Skills to prepare for FastBridge
Find the math and reading skills to prepare for FastBridge aMath and aReading. In math, questions cover skills taught through Grade 8, even for high school students, to help identify gaps.
Kindergarten aMath skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Putting together, taking apart and making ten
Operations and algebraic thinking
Putting together, taking apart and making ten
Represent addition and subtraction
Use pictures, objects or equations to solve joining and separating problems with totals up to 10.
Break numbers into parts
Find different pairs that make a number up to 10, and identify the missing part needed to make ten.
Know small addition and subtraction facts
Add and subtract fluently within 5.
Number and operations
Counting, comparing and teen numbers
Number and operations
Counting, comparing and teen numbers
Count and connect numbers to quantities
Count by ones or tens up to 100, continue from a given number, and connect written numbers 0-20 with groups of objects.
Compare small numbers
Decide which group has more or fewer objects and compare written numbers from 1 to 10.
Understand numbers from 11 to 19
Show a teen number as one group of ten plus additional ones.
Measurement and data
Comparing measurements and sorting objects
Measurement and data
Comparing measurements and sorting objects
Compare length and weight
Describe measurable features and compare two objects directly using words such as longer, shorter, heavier or lighter.
Sort and count groups
Group objects by a shared feature, count each group, and compare the counts.
Geometry
Flat and solid shapes and positions
Geometry
Flat and solid shapes and positions
Recognize shapes and positions
Name familiar shapes in different sizes and orientations, distinguish flat from solid shapes, and describe where objects are.
Compare and build shapes
Describe sides and corners, draw or build shapes, and join small shapes into a larger one.
Kindergarten aReading skills
9 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Print, speech sounds and letter-sound connections
Foundational reading skills
Print, speech sounds and letter-sound connections
Recognize letters and how print works
Name upper- and lowercase letters, follow reading direction, and recognize spaces between words.
Hear and manipulate sounds
Recognize rhymes, blend or separate syllables and simple word sounds, and change one sound to make a new word.
Connect letters with sounds and words
Recognize common consonant and vowel sounds, familiar high-frequency words, and differences between similar spellings.
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Follow a familiar story
With support, answer questions, retell important events and identify the characters and setting.
Connect pictures and story features
Recognize stories and poems, explain what an author or illustrator contributes, and compare familiar characters with support.
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Find a topic and its details
With support, identify what an informational text is about, recall facts, and connect people, events or ideas.
Use book features and compare information
Identify book parts and creators, connect pictures with information, and discuss reasons or similarities between texts with support.
Language and vocabulary
Word meanings, categories and opposites
Language and vocabulary
Word meanings, categories and opposites
Explore new and familiar word meanings
Ask about unfamiliar words, use common word endings as clues, and recognize a familiar word used with a new meaning.
Connect and use words
With guidance, sort words or objects into categories, explore opposites and similar meanings, and use new words in conversation.
Grade 1 aMath skills
11 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Addition, subtraction and missing numbers
Operations and algebraic thinking
Addition, subtraction and missing numbers
Solve joining, separating and comparison problems
Represent word problems with drawings or equations, including three addends with a total no greater than 20.
Use related facts and flexible strategies
Connect addition to subtraction, regroup addends, and use counting-on or making-ten strategies within 20. Build fluency within 10.
Understand equality and find missing values
Decide whether an equation is true and find an unknown number in an addition or subtraction equation.
Number and operations
Tens, ones and counting to 120
Number and operations
Tens, ones and counting to 120
Read and represent numbers to 120
Continue counting from any smaller number and match written numbers with quantities.
Compare numbers using tens and ones
Explain what each digit means and use place value to compare two-digit numbers.
Calculate with tens and ones
Use models or place-value strategies to add within 100, including a two-digit number plus a one-digit number or a multiple of ten. Mentally find ten more or less than a two-digit number; subtract multiples of ten from 10-90 with nonnegative results.
Measurement and data
Length, time and simple data
Measurement and data
Length, time and simple data
Order and measure lengths
Compare three lengths and measure with equal-sized units placed without gaps or overlaps.
Read clocks
Read and write whole-hour and half-hour times on digital and analog clocks.
Answer questions about grouped data
Organize up to three categories and compare their counts or find the total.
Geometry
Shape properties, halves and quarters
Geometry
Shape properties, halves and quarters
Identify and combine shapes
Use defining features rather than size or color to identify a shape, then combine shapes to build new ones.
Make equal shares
Divide circles and rectangles into halves or quarters and explain how more equal shares make each share smaller.
Grade 1 aReading skills
9 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Sentence features, phonemes and word decoding
Foundational reading skills
Sentence features, phonemes and word decoding
Recognize a printed sentence
Identify where a sentence starts and ends, including the opening capital and final punctuation.
Blend and separate speech sounds
Distinguish short and long vowels and identify, combine or separate sounds in one-syllable words.
