It covers all the skills assessed on the tests, and will provide practice with the types of questions and tasks found on the real assessments. Complete Preparation for the English Language Arts (ELA) Exam - Covers the same skills as the real assessments - Includes exercises covering reading, writing, language, and research - Provides practice completing a wide range of question types - Prepares students for the questions that use online features - Contains writing tasks for essays, opinion pieces, and narratives - Strong focus on key features including close reading, using evidence from text, and analyzing and evaluating texts - Full answer key lists the Common Core State Standard assessed by each question Provides Ongoing Skill Development and Practice - Develops and builds on all the skills that students need - Flexible format allows practice sets to be completed to suit any schedule - Gives students ongoing practice with both reading and writing tasks - Format allows for review after each set to provide feedback and promote improvement Key Benefits of this Book - Builds confidence by helping students prepare before taking the real tests - Develops all the English Language Arts skills that students need - Provides experience answering all types of questions and completing all types of tasks - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Detailed answer key allows for student work to be reviewed and improved on About the Wisconsin Forward Exams In the 2015-2016 school year, new assessments were introduced to replace the previous Smarter Balanced assessments and Badger Exams. The new assessments are called the Wisconsin Forward Exams and are taken online. Students will first take the exams at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. This practice test book will prepare students for the English Language Arts (ELA) exam.

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