for pinching here; my inner consciousness told
me as plainly that I was upon Mars as your conscious mind tells you that
you are upon Earth. You do not question the fact; neither did I.
I found myself lying prone upon a bed of yellowish, moss-like vegetation
which stretched around me in all directions for interminable miles. I
seemed to be lying in a deep, circular basin, along the outer verge of
which I could distinguish the irregularities of low hills. WCPM 115

It was midday, the sun was shining full upon me and the heat of it was
rather intense upon my unclothed body, yet no greater than would have
been true under similar conditions on an Arizona desert. Here and there
were slight outcroppings of quartz-bearing rock which glistened in the
sunlight; and a little to my left, perhaps a hundred yards, appeared a
low, walled enclosure about four feet in height. No water, and no other
vegetation than the moss was in evidence, and as I was somewhat thirsty
I determined to do a little exploring. WCPM 212

Springing to my feet I received my first Martian surprise, for the effort,
which on Earth would have brought me standing upright, carried me into
the Martian air to the height of about three yards. I alighted softly
upon the ground, however, without appreciable shock or jar. Now commenced
a series of evolutions which even then seemed ludicrous in the
extreme. I found that I must learn to walk all over again, as the muscular
exertion which carried me easily and safely upon Earth played strange
antics with me upon Mars. WCPM 303

The terrain is similar to the Arizona Desert in what way?
A. The rocks are shimmering and covered with moss.
B. The terrain is arid and hot with no deciduous flora.
C. The land looks like Arizona with cacti and large rock outcroppings.


Online Practice Reading Test 

English Academic Test Vocabulary List, English Academic Vocabulary Test

Practice Test for English Academic Vocabulary. Use the English Academic Test Vocabulary List below, and the practice test to study for the SATs, PTE General Level 2, 3, 4, 5, and or the TOEFL test.

Online Practice Test 1

Online Practice Test 2

Online Practice Test 3 

Academic Vocabulary Test Level 2a
Name:
 
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1.                    to make a guess about the amount, size, or worth of something.
 estimate
 assessment
 create
 process
2.                    something that can change or that has no fixed value.
 assessment
 data
 policy
 variable
3.                    everything that surrounds living things and affects growth and health; the natural world.
 environment
 factor
 sector
 definition
4.                    a set of rules or a plan that is used as a guide for action.
 policy
 factor
 identify
 contract
5.                    to divide into parts, especially conceptually coherent ones.
 sector
 research
 data
 factor
6.                    able to be used or possible to get.
 available
 source
 data
 process
7.                    one of the causes of something; something that makes a difference in a result.
 factor
 sector
 source
 procedure
8.                    in geometry, a figure shaped like a piece of pie and determined by an arc of a circle and the two radii that intersect the endpoints of it.
 sector
 process
 policy
 export
9.                    single, separate, or different from others.
 research
 individual
 environment
 policy
10.                 an agreement between people that is supported by the law. A lease is an example of a __________.
 contract
 policy
 specific
 assessment
11.                 a written contract between an insurance company and the person being insured.
 policy
 factor
 specific
 sector
12.                 a regular or proven way of doing something.
 derive
 export
 financial
 method
13.                 actions taken to make or do something.
 process
 assessment
 factor
 derive
14.                 a basic law or belief on which action or behavior is based.
 create
 export
 principle
 assessment
15.                 to bring into being.
 principle
 policy
 variable
 create
16.                 facts, figures, or other pieces of information that can be used in different ways.
 specific
 data
 policy
 research
17.                 certain and exact; particular.
 individual
 environment
 available
 specific
18.                 to find out or show who someone is or what something is.
 principle
 process
 identify
 contract
19.                 the act or process of assessing; valuation.
 derive
 assessment
 variable
 research
20.                 the serious study and collecting of information about something.
 research
 contract
 identify
 procedure
21.                 to send to another country to sell.
 available
 source
 specific
 export

22.                 a judgment or evaluation.
 contract
 sector
 assessment
 process
23.                 steps that must be taken in order to do something.
 available
 factor
 environment
 procedure
24.                 to come from a particular source; originate (usually followed by "from").
 variable
 derive
 available
 export
25.                 having to do with money.
 variable
 financial
 research
 policy
26.                 a statement of the meaning of a word or phrase.
 assessment
 research
 definition
 create
27.                 the start or cause of something.
 specific
 source
 method
 available


