A fun and effective way to prepare 5th graders for the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP) 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 40 unique math questions inspired by the NYSTP test

• Questions are categorized by difficulty level and final percentile for 5th graders (based on the latest published Spring Norms):

■ Intervention | < 21st Percentile | Scale Score < 587 ■ On Track | 21st-40th Percentile | Scale Score 587-600 ■ Proficient | 41st-75th Percentile | Scale Score 601-610 ■ Advanced | > 75th Percentile | Scale Score 611+

• A complete answer key with detailed explanations for every problem. Also, each question is matched to the corresponding topic and Common Core/Next Generation Learning Standards

Hopefully, this resource is going to be helpful to other teachers that need to prepare their students for standardized tests. I created it by going through all the practice tests my students took on Steletta.com, picking the most interesting questions, adapting them, categorizing them by level and difficulty, and finally creating an easy to use PDF.

I think this is going to be very useful for more traditional class settings that don't use personalized apps for test preparation. 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 Performance Levels. 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.