WASHINGTON TEST PREP Common Core Math SBAC Mathematics Grade 3: Preparation for the Smarter Balanced Assessments

Matches the Washington State Standards and the Smarter Balanced Assessments! Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice – Provides ten practice sets for ongoing test preparation and skill development – Begins with two short practice sets to introduce students to testing – Continues with eight 60-minute practice sets to give students the experience they need to perform well on assessments – Covers all the skills in the Common Core State Standards – Prepares students for the question types found on the state tests Preparation for the Smarter Balanced (SBAC) Assessments – Covers the same skills as the Smarter Balanced assessments – Provides practice completing selected-response, constructed-response, and technology-enhanced questions – More rigorous questions prepare students for the higher difficulty of the new assessments – Full answer key lists the Common Core skill assessed by each question One Book, Eight Key Benefits – Develop and build on all the Common Core skills that students need – Build confidence by using the tests to improve student performance – Reduce test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice – Ensure students are comfortable with a range of question formats – Introduce students to the more complex tasks found on the Smarter Balanced assessments – Help students prepare for the more rigorous Smarter Balanced assessments – Use the full answer key and skills list to identify gaps in knowledge and target revision accordingly – Use the practice sets for testing, revision, and retesting