The FSA is a Computer-Based Longitudinal Assessment System for College and Career Readiness. The students will face a variety of new technology-enhanced questions as a part of the computer-based tests.
Some of them are Multiple choice-single correct responses, Multiple choice-multiple correct responses, Matching Tables, Drag and Drop, Hot text, Table Fill in, Graphing, Equation/numeric, Extended constructed response, Short answer, and many more.
Today, we will share several sample questions along with practice test links for High School English Language Arts that gives you an idea of questions that your students are likely to see on the test. After each sample question, an explanation follows that includes any important aspects of the task that you may need to consider with respect to the skills, processes, and information your students need to know.
Domain: High School >> Reading: Literature
Sample Question: Which character trait is BEST established in the following excerpt? “In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.”
- Silly
- Brave
- Impulsive
- Angry
Answer Explanation: The correct answer is c because she goes down the hole without any thought about safety.
Standards: RI.9-10.1
Click here to practice: Reading: Literature Questions on High School
Domain: High School >> Reading: Informational Text
Sample Question: In the nonfiction article, “Lowering the Voting Age” the author uses which of the following points to support her argument?
- After a child turns 18, they are usually no longer with their parents in the home, and won’t have the right modeling to vote.
- Schools should be helping to enroll children in voter registration and at 18, these students are no longer in schools.
- Lowering the voting age would give young people a voice in their communities.
- All of the above.
Answer Explanation: The correct answer is d. She lists all of those arguments in the essay
Standards: RI.9-10.1
Click here to practice: High School Reading: Informational Text Questions
Domain: High School >> Writing
Sample Question: These words are very important in an argument because they allow you to move between ideas helping you to connect, compare, and contrast your sentences and paragraphs:
- transitions
- connectives
- metaphors
- paragraphs
Answer Explanation: The correct answer is a because these are the connecting words in writing. Words such as in a similar way or likewise can be used to emphasize comparisons
Standards: W.9-10.1
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Domain: High School >> Speaking & Listening
Sample Question: What evidence might you expect Chisholm to use to support the claims laid out in her opening statement?
- ways the government can support the elderly
- examples of how racism takes an economic toll on the country
- information about the impact of laws like this in other countries
- details about current laws that do not protect women directly
Answer Explanation: A because it relates directly to her claim and keeps it focused on American policy
Standards: SL.9-10.1
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Domain: High School >> Language
Sample Question: What punctuation should separate the dependent clause from the independent clause in the following sentence? “Starting with Rosa Parks’s refusal to sit in the back of the bus the Montgomery bus boycott brought national attention to the issue of segregation.”
- period (.)
- colon (: )
- comma (,)
- semicolon (;)
Answer Explanation: B because a comma separates the dependent clause Starting with Rosa Parks’s refusal to sit in the back of the bus from the independent clause the Montgomery bus boycott brought national attention to the issue of segregation.
Standards: L.9-10.1
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