A fun and effective way to prepare 8th graders for the New Mexico NM-MSSA standardized test. This resource makes it very easy to identify each student level and maximize growth and test scores. It’s designed to be used as a traditional practice test or as a fun board game to keep your students engaged.

This Resource Includes:

• A PDF with 4 reading passages and 24 ELA questions inspired by the New Mexico NM-MSSA test

• Questions are categorized by reading skill, difficulty level, and final percentile for 8th graders (based on the latest published cut-offs):

■ Intervention | <21st Percentile | Scale Score 800-839 ■ On Track | 21st-40th Percentile | Scale Score 840-859 ■ Proficient | 41st-80th Percentile | Scale Score 860-870 ■ Advanced | >80th Percentile | Scale Score 871-890

• A complete answer key with explanations for every question. Also, each question is matched to the corresponding reading skill and NMCCSS/Common Core

A couple of weeks before the test, you can just print this PDF and give it to your students. I designed it to be very fast to score the student answers and get a sense of their current level, so that you can quickly advise them on what to work on the week before the test.

You can also make it into a fun board game that recreates the concept behind adaptive tests. The design makes it easy to cut out the questions. You can create different piles based on scale score bands or reading skill groups. Students start from the easiest pile and move to the next one after they correctly answer a certain number of questions from a given pile.