Decode common word patterns
Read consonant digraphs, final-e patterns, vowel teams, simple two-syllable words and common irregular words.
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Explain a story and its message
Answer questions, retell key events, identify the lesson, and describe characters or settings using details.
Recognize narration and compare stories
Identify who is telling a story, connect illustrations with events, distinguish storybooks from fact books, and compare characters.
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Identify a topic and connected facts
Recall key details and describe links between people, events or ideas in an informational text.
Use features, pictures and reasons
Find information using headings or glossaries, distinguish pictures from written facts, identify supporting reasons, and compare related texts.
Language and vocabulary
Context, word parts and descriptive language
Language and vocabulary
Context, word parts and descriptive language
Use clues to understand words
Use sentence context, common roots and endings; notice words that convey feelings or sensory details.
Compare meanings and build vocabulary
Sort words by category, explain defining features, distinguish related meanings with support, and use new words to connect ideas.
Grade 2 aMath skills
11 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Two-step problems, facts and equal groups
Operations and algebraic thinking
Two-step problems, facts and equal groups
Solve one- and two-step problems
Choose addition or subtraction for situations involving numbers up to 100, including unknowns in different positions.
Recall addition and subtraction facts
Calculate fluently within 20 and recall the sums of two one-digit numbers.
Recognize equal groups and arrays
Explain odd and even groups up to 20 and use repeated addition for arrays up to five rows and five columns.
Number and operations
Hundreds, tens, ones and calculations to 1,000
Number and operations
Hundreds, tens, ones and calculations to 1,000
Read, count and compare three-digit numbers
Use hundreds, tens and ones; count by fives, tens and hundreds; compare numbers and write expanded forms.
Add and subtract using place value
Calculate fluently within 100, add up to four two-digit numbers, and use models or strategies within 1,000.
Explain mental and written strategies
Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 from three-digit numbers and explain why a calculation strategy works.
Measurement and data
Standard units, clocks, money and graphs
Measurement and data
Standard units, clocks, money and graphs
Measure and compare lengths
Select a suitable ruler or unit, estimate length, compare measurements, and explain why smaller units give a larger count.
Calculate lengths on a number line
Use addition and subtraction for same-unit lengths and represent calculations within 100 on a number line.
Solve time and money questions
Read time to the nearest five minutes and solve problems involving common coins and dollar bills.
Read and make data displays
Use whole-unit line plots, picture graphs and bar graphs to compare measurements or category counts.
Grade 2 aReading skills
8 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Vowel patterns, syllables and familiar word parts
Foundational reading skills
Vowel patterns, syllables and familiar word parts
Read words with more complex patterns
Distinguish vowel sounds, recognize vowel teams, and decode two-syllable words, prefixes, suffixes and common irregular spellings.
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Literary text
Story meaning, details and author choices
Explain a story using key details
Answer who, what, where, when, why and how questions; retell a lesson and explain characters' responses to challenges.
Compare story structure and viewpoints
Explain beginnings and endings, recognize different character perspectives, connect pictures with plot, and compare versions of a story.
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Informational text
Topics, details and information sources
Track a topic across paragraphs
Identify an overall topic and paragraph focus, answer detail questions, and explain sequences or connections between ideas.
Use features and explain author purpose
Locate facts with headings or indexes and explain what the author wants to describe, answer or explain.
Connect visuals, reasons and related texts
Explain what a diagram adds, connect reasons with specific points, and compare the important ideas in two texts.
Language and vocabulary
Word parts, context and expressive language
Language and vocabulary
Word parts, context and expressive language
Resolve unfamiliar words
Use context, roots, prefixes, compound-word parts and a glossary to understand a word in a topic text.
Notice word choice and rhythm
Explain how rhyme or repeated language adds meaning and distinguish related verbs or adjectives.
Grade 3 aMath skills
14 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Equal groups, multiplication, division and patterns
Operations and algebraic thinking
Equal groups, multiplication, division and patterns
Make sense of multiplication and division
Connect equal groups and arrays to equations, solve word problems within 100, and find missing numbers.
Build multiplication and division fluency
Use operation properties and related facts to calculate within 100; recall products of two one-digit numbers.
Solve problems in two steps
Choose operations, write an equation for an unknown quantity, and check whether the answer is reasonable.
Explain number patterns
Spot relationships in addition or multiplication tables and explain why they work.
Number and operations
Whole-number calculations and beginning fractions
Number and operations
Whole-number calculations and beginning fractions
Round, add and subtract whole numbers
Round to tens or hundreds and calculate sums and differences within 1,000.
Multiply by multiples of ten
Use place value to multiply a one-digit number by 10, 20, and other multiples through 90.
Represent fractions as numbers
Connect equal parts of a whole to fractions and positions on a number line. Grade 3 denominators are 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8.
