Websites for Testing Practice

       1.        www.aaamath.com. (Good review of math skills for K-8)

2.       http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/index.html  Virginia State Standards for Learning—Practice tests 

for Science, Math and Technology.

3.       http://170.185.2.105/corecontent  Search this Open Response Item Bank, password is ORQ2002. 

View a list of Open Response items by 

grade, subject, core content area, or keyword or use these as examples to create your own.

4.       http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html Massachusetts’ Comprehensive Assessment--Released test items.

5.       http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/release/index.html Released test items--Texas

6.       http://doe.state.in.us/publications/pdf_istep/41360_WEB_GQE_Sampler_01IN.pdf Indiana Test Sampler

7.       http://www.doe.state.de.us/aab/DSTP_items.html Delaware Test Sampler

8.       http://www.cavhs.org Students have to register on line to work on SAT or Act tests.

9.       http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat/fcatit01.htm Florida’s Released Tests

10.  http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/publications/leapSamples.asp Louisiana’s sample test items

11.    http://mdk12.org/mspp/mspap/look/prt_mspap.html Maryland’s released tasks

12.  http://www.meritaward.state.mi.us/mma/released.htm Michigan’s released tests

13.  http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/acad/osa/gltpprac.html Mississippi’s released test items

14.  http://www.dese.state.mo.us/divimprove/curriculum/releaseditems/index.htm Missouri’s released test items

15.  http://www.ed.state.nh.us/Assessment/released1.htm New Hampshire’s released test items

16.  http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/assess.html New York’s test samplers

17.  http://www.ode.state.oh.us/proficiency/samples.asp Ohio’s sample tests and released tests

18.  http://sde.state.ok.us/pro/Impleguid/occt_gds.html Oklahoma’s Practice Tests

19.  http://www.ode.state.or.us/asmt/sampletests Oregon’s sample tests

20. http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/oea/profitem.html Wisconsin’s sample test items

21.  http://nicholasacademy.com/statetesting.html Home schooling resources with lots of testing information

22. http://www.lincoln.k12.ky.us/lcms/improve_cats_scores_with_technol.htm  Lincoln County 

Assessment Page including a rubric for open response questions

23. http://apps.kde.state.ky.us/cats_reports/index.cfm?action=display_cards CATS reports.

24. http://www.ashland.k12.ky.us/achievement/cats.htm Testing tips for parents.

25. http://www.ashland.k12.ky.us/achievement/tips.htm  Testing tips for teachers.

26. http://www.kentuckyschools.net  What’s included in assessment?

27. http://www.kde.state.ky.us  Core Content for Assessment

28. http://www.kde.state.ky.us Open response item worksheet

29. http://www.nku.edu/~mathed/mori.html Lots of math open response questions

30. http://www.kde.state.ky.us Instruction strategy links

31.  http://www.kentuckyschools.net/KDE Released test items

32. http://www.kentuckyschools.net/KDE Open response questions in the classroom

33. http://www.kentuckyschools.net/KDE How to Develop a Standards Based Unit of Study

34. http://www.kentuckyschools.net/KDE Kentucky’s Learning Goals and Academic Expectations

35. http://www.kentuckyschools.net/KDE  Student Performance Standards

36. http://www.4tests.com/exams/examdetail.asp?eid=13 Free practice tests for ACT and SAT, but each student must register.

37. http://www.act-sat-prep.com/login.asp?np=/engine/sat.asp Each student must register.  Only part of this site is available for free practice.

38. http://www.woodford.k12.ky.us/technology/trt/khogg/distinguished_12.htm Distinguished Twelve--Twelve testing vocabulary words (trace, analyze, infer, evaluate, formulate, etc.) and methods for incorporating those words into lessons.

39. http://www.kedc.org/i_support/SLC/Bell%20Workshop.pdf Twelve words that trip the at-risk student

40. http://www.statestandards.com/getpage.dll?page=/ky  Kentucky Core Content and State Standards for Assessment

41.  http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/accountability/testing North Carolina Assessment--Sample test items

42. http://www.oswego.org/testprep/index.cfm - Great Test Ready Sites

43. http://www.act.org/aap/testprep/index.html ACT official site with sample questions and test-taking strategies.

44. http://www.act.org/plan/index.html PLAN official site

45. http://www.collegeboard.com/homepage/0,,,00%2ben-USS_01DBC.html SAT and PSAT official site with practice items and test-taking strategies.

46. http://www.exemplars.com/index.html  Exemplars offers differentiated, classroom-tested, standards-based assessment and instruction materials.  While this is a product page, there are a few samples you can try.

47. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/search.asp?picksubj=Reading NAEP Test for Reading

48. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/search.asp?picksubj=Mathematics NAEP Test for Mathematics

49. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ITMRLS/search.asp?picksubj=Science NAEP Test for Science

50. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls NAEP questions

51.  http://balancedassessment.gse.harvard.edu/search.html Search tool for math assessments

52. http://www.pasd.wednet.edu/school/mathwasl Math materials from the state of Washington

53. http://www.k12.wa.us/assessment/testquestions.asp From the state of Washington, released items and in writing, student responses with annotations.  Examine carefully since WA guidelines and KY guidelines are not necessarily a match.

54. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/satofday/index.html New York Times test question of the day

55. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/wordofday/index.html New York Times Word of the Day

56. http://www.collegeboard.com/apps/qotd/question SAT Question of the Day

57. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/ost.php4/ky CTBS assessment practice for Middle School Mathematics

58. http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/assessment/WASL/students.htm Test taking tips from students in the state of Washington