Academic Vocabulary List Test Level 2b
Name:
 

Instructions: Choose the best answer for each question.
1.                    a general idea or thought.
 context
 function
 assume
 concept
2.                    a group of words or symbols used to express a standard way of doing something or to find an answer to a problem.
 issue
 benefit
 authority
 formula
3.                    to think that something is true without knowing the facts or asking about them.
 context
 assume
 income
 approach
4.                    a careful study of the parts of something in order to understand more about the whole.
 income
 analysis
 concept
 legislation
5.                    having to do with a constitution or body of rules and laws.
 benefit
 constitutional
 interpretation
 indicate

6.                    the act or process of explaining or making clear the meaning of something.
 distribution
 economic
 labor
 interpretation
7.                    a person who has the most power or control in a particular situation.
 labor
 context
 legislation
 authority
8.                    to show or point out.
 benefit
 formula
 indicate
 involve
9.                    the physical work and effort of doing a job.
 constitutional
 labor
 distribution
 approach
10.                 anything that does someone good or gives an advantage.
 area
 issue
 benefit
 approach
11.                 money you get from work that you do or property that you own.
 consistent
 establish
 income
 authority
12.                 having a regular style or pattern; not changing.
 benefit
 approach
 concept
 consistent
13.                 having to do with law.
 legal
 constitutional
 assume
 analysis
14.                 the purpose for which an object or a person is used.
 function
 labor
 approach
 authority
15.                 to come or go near to.
 approach
 economic
 legislation
 evidence
16.                 to start or make something that did not exist before.
 context
 formula
 benefit
 establish
17.                 to have as a necessary part; include.
 constitutional
 economic
 involve
 formula

18.                 law or laws made by a government.
 authority
 concept
 evidence
 legislation
19.                 having to do with money and the production of goods and services.
 assume
 economic
 issue
 area
20.                 something that is produced and sent out.
 legal
 economic
 consistent
 issue
21.                 the setting of a word or phrase that affects its meaning.
 labor
 issue
 analysis
 context
22.                 the amount of surface within a certain space. L x W = __________
 area
 function
 authority
 formula
23.                 the act of giving something out to each person or group.
 evidence
 involve
 distribution
 issue
24.                 something that gives proof of or a reason to believe something.
 interpretation
 legal
 authority
 evidence

Academic Vocabulary List Test Level 2b
Part II
1.                    very important; full of meaning.
 role
 percent
period
 significant
2.                    being almost the same as something else.
 similar
 role
 structure
 response
3.                    to make something necessary. When someone __________ you to do something, you must do it.
 occur
 significant
 theory
 require
4.                    the character played by an actor.
 similar
 section
 require
 role

5.                    a statement that explains why something happens but has not been proven.
 major
 theory
 response
 structure
6.                    one part of each hundred, or an amount expressed as part of one hundred.
 role
 response
 percent
 theory
7.                    a thing that is made up of different parts that are connected in a particular way.
 structure
 section
 similar
 occur
8.                    a student's main field of study at a college or university.
 significant
 major
 response
 period
9.                    a written or spoken answer; reply.
 theory
 major
 structure
 response
10.                 to take place; happen.
 period
 structure
 occur
 response
11.                 a part that is different or apart from the whole.
 major
 theory
 section
 significant
12.                 a section of time with a set beginning and end.
 significant
 period
 percent
 similar

Academic Vocabulary Games

Alien Vocabulary Game (Tier 3 Testing Words) (or Chutes and LaddersUse this free tier 3 academic vocabulary game to build test readiness. The game is designed to be a fun way to build academic vocabulary using a game students already know. A number of "CAMO Aliens" (ladders) and "Blues Aliens" (or "chutes") are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped or hindered by CAMO Aliens and Blues Aliens, respectively. Any time you land on an alien you have to draw a new card! If you land on the CAMO Aliens and answer the vocabulary question correctly you beam to the next highest CAMO Alien plus the move allowance on the card. If you land on the Blue Alien and get the question wrong you beam down to the next lowest Blues Alien. If you are on a Blue Alien and answer correctly you stay put until your next turn.