Compare fractions and find equivalents
Explain simple equivalence, express whole numbers as fractions, and compare fractions sharing a numerator or denominator.
Measurement and data
Time, measurement, graphs, area and perimeter
Measurement and data
Time, measurement, graphs, area and perimeter
Work with time, mass and liquid volume
Read time to the minute, calculate elapsed time, and solve measurement problems with grams, kilograms and liters.
Represent data in graphs and line plots
Use scaled picture and bar graphs; measure to half- and quarter-inches and display the results on line plots.
Connect area to multiplication
Count square units, multiply rectangle side lengths, and add areas of non-overlapping rectangles.
Find and compare perimeters
Calculate distances around polygons and distinguish perimeter from area.
Grade 3 aReading skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Foundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Decode unfamiliar words
Use common prefixes, suffixes and syllable patterns to read unfamiliar and irregular words.
Literary text
Story details, lessons, characters and point of view
Literary text
Story details, lessons, characters and point of view
Support answers with story details
Refer back to the text when answering questions, retelling a story, or explaining its lesson or message.
Connect characters to events
Explain how characters' feelings, motivations and actions shape what happens.
Understand structure and point of view
Explain how chapters, scenes or stanzas build on each other, and distinguish your perspective from the narrator's.
Compare stories and interpret illustrations
Explain what pictures add to a story; compare themes, settings and plots in related stories by the same author.
Informational text
Main ideas, text features and connections between facts
Informational text
Main ideas, text features and connections between facts
Identify a main idea and its supporting details
Answer questions with evidence from the text and explain how key details support the main idea.
Follow relationships and sequences
Explain connections between events, ideas, steps, sentences and paragraphs using sequence or cause and effect.
Use text features, images and author perspective
Find information efficiently, combine images with written details, and distinguish your view from the author's.
Compare two texts on the same topic
Identify similarities and differences in the key points and details.
Language and vocabulary
Context clues, word parts and shades of meaning
Language and vocabulary
Context clues, word parts and shades of meaning
Work out unfamiliar words
Use sentence clues, familiar roots, prefixes, suffixes and reference tools to clarify meaning.
Understand literal and nonliteral language
Explain words in context and distinguish shades of meaning among related words.
Build topic vocabulary
Understand academic and subject words, including language for time and spatial relationships.
Grade 4 aMath skills
15 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Comparisons, multi-step problems, factors and patterns
Operations and algebraic thinking
Comparisons, multi-step problems, factors and patterns
Understand multiplicative comparisons
Represent how many times as much one quantity is as another, using equations and word problems.
Solve multi-step word problems
Choose among the four operations, interpret remainders, and check answers with estimates.
Find factors and multiples
Identify factor pairs, multiples, and prime or composite numbers within 100.
Generate and explain patterns
Follow a number or shape rule and describe features that the rule does not explicitly state.
Number and operations
Larger whole numbers, fraction operations and decimals
Number and operations
Larger whole numbers, fraction operations and decimals
Use place value through one million
Read, write, compare and round whole numbers, explaining the tenfold relationship between neighboring places.
Calculate with larger whole numbers
Add and subtract using standard algorithms. Multiply up to four digits by one digit or two digits by two digits; divide up to four digits by one digit.
Explain fraction equivalence and comparisons
Use models or benchmarks to compare fractions referring to the same whole. Grade 4 fraction denominators are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 100.
Add, subtract and multiply fractions
Add or subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like denominators, and multiply a fraction by a whole number.
Connect fractions to decimals
Relate tenths to hundredths, write decimal forms, and compare decimals through hundredths.
Measurement and data
Conversions, rectangle measurements, line plots and angles
Measurement and data
Conversions, rectangle measurements, line plots and angles
Convert units and solve measurement problems
Express larger units as smaller units within one system; solve problems involving time, money and other measurements.
Apply area and perimeter formulas
Find rectangle measurements, including a missing side when other information is given.
Calculate with line-plot data
Display measurements in halves, quarters and eighths and answer questions using fraction addition and subtraction.
Measure and combine angles
Understand degrees as parts of a turn, use a protractor, and find unknown angles by adding or subtracting.
Geometry
Lines, angles, shape properties and symmetry
Geometry
Lines, angles, shape properties and symmetry
Identify lines, angles and shape categories
Recognize parallel and perpendicular lines and classify figures, including right triangles, using line and angle properties.
Recognize lines of symmetry
Identify and draw lines that divide a figure into matching reflected halves.
Grade 4 aReading skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Foundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Decode unfamiliar words
Combine letter-sound patterns, syllables and meaningful word parts to recognize unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
Literary text
Evidence, theme, character analysis and narration
Literary text
Evidence, theme, character analysis and narration
Explain ideas and inferences with evidence
Use specific details to support an inference, identify a theme, or summarize a story, play or poem.
