Common Core State Standards Practice Test: ELA English Language Arts and Reading
End of Grade Reading Test | Use the EOC Test at One Grade Above to Meet the Common Core Higher Lexile Reading Levels
The reading passages are a great review before standardized testing.
The Common Core Standards will be implemented fully in 2013-2014 in 47 states. The Standards are 1.5 standard deviations above today’s mean. Publishers (Harcourt Educational Measurement, CTB McGraw-Hill, Riverside Publishing (a Houghton Mifflin company), and NCS Pearson) and software developers (NWEA MAP) are writing and developing criterion/standards based assessments that meet the new higher standards. Teachers need to have access to assessments that give a baseline of skills and ability to meet these higher standards TODAY! The best free resource for teachers to do test prep and asses student readiness are the TAKS and CRCT released test. Teachers may want to use the grade higher to make sure they are evaluating student readiness.
I teach 4th grade in a Title I school with 90% free and reduced lunch and my students have the highest reading and language arts score in the district as measured by percentile of student growth and number of student meeting or exceeding state assessments. My students have used the 4th, 5th, and 6th grade TAKS released test and the CRCT practice test. They are a great free resource that exposes students to key Tier 2 and Tier 3 academic vocabulary.
Common Core Practice Test ELA
Grade 3 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 5 Math
Grade 6 Math
Grade 7 Math
Grade 8 Math
English Language Arts
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grades 11-12
Mathematics
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
PARCC Common Core ELA Test Question Samples
Grade 3 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 3 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 3 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
Grade 6 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 4.pdf
Grade 7 ELA Test Question Samples
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
Grade 10 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 4.pdf
Scoring Rubrics Writing
Grade 3 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 4-5 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 6-11 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 3
1st Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
2nd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
3rd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
4th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
5th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
Common Core Practice Test ELA
Grade 3 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 4 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 5 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 6 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 7 ELA CCSS ELA
Grade 8 ELA CCSS ELA
Common Core Practice Test Math
Grade 4 Math Grade 5 Math
Grade 6 Math
Grade 7 Math
Grade 8 Math
English Language Arts
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grades 11-12
Mathematics
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
PARCC Common Core ELA Test Question Samples
Grade 3 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 3 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 3 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
Grade 6 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
GR 6 PARCC ELA Item 4.pdf
Grade 7 ELA Test Question Samples
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
Gr 7 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
Grade 10 ELA Test Question Samples
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 1.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 2.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 3.pdf
GR 10 PARCC ELA Item 4.pdf
Scoring Rubrics Writing
Grade 3 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 4-5 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 6-11 ELA Expanded Rubric FOR ANALYTIC AND NARRATIVE WRITING.pdf
Grade 3
Mathematics Sample Illustrative Items
1st Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
2nd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
3rd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
4th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
5th Grade LANGUAGE ARTS:ALL DOMAINS
PARAGRAPH CONTENT & ORGANIZATION
GRAMMAR & MECHANICS
RESEARCH PROCESS
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION & REVISION
MATH:ALL DOMAINS
COMPUTATION & ESTIMATION
GEOMETRY & MEASUREMENT
NUMBER SENSE & NUMERATION
PATTERNS & RELATIONSHIPS/ALGEBRA
PROBLEM SOLVING
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
READING:ALL DOMAINS
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
READING FOR LOCATING & RECALLING INFORMATION
READING FOR MEANING
READING FOR VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT
End of Grade Reading Test | Use the EOC Test at One Grade Above to Meet the Common Core Higher Lexile Reading Levels
- Grade 3
- Fiction (pdf, 457kb)
- Fiction (pdf, 121kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 438kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 439kb)
- Content (pdf, 443kb)
- Content (pdf, 463kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 489kb)
- Grade 4
- Fiction (pdf, 464kb)
- Fiction (pdf, 430kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 443kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 439kb)
- Content (pdf, 525kb)
- Content (pdf, 447kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 457kb)
- Grade 5
- Fiction (pdf, 432kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 497kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 443kb)
- Content (pdf, 604kb)
- Content(pdf, 649kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 458kb)
- Grade 6
- Fiction (pdf, 495kb)
- Fiction (pdf, 455kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 448kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 460kb)
- Content (pdf, 528kb)
- Content (pdf, 453kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 444kb)
- Grade 7
- Fiction (pdf, 446kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 449kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 432kb)
- Poetry ( pdf, 441kb)
- Content (pdf, 444kb)
- Content (pdf, 548kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 458kb)
- Grade 8
- Fiction (pdf, 482kb)
- Nonfiction (pdf, 461kb)
- Poetry (pdf, 480kb)
- Content (pdf, 451kb)
- Consumer (pdf, 484kb)
The reading passages are a great review before standardized testing.
