Testing Resources

Special thanks to Anita Hornsby, Technology Integration Specialist in Newport, for creating and sharing this list of resources for testing.

Online Test Practice

• www.aaamath.com - Good review of math skills for K-8
• CTBS assessment practice - for Middle and High School Mathematics from Glencoe
• ACT Student Site - sample questions and test-taking strategies can be found on Test Prep page of site
• ACT/SAT Practice - Students have to register on line to work on SAT or ACT tests - go to student page
• ACT/SAT Practice 2 - free tests, but students have to register
• PLAN - official site, part of ACT site
• SAT and PSAT - official site with practice items and test-taking strategies

Released Test Items/Test Samples

• Delaware Test Sampler
• Florida’s Released Tests
• Indiana Test Sampler
• Louisiana - sample test items
• Maryland - released tasks
• Massachusetts’ Comprehensive Assessment -Released test items
• Mississippi - released test items
• New York - test samples
• North Carolina Assessment -Sample test items
• Ohio - sample tests and released tests
• Oklahoma - Practice Tests
• Texas - Released test items
• Virginia State Standards for Learning - Practice tests for Science, Math and Technology - Online tests for practice - you choose which grade level, subject area and number of questions
• Washington - released items and in writing, student responses with annotations. Examine carefully since WA guidelines and KY guidelines are not necessarily a match.

Open Response/Other Teacher Resources

• Open Response Bank - for Open Response questions by grade and subject (Uses password: ORQ2002) or try this link: http://www.jefferson.k12.ky.us/Departments/Gheens/LiteracyORQGenerator.html
• Distinguished Twelve -Twelve testing vocabulary words (trace, analyze, infer, evaluate, formulate, etc.) and methods for incorporating those words into lessons
• 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.
• Lincoln County Assessment Page - includes a rubric for open response questions
• Math - Lots of math open response questions
• Math materials - from the state of Washington
• NAEP Questions - search for sample questions by subject and grade level
• New York Times - test question of the day
• New York Times - Word of the Day
• Nicholas Academy - Home schooling resources with lots of testing information
• SAT Question of the Day
• Test Prep - elementary test prep
• Testing Tips - for parents

KDE Resources

• CATS Reports - 2001
• Core Content for Assessment
• Kentucky’s Learning Goals and Academic Expectations
• Released test items
• Student Performance Standards