Describe characters, settings and events in depth
Draw on a character's thoughts, speech and actions rather than giving a general description.
Compare structure and narration
Distinguish poetry, drama and prose, and compare first-person with third-person storytelling.
Connect versions and compare themes
Link a text to its performance or illustration and compare themes and event patterns across cultures.
Informational text
Summaries, organization, accounts and supporting evidence
Informational text
Summaries, organization, accounts and supporting evidence
Summarize and explain a text
Use details to support inferences, identify the main idea, and explain events, procedures or concepts.
Recognize structure and compare accounts
Identify organization such as cause and effect, and compare firsthand with secondhand accounts.
Interpret visuals and evaluate supporting reasons
Explain how charts or diagrams contribute, and connect an author's points to their reasons and evidence.
Combine information from two texts
Bring together relevant facts about the same topic into a coherent explanation.
Language and vocabulary
Word roots, figurative language and precise meanings
Language and vocabulary
Word roots, figurative language and precise meanings
Use context and word parts
Use examples, restatements, Greek or Latin roots and reference materials to clarify unfamiliar words.
Interpret figurative and related meanings
Explain similes, metaphors, idioms and mythological references; connect synonyms and antonyms.
Understand academic and topic language
Recognize precise words for actions, emotions and subject-specific ideas.
Grade 5 aMath skills
17 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Expressions, order of operations and number patterns
Operations and algebraic thinking
Expressions, order of operations and number patterns
Work with numerical expressions
Evaluate calculations with parentheses, brackets and braces, keeping the intended order of operations.
Turn a calculation into an expression
Write expressions from words and explain their meaning without always calculating an answer.
Connect two number patterns
Generate sequences from two rules, explain how their terms relate, and plot corresponding pairs.
Number and operations
Place value, whole numbers, decimals and fractions
Number and operations
Place value, whole numbers, decimals and fractions
Understand place value and powers of ten
Explain how a digit changes value across places and how powers of ten affect whole numbers and decimals.
Read, compare and round decimals
Use words, numerals and expanded form through thousandths; compare values and round to a chosen place.
Multiply and divide larger whole numbers
Use the standard multiplication algorithm. Divide up to four-digit numbers by two-digit numbers, explaining the method.
Calculate with decimals
Use all four operations with decimals to hundredths and explain the reasoning with models or place value.
Add and subtract fractions
Find common denominators, including for mixed numbers. Solve word problems and check answers using estimates.
Understand fractions as division
Express equal-sharing answers as fractions or mixed numbers, connecting the fraction bar to division.
Multiply fractions and explain scaling
Model products and fractional rectangle areas, solve word problems, and explain why a factor can enlarge or reduce a quantity.
Divide with unit fractions
Divide a unit fraction by a whole number, or a whole number by a unit fraction. General fraction-by-fraction division is not a Grade 5 requirement.
Measurement and data
Unit conversions, line plots and volume
Measurement and data
Unit conversions, line plots and volume
Convert measurement units
Switch between units within one measurement system and use conversions in multi-step problems.
Read and create line plots
Plot measurements in halves, quarters and eighths, then use fraction calculations to answer questions about the data.
Measure volume with unit cubes
Connect the space a solid occupies to a count of cubes packed without gaps or overlaps.
Calculate the volume of rectangular prisms
Use length, width and height, or base area and height. Add volumes for shapes made of two non-overlapping prisms.
Geometry
Coordinate points and properties of shapes
Geometry
Coordinate points and properties of shapes
Plot and interpret coordinate points
Use ordered pairs and axes to represent situations in the first quadrant and explain what the coordinates mean.
Classify shapes by their properties
Organize two-dimensional shapes into related groups and explain why a subgroup inherits the properties of its larger category.
Grade 5 aReading skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasFoundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Foundational reading skills
Word recognition and decoding
Decode unfamiliar words
Combine letter-sound patterns, syllables and meaningful word parts to recognize unfamiliar multisyllabic words.
Literary text
Quotations, theme, comparisons and narrative perspective
Literary text
Quotations, theme, comparisons and narrative perspective
Support interpretations with accurate quotations
Quote relevant evidence to explain explicit ideas and inferences, identify a theme, and summarize the text.
Compare characters, settings and events
Use specific details to explain similarities, differences and interactions within a story or play.
Explain structure and narrative perspective
Describe how chapters, scenes or stanzas fit together and how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the account.
Analyze presentation and compare stories
Explain how multimedia affects meaning or tone, and compare approaches to similar themes within a genre.
Informational text
Multiple main ideas, source comparisons and evidence
Informational text
Multiple main ideas, source comparisons and evidence
Explain main ideas and relationships
Quote accurately, identify two or more main ideas, summarize, and explain interactions among people, events or concepts.
Compare structures and perspectives
Compare the organization of multiple texts and the viewpoints in different accounts of the same topic.
