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Subject Area Testing Program (SATP) Practice Tests

Below are pre-defined practice tests to help prepare students taking the Subject Area Tests.

The practice tests below are being provided so that students and teachers will be able to use the results of these tests to target instruction on competencies and/or objectives on which students are not performing well. The answer key provides the alignment to the framework and to the DOK level of the item. By examining results on the practice tests, both the teacher and the student will be better able to determine strengths and weaknesses, either for class groups or individual students. Please note that the operational SATP English II Test will have 85 items; the English II practice test has only 70 items. The operational SATP Algebra I Test has 65 items, as does the practice test. Because the standard setting committee, comprised of Mississippi educators, that will recommend the pass/fail cut scores for students will not meet until June 2008, the MDE cannot provide any information regarding the number of items students will need to answer correctly to obtain a passing score. However, using the practice test as a diagnostic tool to target instruction to address areas of concern is appropriate and should lead to improved student performance on the operational tests.

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New Biology I Practice Test based on the 2010 Mississippi Science Framework
Biology I
Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Biology I Practice Test 10/11/10 Biology I Answer Key

New Algebra I and English II Practice Tests based on the 2007 Mississippi Mathematics Framework-Revised and the 2006 Mississippi Language Arts Framework-Revised
Algebra I
Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
Algebra I Practice Test 01/18/08 Algebra I Answer Key	Algebra I Practice Test 04/01/09 Algebra I Answer Key 04/01/09	Algebra I Practice Test 03/09 Algebra I Answer Key 03/09
English II
Set 1	Set 2	Set 3
English II Practice Test 01/18/08 English II Answer Key *Updated 03/25/09	English II Practice Test 04/01/09 English II Answer Key 04/01/09	English II Practice Test 03/09 English II Answer Key 03/09
*March 25, 2009 - The results of the alignment study conducted in spring 2008 by a panel of national experts led by Dr. Norman Webb provided directives that led to a need to change some of the DOK levels for the items in the English II Practice Test #1. A new key has been posted; this key has the corrected DOK levels and also contains PLD categories, not noted on the previous answer key. Important for consideration is that decisions in assigning DOK are affected by text complexity and the four answer options; thus, two proficient items for the same objective may be assigned a different DOK level.

The Algebra I and English II practice tests below are aligned to the 'old' curriculum and therefore are to be used for ONLY those students who were first-time test takers in Algebra I and English II PRIOR to 2007-2008.
Algebra I (first-time test takers prior to 2007-2008)	Biology I	English II (first-time test takers prior to 2007-2008)	U.S. History from 1877
Test 1 Test 1 Answer Key	Test 1 Test 1 Answer Key	Test 1 Test 1 Answer Key	Test 1 Test 1 Answer Key
Test 2 Test 2 Answer Key	Test 2 Test 2 Answer Key	Test 2 Test 2 Answer Key	Test 2 Test 2 Answer Key
Test 3 Test 3 Answer Key	Test 3 Test 3 Answer Key	Test 3 Test 3 Answer Key	Test 3 Test 3 Answer Key

Contact Information:
Mississippi Department of Education
Office of Student Assessment
359 North West Street, Suite 216
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: (601) 359-3052

Contact: Susan Cheshire