A Tryout Test determines strengths and weaknesses and guides individual instruction by directing students to specific lessons that address learning gaps.

Questions are modeled after those found on NGSS-based state assessments.

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

Get Started readings review science concepts using an active reading approach to engage students with the text through in-line critical thinking questions and annotation strategies. The critical thinking questions often represent Crosscutting Concepts or Science and Engineering Practices.

Get Started guided practice checks students’ science knowledge through multiple-choice questions with continually decreasing scaffolded support. The last question asks students to write or draw a model to demonstrate their understanding.

On Your Own independent practice builds proficiency and stamina.