October 26, 2015

English Language Arts and Mathematics

Sample Items Now Available

Sample online items for Ohio English language arts and mathematics, as well as online practice tests and released items for the Ohio science and social studies tests, are available on the Portal for Ohio's State Tests. Look for the Practice Tests icon on the home page.   Students will see the types of questions that Ohio may administer online. Additionally, the online items give students the opportunity to navigate through the online testing system, use the available tools and features and familiarize themselves with the testing experience. Test takers will not receive scores when submitting tests in the Practice Site.

Sample Item Answer Keys for English Language Arts

The sample item answer keys include standards alignment information, the answer key, exemplars and scoring information.

• Grade 3
• High School
  

*Additional English language arts sample items for grades 4-8 will be released in December.

Writing Rubrics

Two writing rubrics are available for grades 3 through 5: informative/explanatory and opinion. Two writing rubrics are available for grades 6 through high school: informative/explanatory and argumentation. Each rubric describes the score point characteristics across three domains.

• Grades 3-5 Informative/Explanatory Rubric
• Grades 3-5 Opinion Rubric
• Grades 6-12 Informative/Explanatory Rubric
• Grades 6-12 Argumentation Rubric
  

English Language Arts Blueprints

Test blueprints serve as a guide for test construction and provide an outline of the content and skills to be measured on the test. They contain information about individual tests, including the number of test items, the number of points on the test, and show how the learning standards are grouped in order to report the test results.

• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5
• Grade 6
• Grade 7
• Grade 8
• High School
  

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