The game is a simple race to the top using the RBC Vocabulary Flash Cards, and is popular with children.

Vocabulary Game Cards Reading
Vocabulary Game Cards 1st
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Vocabulary Game Cards 3rd B
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Vocabulary Game Cards 4th B
Vocabulary Game Cards 5th
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Math Vocabulary Game Cards
Vocabulary Game Cards1st
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Vocabulary Game Cards 4th
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HARD GAME CARDS
Power Words 4th Grade Reading Vocabulary
Power Words 4th Grade Reading Vocabulary II
Literary Device
Idioms
Metaphor and Simile
Poetry

Science Vocabulary Cards
Science 4th and 5th Grade

The Academic Word List (AWL) was developed by Averil Coxhead at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. The list contains 570 word families which were selected because they appear with great frequency in a broad range of academic texts. The list does not include words that are in the most frequent 2000 words of English (the General Service List), thus making it specific to academic contexts. The AWL was primarily made so that it could be used by teachers as part of a programme preparing learners for tertiary level study or used by students working alone to learn the words most needed to study at colleges and universities.
The 570 words are divided into 10 sublists. The sublists are ordered such that the words in the first sublist are the most frequent words and those in the last sublist are the least frequent.

The Academic Word List

Sublist 1

sectoravailablefinancialprocessindividualspecificprincipleestimatevariablesmethoddataresearchcontractenvironmentexportsourceassessmentpolicyidentifiedcreatederivedfactorsproceduredefinitionassumetheorybenefitevidenceestablishedauthoritymajorissueslabouroccureconomicinvolvedpercentinterpretationconsistentincomestructurelegalconceptformulasectionrequiredconstitutionalanalysisdistributionfunctionareaapproachrolelegislationindicateresponseperiodcontextsignificantsimilar

Sublist 2

communityresidentrangeconstructionstrategieselementspreviousconclusionsecurityaspectsacquisitionfeaturestextcommissionregulationscomputeritemsconsumerachievefinalpositiveevaluationassistancenormalrelevantdistinctionregiontraditionalimpactconsequenceschapterequationappropriateresourcesparticipationsurveypotentialculturaltransferselectcreditaffectcategoriesperceivedsoughtfocuspurchaseinjurysitejournalprimarycomplexinstituteinvestmentadministrationmaintenancedesignobtainedrestrictedconduct

Sublist 3

commentsconventionpublishedframeworkimpliesnegativedominantillustratedoutcomesconstantshiftdeductionensurespecifiedjustificationfundsreliancephysicalpartnershiplocationlinkcoordinationalternativeinitialvaliditytasktechniquesexcludedconsentproportiondemonstratereactioncriteriaminoritiestechnologyphilosophyremovedsexcompensationsequencecorrespondingmaximumcircumstancesinstanceconsiderablesufficientcorporateinteractioncontributionimmigrationcomponentconstraintstechnicalemphasisschemelayervolumedocumentregisteredcore

Sublist 4

overallemergedregimeimplementationprojecthenceoccupationalinternalgoalsretainedsumintegrationmechanismparallelimposeddespitejobparametersapproximatelabelconcentrationprincipalseriespredictedsummaryattitudesundertakencyclecommunicationethnichypothesisprofessionalstatusconferenceattributedannualobviouserrorimplicationsapparentcommitmentsubsequentdebatedimensionspromotestatisticsoptiondomesticoutputaccesscodeinvestigationphasepriorgrantedstresscivilcontrastresolutionadequate

Sublist 5

alterstabilityenergyawarelicenceenforcementdraftstylesprecisemedicalpursuesymbolicmarginalcapacitygenerationexposuredeclineacademicmodifiedexternalpsychologyfundamentaladjustmentratiowhereasenableversionperspectivecontactnetworkfacilitatewelfaretransitionamendmentlogicrejectedexpansionclauseprimetargetobjectivesustainableequivalentliberalnotionsubstitutiongeneratedtrendrevenuecompoundsevolutionconflictimagediscretionentitiesorientationconsultationmentalmonitoringchallenge

