Grade 5 Reading & ELA Assessment Pack

About this product

Know exactly where every student stands in reading, language and writing - in September, January and June.

This Grade 5 Reading & ELA Assessment Pack gives you three ready-to-print tests (Beginning, Middle and End of Year) with original reading passages, matching answer keys and a teacher guide to score, group and track growth all year. Just print and go.

What's included (45 pages)

• Beginning-of-Year Assessment: 2 reading passages, 15 items, 24 points, 6 pages + answer key
• Middle-of-Year Assessment: 2 reading passages, 14 items, 23 points, 6 pages + answer key
• End-of-Year Assessment: 2 reading passages, 14 items, 24 points, 6 pages + answer key
• 9-page Teacher Guide:
• standards map for every test (item → skill → CCSS code → points)
• scoring guide with Mastered / Developing / Beginning score bands
• score by domain: Literature, Informational Text, Foundational Skills, Language and Writing
• writing rubric with scoring tips
• class tracker for each test (up to 25 students)
• student progress snapshot to compare BOY, MOY and EOY on one page

Skills covered

Theme, comparing characters, story and poem structure, point of view, summarizing, text structure, evidence, perfect verb tenses and tense shifts, correlative conjunctions, interjections and prepositions, commas, Greek and Latin roots, context clues, figurative language, idioms, analogies and opinion, informative and narrative writing.

Why teachers like it

• Original fiction and nonfiction passages written for this pack - not found in other resources
• Point value printed next to every item - scoring takes minutes
• Answer keys look exactly like the student pages, with answers circled in red and sample written answers
• Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, Grade 5
• Works for classrooms, intervention groups, tutoring and homeschool
• A short "How did it go?" self-reflection at the end of each test

File details

• 1 ZIP file with 7 PDF files
• US Letter size (8.5 x 11 in), prints well in black and white
• Instant digital download - no physical item will be shipped

Please note

• For personal or single-classroom use. Please do not share or resell the files.
• Looking for more grades? The K-5 Reading & ELA Assessment Bundle includes all six packs at a lower price. Need math too? See the K-5 Math + ELA Complete Assessment Bundle.
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