SBAC Test Practice Review

What are the two tests that we take for state testing?

• NWEA

• Performance Task

• CAT

• SAT

What should you do first when you open the CAT test?

• annotate any text included with the questions

• read any text included with the questions

• preview the question sets

• select answers to one of the questions

What do you think is the most useful tool in the test?

• highlighter

• strikethrough

• flag

• line reader

Which tool have we used a lot (in all your classes) while reading?

• flag

• highlighter

• strikethrough

• line reader

Which tool will help you eliminate answers?

• strikethrough

• line reader

• highlighter

• flag

Which tool will help you read, especially if your reading has a lot of big paragraphs?

• highlighter

• strikethrough

• line reader

• flag

Which tool will help you remember to return to a question you skipped?

• line reader

• highlighter

• strikethrough

• flag

Which of the two tests do you think will be more challenging for you?

• CAT (with multiple choice and short answer questions)

• Performance Task (with a multi-paragraph response)

On the CAT, what does it mean when a question has little boxes next to answers?

• you have to choose them all

• you have to read the directions to know how many to choose

• you have to choose only one

On the CAT, what does it mean when a question has small circles with letters next to the answers?

• you have to choose them all

• you have to read the directions to know how many to choose

• you have to choose only one