Sublist 6

intelligencetransformationpresumptionacknowledgedutilityfurthermoreaccuratediversityattachedrecoveryassignedtapesmotivationbondeditionneverthelesstransportcitedfeesscopeenhancedincorporatedinstructionssubsidiaryinputabstractministrycapableexpertprecedingdisplayincentiveinhibitiontraceignoredincidenceestatecooperativerevealedindexlecturediscriminationoverseasexplicitaggregategenderunderlyingbriefdomainrationalminimumintervalneutralmigrationflexibilityfederalauthorinitiativesallocationexceed

Sublist 7

interventionconfirmeddefiniteclassicalchemicalvoluntaryreleasevisiblefinitepublicationchannelfilethesisequipmentdisposalsolelydenyidenticalsubmittedgradephenomenonparadigmultimatelyextractsurviveconvertedtransmissionglobalinferredguaranteeadvocatedynamicsimulationtopicinsertreversedecadescomprisehierarchicaluniquecomprehensivecouplemodedifferentiationeliminatepriorityempiricalideologysomewhataidfoundationadultsadaptationquotationcontrarymediasuccessiveinnovationprohibitedisolated

Sublist 8

highlightedeventuallyinspectionterminationdisplacementarbitraryreinforceddenoteoffsetexploitationdetectedabandonrandomrevisionvirtuallyuniformpredominantlytherebyimplicittensionambiguousvehicleclarityconformitycontemporaryautomaticallyaccumulationappendixwidespreadinfrastructuredeviationfluctuationsrestoreguidelinescommodityminimisespractitionersradicalplusvisualchartappreciationprospectdramaticcontradictioncurrencyinevitablycomplementaccompanyparagraphinducedscheduleintensitycrucialviaexhibitbiasmanipulationthemenuclear

Sublist 9

bulkbehalfunifiedcommencederosionanticipatedminimalceasesvisionmutualnormsintermediatemanualsupplementaryincompatibleconcurrentethicalpreliminaryintegralconverselyrelaxedconfinedaccommodationtemporarydistortedpassivesubordinateanalogousmilitaryscenariorevolutiondiminishedcoherencesuspendedmatureassurancerigidcontroversyspheremediationformattriggerqualitativeportionmediumcoincideviolationdeviceinsightsrefinedevotedteamoverlapattainedrestraintsinherentrouteprotocolfoundedduration

Sublist 10

wherebyinclinationencounteredconvincedassemblyalbeitenormousreluctantposedpersistentundergonotwithstandingstraightforwardpaneloddintrinsiccompiledadjacentintegrityforthcomingconceivedongoingso-calledlikewisenonethelesslevyinvokedcolleaguesdepressioncollapse


PTE General a closer look. 

PTE General is an international English language exams for speakers of English as a foreign language (EFL).
They are developed by Pearson Language Tests, a new business unit of the Pearson group which carries out language testing and certification. Pearson administer the exams with Edexcel, one of the largest examining bodies of academic and vocational qualifications in the UK. Edexcel is a Pearson company. The exams are accredited by QCA, the Qualification and Curriculum Authority.
PTE General are theme-based exams designed to test how well a learner can communicate in authentic and realistic situations, and not on how well they remember formal vocabulary and structures. For this reason, the tests use real-life scenarios rather than grammatical exercises. They test the four skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

There are six levels which are mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The Framework was developed by the Council of Europe to enable language learners, teachers, universities or potential employers to compare and relate language qualifications by level.

CEFR level PTE General Exam time
C2 Proficient Level 5 2h55
C1 Advanced Level 4 2h30
B2 Upper Intermediate Level 3 2h
B1 Intermediate Level 2 1h35
A2 Elementary Level 1 1h30
A1 Foundation Level A1 1h15
Reading, writing, listening and speaking are tested at all levels. The alignment of the London Tests of English to the CEFR has been established by mapping the test specifications to the CEFR descriptors. This mapping process was submitted to an external audit by University of Westminster. Work is in progress to further improve the robustness of the alignment on the basis of empirical data.


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