Milestones ELA Practice Test

In today's folder, you will find a sample Milestones practice test that your child completed in class last week.  I have attached a pink rubric to the front of each one so that you can see your child's score.  Please go over this packet with your child!

NOTE: After scoring each response based on the rubric I created to get the GRAND TOTAL on the right (see below), I began to think that I was weighting the paragraphs too much.  I went back and re-scored each student using a percentage model to get the score on the left.  In the grade book, I recorded the highest of the two scores.

GRAND TOTAL SCORE (on the right): There were 7 multiple choice questions worth 5 points each (35% of total), a two-point constructed-response paragraph (22% of total), and a four-point constructed-response paragraph (43% of total).  I'm including screen shots here of exemplar responses to try to show the level of work expected of our 4th graders.

PERCENTAGE SCORE (on the left): Total correct divided by 13 (total possible).

Item 5 (two-point constructed-response paragraph) sample responses:

Item 8 (four-point constructed-response paragraph) sample responses:

Please contact Mrs. Dyer if you have any questions!  Thanks so much for being our partners in education and for all that you do for and with your child!