Connect claims with reasons and evidence
Identify which evidence supports each point an author makes.
Find and combine information across sources
Locate answers efficiently and integrate relevant information from several texts.
Language and vocabulary
Context, roots, figurative language and word relationships
Language and vocabulary
Context, roots, figurative language and word relationships
Resolve unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words
Use context, Greek and Latin word parts, and reference materials to select the right meaning.
Interpret figurative language and word relationships
Explain similes, metaphors, idioms and proverbs, and use synonyms, antonyms or homographs to refine meaning.
Understand academic and subject vocabulary
Interpret topic words and language that signals contrast, addition and other logical relationships.
Grade 6 aMath skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Expressions, equations and variable relationships
Operations and algebraic thinking
Expressions, equations and variable relationships
Write and evaluate expressions
Use variables and whole-number exponents, follow operation order, and identify equivalent expressions.
Solve equations and represent inequalities
Use substitution to check solutions, model an unknown with a variable, and solve simple equations or graph inequality solutions.
Connect tables, graphs and equations
Identify which quantity depends on another and represent how the two quantities change together.
Number systems and ratios
Rates, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Number systems and ratios
Rates, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Use ratios, rates and percentages
Compare quantities using equivalent ratios, unit rates, percent calculations and unit conversions.
Divide fractions and calculate with decimals
Explain fraction division, divide multi-digit whole numbers, and apply all four operations to decimals.
Find common factors and multiples
Use greatest common factors, least common multiples and the distributive property to restructure calculations.
Compare and locate signed numbers
Interpret negative values, opposites and absolute value; plot points in all quadrants and find horizontal or vertical distances.
Geometry
Areas, nets, coordinate figures and volume
Geometry
Areas, nets, coordinate figures and volume
Find polygon areas
Break figures into triangles and rectangles or combine simpler shapes to calculate an area.
Work with volume and surface area
Calculate rectangular-prism volume with fractional side lengths and use nets to find surface area.
Use coordinates to measure shapes
Draw a polygon from its vertices and find side lengths parallel to the coordinate axes.
Statistics and probability
Statistical questions, distributions and data displays
Statistics and probability
Statistical questions, distributions and data displays
Recognize variation in data
Distinguish statistical questions and describe how a distribution has a center, spread and overall shape.
Display and summarize measurements
Interpret dot plots, histograms and box plots; calculate suitable measures of center and variability in context.
Grade 6 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasLiterary text
Text evidence, plot development and narrative choices
Literary text
Text evidence, plot development and narrative choices
Support inferences and explain a theme
Use text evidence, connect details to a central message, and summarize without adding personal judgments.
Track plot and character changes
Explain how episodes lead toward a resolution and how characters respond along the way.
Analyze structure and narrator perspective
Explain what a scene or stanza contributes and how the author develops the narrator's viewpoint.
Compare forms and presentations
Compare reading with a performed version and examine how different genres approach a similar theme.
Informational text
Central ideas, development, purpose and claims
Informational text
Central ideas, development, purpose and claims
Explain ideas with textual evidence
Support inferences, summarize a central idea, and trace how a person, event or concept is introduced and developed.
Analyze organization and author purpose
Explain how a section contributes to the whole and how the text communicates an author's viewpoint.
Evaluate claims and supporting evidence
Distinguish claims backed by reasons and evidence from unsupported statements.
Combine formats and compare accounts
Bring together written and visual information and compare different authors' presentations of the same events.
Language and vocabulary
Context, roots, connotation and figurative meaning
Language and vocabulary
Context, roots, connotation and figurative meaning
Determine precise meanings
Use context, word function, Greek or Latin roots and reference tools, then check that the meaning fits.
Explain word choice and figurative language
Interpret personification and other figures of speech, distinguish connotations, and explain effects on tone.
Understand technical and academic language
Interpret subject vocabulary and unfamiliar terms that are important to understanding the text.
Grade 7 aMath skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Equivalent expressions and multi-step problems
Operations and algebraic thinking
Equivalent expressions and multi-step problems
Rewrite expressions to reveal meaning
Expand, factor or combine linear expressions with rational coefficients and explain what an equivalent form shows.
Solve multi-step numerical problems
Calculate with signed fractions or decimals and use estimates to check whether a result makes sense.
Solve equations and inequalities
Represent a situation with an equation or inequality, solve it, and interpret or graph the solution.
Number systems and ratios
Proportional relationships and rational-number calculations
Number systems and ratios
Proportional relationships and rational-number calculations
Recognize and model proportional relationships
Calculate unit rates involving fractions and connect proportional tables, graphs and equations.
Solve percent and ratio problems
Handle multi-step situations such as discounts, tax, interest or percentage change.
Calculate with positive and negative rational numbers
Use all four operations with signed fractions and decimals, explain sign rules, and connect fractions to terminating or repeating decimals.
