Preparing for ISAT using Handhelds

Information on pairing non-fiction and fiction text to increase student comprehension

Articles

Fiction and Non-Fiction Text Activity
The Power of Paired Text by Theresa Deckenback

A story about Echo the Bat
Building Successful Readers: Fact and Fiction Read Aloud by Sharon Taberski

What are Bats?
It Takes Two: Teaching With Twin Texts of Fact and Fiction by Deanne Camp

Some pair text selections
Sample text for Frogs Sample text for Weather
Sample text for Predator and Prey Sample text for Fishing

Samples of Released Items from standardized testing
Search National Center for Educational Statistics for released test items and text selections Blog entry for released test items

Illinois Released Items

Released Extended-Response Items from the Mathematics ISAT

Grade Level

Year

Grade 3
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2003
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Grade 5
1999
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Grade 8
1999
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Grade 10
1999
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For annotated student samples, please refer to the ISAT mathematics sample books on the mathematics home page at ISBE.
2003 PDF File (entire document, 12.40 megs)

2002 PDF File (entire document, 3.79 megs)

2001 PDF File (entire document, 6.94 megs)

2000 PDF File (entire document, 12.82 megs)

1999 PDF File (entire document, 1.03 megs)