

Age Range: 8 and up
Series: Spectrum
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Spectrum; Rev Upd Wk edition (December 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0769686230
ISBN-13: 978-0769686233
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 0.3 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
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I bought this book for my 8 1/2-year-old homschooled son. We just moved to a state requiring standardized testing, and I wanted to get an idea now of how he would do when I still have a year to work with him. Overall, I found this book to be okay, but not great.Positives1. Relatively inexpensive.2. Breaks questions within each subject (math, science, language arts) up by category so that you can easily see which areas need improvement.3. Answer key in the back.Negatives1. There is really no information about test mechanics. How long does the student have? The practice tests give you no idea of what time frame they are to be completed in. Or of testing strategies. I also had no idea if they were the standard length of a "real test" or just a shortened sampling. And there was no explanation about how the tests are scored (percentiles and such).2. How did he do? The mini-tests at the end of several sections tell you how many you should get right before moving on. But the full practice tests for each subject give you no idea of what number of problems would be normal for a child to miss. So, if my child missed 4 out of 22, would that be average, below average, or above average?3. Not enough practice questions. Each section is short, then you take the mini-test after a few sections, and then what do you do if the end result is you need to review? No more questions to do it with.4. Practice tests not thorough. There was a section with practice questions on spelling and subject-verb agreement, and then the mini-test for those sections. But the practice test at the end of the language arts unit didn't have a single spelling or subject-verb agreement question.
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