Geometry
Scale, circles, angle relationships and solids
Geometry
Scale, circles, angle relationships and solids
Use scale and describe geometric figures
Calculate actual dimensions from scale drawings, investigate triangle conditions, and identify slices through solids.
Find circle measurements and unknown angles
Use circumference and area formulas and relationships between adjacent, vertical, complementary or supplementary angles.
Calculate measurements of composite figures
Find area, surface area or volume by combining or separating familiar shapes and solids.
Statistics and probability
Sampling, comparing populations and chance
Statistics and probability
Sampling, comparing populations and chance
Use samples to describe populations
Recognize representative sampling and use sample data to estimate population characteristics.
Compare two groups using data
Use centers, variability and the overlap between distributions to make a supported comparison.
Model simple and compound probabilities
Connect likelihood to values from zero to one, compare predictions with results, and use organized outcomes or simulations.
Grade 7 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasLiterary text
Developing themes, interacting elements and viewpoints
Literary text
Developing themes, interacting elements and viewpoints
Use several details to explain a developing theme
Support an interpretation with multiple pieces of evidence and trace the theme across the text.
Connect story elements
Explain how setting, characters and plot influence each other.
Analyze form and contrasting viewpoints
Explain how a poem or play's structure contributes to meaning and how narrators' or characters' perspectives differ.
Compare adaptations and historical portrayals
Analyze the effects of a performance format and explain how fiction uses or changes historical events.
Informational text
Multiple ideas, argument quality and interpretations
Informational text
Multiple ideas, argument quality and interpretations
Trace ideas and their interactions
Use several pieces of evidence to explain multiple central ideas and connections between people, events and concepts.
Explain structure and contrasting positions
Show how sections develop ideas and how an author distinguishes a position from competing views.
Judge the strength of an argument
Assess whether reasoning makes sense and whether evidence is relevant and sufficient.
Compare media and authors' emphasis
Examine how formats portray a subject and how authors emphasize different facts or interpretations.
Language and vocabulary
Allusions, sound patterns and precise meanings
Language and vocabulary
Allusions, sound patterns and precise meanings
Verify word meanings from multiple clues
Combine context and word parts with general or specialist reference sources.
Interpret figurative and sound effects
Explain allusions, rhymes or repeated sounds; use word relationships and connotations to clarify meaning.
Explain word choice in nonfiction
Understand technical or academic terms and analyze how wording influences meaning and tone.
Grade 8 aMath skills
12 skill groups across 4 topic areasOperations and algebraic thinking
Linear equations, systems, functions and graphs
Operations and algebraic thinking
Linear equations, systems, functions and graphs
Connect slope, rate and line equations
Compare proportional relationships and explain how slope and an intercept describe a line.
Solve linear equations and systems
Solve equations with rational coefficients, recognize different numbers of solutions, and solve pairs of linear equations.
Recognize and compare functions
Decide whether each input has one output, compare functions in different forms, and distinguish linear from nonlinear relationships.
Model and interpret changing quantities
Build a linear model from data, interpret its starting value and rate, and describe increasing or decreasing portions of a graph.
Number systems and ratios
Irrational numbers, exponents and scientific notation
Number systems and ratios
Irrational numbers, exponents and scientific notation
Distinguish rational and irrational numbers
Connect repeating decimals with fractions and estimate irrational values on a number line.
Use exponents and roots
Apply integer-exponent rules and evaluate square or cube roots of familiar perfect powers.
Calculate in scientific notation
Compare very large or small quantities and perform operations using powers of ten.
Geometry
Transformations, similarity, right triangles and volume
Geometry
Transformations, similarity, right triangles and volume
Describe congruence and similarity
Use rotations, reflections, translations and dilations to relate figures and explain angle relationships.
Apply the Pythagorean theorem
Explain the right-triangle relationship and use it to find unknown lengths or coordinate distances.
Find volumes of curved solids
Calculate the volume of a cylinder, cone or sphere in a practical or mathematical problem.
Statistics and probability
Scatter plots, fitted lines and two-way tables
Statistics and probability
Scatter plots, fitted lines and two-way tables
Interpret relationships in paired data
Describe patterns and outliers in a scatter plot, fit a line informally, and interpret the model in context.
Compare categories in a two-way table
Use counts and relative frequencies to investigate whether two categorical variables are associated.
Grade 8 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasLiterary text
Strong evidence, dramatic irony and literary connections
Literary text
Strong evidence, dramatic irony and literary connections
Choose the strongest evidence
Select details that best support an inference or show how theme connects to characters, setting and plot.
Explain the impact of dialogue and events
Analyze how a particular line or incident reveals character, prompts a decision or moves the action forward.
Compare structure and analyze dramatic irony
Explain how organization affects style and how differences between reader and character knowledge create effects.
