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This Performance-Based Assessment Practice Test (Grade 11 ELA/Literacy) assessment also includes:
Support your eleventh graders with a practice assessment for the Common Core tests. The practice test features a series of literary and informational passages and related multiple choice and essay questions. An online version is also included under the materials tab.
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Concepts
test preparation, Standardized Tests, Study Skills, reading nonfiction, reading strategies, textual evidence, informational texts, reading comprehension, comparative essays, compare and contrast texts, compare and contrast essays, explanatory writing, Narrative Writing, responding to reading, responding to literature, word meanings, textual analysis
Instructional Ideas
- Reserve the computer lab for a few days of practice with and questions about the online testing format
- Spend time discussing test-taking strategies and the answers
Classroom Considerations
- Depending on your printing capabilities, it may prove difficult to print the large-print version of the practice test
- The online version employs some different question and answer formats that are possible in an online testing setup
- Students can get their results at the end of the online test for the easily graded questions; these are scores, not answers, and can be printed to share with a teacher
Pros
- Answer keys are provided for both the online and paper tests as is a rubric for the essay questions
- On the answer keys, the questions are paired with standards so that you can more easily determine which Common Core standards your class has mastered
Cons
- None