- Author's Purpose - A Very Important Day Grade 4
- Author's Purpose - Blue Willow Grade 4
- Author's Purpose - Frindle Grade 5
- Author's Purpose - Little by Little Grade 5
- Author's Purpose - The Crowded House Grade 3
- Author's Purpose - The Down and Up Fall Grade 4
- Author's Purpose - Turtle Bay Grade 3
- Author's Purpose - Wild Shots, They're My Life Grade 3
- Cause & Effect - Alejandro's Gift Grade 3
- Cause & Effect - Flippy's Adventures
- Cause & Effect - Stealing Home
- Cause & Effect - The Armadillo from Amarillo
- Cause & Effect - The Garden of Happiness
- Characterization - Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Characterization - Off and Running
- Compare & Contrast - Cocoa Ice
- Compare & Contrast - Coyote Places the Stars
- Compare & Contrast - Frog and Toad Webquest
- Compare & Contrast - Lon Po Po
- Compare & Contrast - One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
- Compare & Contrast - Stealing Home
- Compare & Contrast - Stealing Home Interactive
- Compare & Contrast - Stealing Home Test Tutor
- Compare & Contrast - Two Lands, One Heart Interactive
- Compare & Contrast - Two Lands, One Heart Test Tutor
- Drawing Conclusions - A Cricket in Times Square
- Drawing Conclusions - Iditarod Dream
- Drawing Conclusions - Sarah Plain and Tall
- Drawing Conclusions - Sarah, Plain, and Tall
- Drawing Conclusions - The Fun They Had
- Drawing Conclusions - The Talent Show
- Drawing Conclusions - We'll Never Forget You Roberto Clemente
- Fact & Opinion - Boom Town
- Fact & Opinion - Leah's Pony
- Fact & Opinion - Paul Bunyon and Babe the Blue Ox
- Fact & Opinion - Satchmo's Blues –
- Fact & Opinion - The Gold Rush
- Fact & Opinion - William Shakespeare and the Globe
- Figurative Language - Island of the Blue Dolphins
- Figurative Language - Papa Tells Chita a Story.
- Figurative Language - The Baker's Neighbor
- Figurative Language - The Emperor and the Kite
- Figurative Language - The Garden of Happiness
- Sequence - Centerfield Ballhawk
- Sequence - In My Family
- Sequence - Red Writing Hood
- Sequence - Sequence of Events
- Sequence - The Case of Pablo's Nose
- Sequence - The Stories Julian Tells
- Sequence - Three Little Pigs
- Story Elements - Allie's Basketball Dreams
- Story Elements - Cinderella Interactive
- Story Elements - Elena
- Story Elements - My Name is Maria Isabel
- Story Elements - Pepita Talks Twice
- Story Elements - Sayings We Share
- Story Elements - Sees Behind Bees
- Story Elements - The Emperor and the Kite
- Story Elements - The Gardner
- Summarize - Black Frontiers
- Summarize - Folktales from Asia
- Summarize - How to Babysit an Orangutan
- Summarize - I'm in Charge of the Celebration
- Summarize - Look to the North
- Summarize - Look to the North Test Tutor
- Summarize - Make a Long Story Short
- Summarize - Nights of the Puffins
- Summarize - Papa Tells Chita a Story
- Summarize - Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears
- Summarize - Woodsong
- Text Structure - Dear Mr. Henshaw
- Text Structure - Evelyn Cisneros
- Text Structure - Lewis and Clark
- Text Structure - Name This American
- Text Structure - Oceans
- Text Structure - Oceans 2
- Text Structure - Off and Running
- Text Structure - Summer of Fire
- Text Structure - The Case of the Flying Saucer People
- Text Structure - The Case of the Flying Saucer People 2
Use the Online STAR Test Questions 2nd Grade Below to help Students Prepare for reading test!
Use the Online STAR Test Questions 4th Grade Below to help Students Prepare for reading test!
Use the Online STAR Test Questions 5th Grade Below to help Students Prepare for reading test!
Use the Online STAR Test Questions 6th Grade Below to help Students Prepare for reading test!
I want to give the grade 1 quizzes and tests. Should my child be reading this story to herself and the questions to herself? I think if I read the story and asked her the questions she could answer them, but I know she cannot read it herself. Thanks.
ReplyDeletePatti in Prescott - teaching my 3 to read
Reading passages and questions aloud to students is a good way to determine auditory/listening comprehension but does not give a measure of reading ability or level. Most students have a two or three year difference in auditory or listening comprehension as compared with independent reading level. The test above are a good resources to prepare students for the Common Core State Standards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the response. Another question. For instance regarding one of the Reading Quizzes for Grade 1. Are the quizzes intended to be given at entrance to Grade 1 or some other time such as completion of Grade 1?
ReplyDeleteHi Patti, These are exit level test given at the end of the academic school year. summative academic test are designed to measure academic bench marks at a certain time in a students development. They are usually administered in May or June.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the great links. When I click on any of the practice quizzes or test, however, I am just being directed to the district website. Is there something else I need to do?
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Jason Henderson
Jason.Henderson@triadunit2.org
Many states are pulling the online pdf printable test and going to an online format with a username and password! I will try to stay ahead of the game! Thank you for your comments. I am a full time teacher; I do this part time to help other teachers.
ReplyDeleteGreat site! Any ideas where I could find something like this for high school math?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this post realy help full for me by Latest practice test questions
ReplyDeleteDear Reading Sage,
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your efforts. This helps people who are struggling to to for the Common Core State Standards
As a dyslexic learner standardized test scared me and giving students time to practice takes away some fear! Sean The Dyslexic Reading Teacher
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