Evaluate adaptations and borrowed patterns
Compare a performance with its text and identify how a modern story transforms an older theme or character type.
Informational text
Developed ideas, counterarguments and conflicting sources
Informational text
Developed ideas, counterarguments and conflicting sources
Analyze connections with strong evidence
Trace a central idea, choose the most convincing support, and explain comparisons between people, events or concepts.
Analyze paragraphs and responses to disagreement
Explain the role of particular sentences and how an author addresses conflicting evidence or perspectives.
Evaluate reasoning and relevance
Judge whether claims have sound reasoning and enough relevant support; identify irrelevant evidence.
Compare conflicting texts and media choices
Locate disagreements about facts or interpretations and weigh the benefits of different presentation formats.
Language and vocabulary
Irony, analogies, allusions and shades of meaning
Language and vocabulary
Irony, analogies, allusions and shades of meaning
Resolve and verify unfamiliar language
Use context, Greek or Latin word parts and suitable references to select a precise meaning.
Interpret subtle or figurative meanings
Explain verbal irony, puns, connotations and relationships between words in context.
Analyze technical language and word choice
Interpret topic vocabulary and explain how analogies or allusions affect meaning and tone.
Grade 9 aMath skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasaMath measures K-8 math skills, including when students in Grades 9-12 take it. These are selected K-8 foundations, not high-school course requirements.
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Use place value and the four operations, then estimate to check whether an answer makes sense.
Calculate with fractions and signed numbers
Use fraction operations and extend the four operations to positive and negative rational numbers.
Understand irrational numbers and scientific notation
Compare rational and irrational values using approximations and work with powers of ten.
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Use rates, ratios and percentages
Find unit rates, recognize proportional relationships, and solve percent problems.
Work with expressions and equations
Write equivalent expressions, solve linear equations, and interpret pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Interpret functions
Connect tables, graphs, equations and descriptions; compare linear relationships and their rates of change.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Apply area and volume formulas
Solve area, surface-area and volume problems using diagrams, nets and formulas.
Reason about shapes and distances
Use transformations, similarity and the Pythagorean theorem to explain geometric relationships.
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Interpret and compare data
Read data displays, summarize distributions and use samples to draw conclusions.
Reason about probability and association
Model simple and compound events and interpret patterns in two-variable data.
Grade 9 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasReading standards share the Grades 9-10 band.
Literary text
Complex characters, developed themes and author choices
Literary text
Complex characters, developed themes and author choices
Build a well-supported interpretation
Use thorough evidence to trace how a theme emerges, develops and becomes more precise.
Analyze complex character development
Explain conflicting motivations, interactions, and their effects on plot or theme.
Explain structure and cultural perspective
Analyze how event order or pacing creates an effect and how a work reflects a particular cultural viewpoint.
Compare artistic treatments and source material
Identify what different media emphasize or omit and explain how an author transforms an earlier work.
Informational text
Rhetoric, developed claims and reasoning
Informational text
Rhetoric, developed claims and reasoning
Trace a sustained analysis
Use strong evidence to explain a central idea and the order and connections through which an author develops it.
Analyze structure and persuasive choices
Explain how particular passages refine a claim and how rhetoric advances the author's purpose.
Evaluate arguments for validity
Check relevance and sufficiency of evidence and identify false statements or flawed reasoning.
Compare accounts and significant documents
Analyze emphasis across media and compare how historically significant U.S. texts address related ideas.
Language and vocabulary
Word forms, nuances and cumulative effects
Language and vocabulary
Word forms, nuances and cumulative effects
Determine and verify precise meanings
Use context, changes in word form and reference sources to clarify meaning, word function or origin.
Analyze figurative language and nuance
Explain euphemism, oxymoron and related meanings, including how a series of word choices shapes tone.
Interpret specialized and academic terms
Resolve unfamiliar subject vocabulary and analyze the cumulative effect of wording in nonfiction.
Grade 10 aMath skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasaMath measures K-8 math skills, including when students in Grades 9-12 take it. These are selected K-8 foundations, not high-school course requirements.
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Use place value and the four operations, then estimate to check whether an answer makes sense.
Calculate with fractions and signed numbers
Use fraction operations and extend the four operations to positive and negative rational numbers.
Understand irrational numbers and scientific notation
Compare rational and irrational values using approximations and work with powers of ten.
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Use rates, ratios and percentages
Find unit rates, recognize proportional relationships, and solve percent problems.
Work with expressions and equations
Write equivalent expressions, solve linear equations, and interpret pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Interpret functions
Connect tables, graphs, equations and descriptions; compare linear relationships and their rates of change.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Apply area and volume formulas
Solve area, surface-area and volume problems using diagrams, nets and formulas.
Reason about shapes and distances
Use transformations, similarity and the Pythagorean theorem to explain geometric relationships.
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Interpret and compare data
Read data displays, summarize distributions and use samples to draw conclusions.
