Closely modeled on the latest New York State test, a Tryout Test determines strengths and weaknesses and guides individual instruction.

• Multiple-choice.
• Short- and long-answer open-ended response.
• Multi-select and multi-part multiple choice questions that mimic technology enhanced questions on digital tests.

 

Using authentic fiction and informational texts, each lesson follows a gradual release of responsibility model to optimize learning.

Four Steps to Success

Prepare students through concept introduction and Bright Ideas! activities.

Get Started guides students through reading, annotating, and responding to the selection.

On Your Own independent practice builds proficiency.

Explore and Learn helps students apply what they've learned through a partner activity.

 

Each of the nine units covering New York Next Generation reading and language arts standards ends with a unit practice assessment. These interim assessments are perfect for benchmarking students' progress.

 

Two additional full-length tests provide ample opportunity to benchmark proficiency and target skills for additional instruction and incorporate a range of test item types including multiple choice, open response, multi-select, multi-part, and extended response. 

Help students prepare for New York state writing tests and extend your writing curriculum with these focused workshops covering

• Writing to Inform
• Writing a Response to Literature
• Writing a Research Report
• Writing an Argument
• Writing a Narrative