Reading Preparation for State Reading Assessments

Improve standardized test scores and strengthen reading comprehension skills
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Teach reading skills that will stick well beyond test day.

Increase students’ standardized test scores by teaching them how to identify the most important information in everything they read.

Each book in the Practice Makes Perfect: Preparation for State Reading Assessments series contains 35 nonfiction reading selections with multiple-choice and open-ended comprehension questions modeled after those used on standardized tests, including the FCAT 2.0, STAR/CAHSEE, ACT, and ITBS exams.

Every Teacher’s Edition explains the intended purpose for assessment tests and provides answers to each exercise with succinct explanations.

As an added bonus, Preparation for State Reading Assessments also provides reading tips and strategies that work—not only for taking standardized tests, but also for gleaning important information from any reading material.

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How does this program improve reading test scores and sharpen comprehension skills?

  • Test formats, passage type, text length, and questions are similar to those on the most widely used assessment instruments.
  • Questions explore author’s purpose, main idea, tone, context clues, inferences, vocabulary, and more key skills.
  • The wide selection of passages provides nonfiction reading practice and cover topics like science, technology, history, famous people, and nature.
  • Passages and exercises are perfect for remedial practice, weekly practice, homework, and reinforcement drills.
  • With test-question familiarity, students are more comfortable and able to accurately demonstrate their abilities and earn better test scores.

“As a beleaguered teacher dealing with the stresses of mandated tests and other pressures, it is very reassuring to know that I can turn to Prestwick House for quality products that reduce my prep time and give students exactly what they need to understand the concepts they need to learn.”

D. Gladfelter English Language Arts Educator

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