Reason about probability and association
Model simple and compound events and interpret patterns in two-variable data.
Grade 10 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasReading standards share the Grades 9-10 band.
Literary text
Complex characters, developed themes and author choices
Literary text
Complex characters, developed themes and author choices
Build a well-supported interpretation
Use thorough evidence to trace how a theme emerges, develops and becomes more precise.
Analyze complex character development
Explain conflicting motivations, interactions, and their effects on plot or theme.
Explain structure and cultural perspective
Analyze how event order or pacing creates an effect and how a work reflects a particular cultural viewpoint.
Compare artistic treatments and source material
Identify what different media emphasize or omit and explain how an author transforms an earlier work.
Informational text
Rhetoric, developed claims and reasoning
Informational text
Rhetoric, developed claims and reasoning
Trace a sustained analysis
Use strong evidence to explain a central idea and the order and connections through which an author develops it.
Analyze structure and persuasive choices
Explain how particular passages refine a claim and how rhetoric advances the author's purpose.
Evaluate arguments for validity
Check relevance and sufficiency of evidence and identify false statements or flawed reasoning.
Compare accounts and significant documents
Analyze emphasis across media and compare how historically significant U.S. texts address related ideas.
Language and vocabulary
Word forms, nuances and cumulative effects
Language and vocabulary
Word forms, nuances and cumulative effects
Determine and verify precise meanings
Use context, changes in word form and reference sources to clarify meaning, word function or origin.
Analyze figurative language and nuance
Explain euphemism, oxymoron and related meanings, including how a series of word choices shapes tone.
Interpret specialized and academic terms
Resolve unfamiliar subject vocabulary and analyze the cumulative effect of wording in nonfiction.
Grade 11 aMath skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasaMath measures K-8 math skills, including when students in Grades 9-12 take it. These are selected K-8 foundations, not high-school course requirements.
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Use place value and the four operations, then estimate to check whether an answer makes sense.
Calculate with fractions and signed numbers
Use fraction operations and extend the four operations to positive and negative rational numbers.
Understand irrational numbers and scientific notation
Compare rational and irrational values using approximations and work with powers of ten.
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Use rates, ratios and percentages
Find unit rates, recognize proportional relationships, and solve percent problems.
Work with expressions and equations
Write equivalent expressions, solve linear equations, and interpret pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Interpret functions
Connect tables, graphs, equations and descriptions; compare linear relationships and their rates of change.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Apply area and volume formulas
Solve area, surface-area and volume problems using diagrams, nets and formulas.
Reason about shapes and distances
Use transformations, similarity and the Pythagorean theorem to explain geometric relationships.
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Interpret and compare data
Read data displays, summarize distributions and use samples to draw conclusions.
Reason about probability and association
Model simple and compound events and interpret patterns in two-variable data.
Grade 11 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasReading standards share the Grades 11-12 band.
Literary text
Ambiguity, interacting themes and implied meaning
Literary text
Ambiguity, interacting themes and implied meaning
Analyze evidence and uncertainty
Support an interpretation thoroughly while recognizing what the text leaves unresolved.
Trace interacting themes and author choices
Explain how multiple themes develop together and how choices about characters, setting and events shape the work.
Interpret structure and implied viewpoints
Evaluate the effect of an opening or ending and distinguish literal statements from satire, irony or understatement.
Evaluate interpretations and literary connections
Compare versions of a work and analyze related themes across foundational American literature from the same period.
Informational text
Complex ideas, rhetorical effectiveness and synthesis
Informational text
Complex ideas, rhetorical effectiveness and synthesis
Explain complex and interacting ideas
Use thorough evidence, identify uncertainty, and trace how multiple central ideas or events build on one another.
Evaluate organization and rhetoric
Judge how effectively an argument's structure, style and content make its points convincing.
Synthesize information across sources
Evaluate and combine written, visual or quantitative sources to address a question.
Analyze reasoning in significant U.S. texts
Evaluate premises and arguments, including legal reasoning, and compare purposes and rhetorical features of foundational documents.
Language and vocabulary
Precise terminology, figurative effects and evolving meanings
Language and vocabulary
Precise terminology, figurative effects and evolving meanings
Resolve subtle or multiple meanings
Combine context and word forms with reference information about precise meaning, origin or usage.
Analyze figurative and nuanced wording
Explain effects of hyperbole, paradox or multiple meanings and distinguish closely related word choices.
Track how important terms develop
Analyze how an author refines a key term across a text and independently clarify specialized vocabulary.
Grade 12 aMath skills
10 skill groups across 4 topic areasaMath measures K-8 math skills, including when students in Grades 9-12 take it. These are selected K-8 foundations, not high-school course requirements.
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Numbers and operations
Whole numbers, fractions, decimals and signed numbers
Calculate with whole numbers and decimals
Use place value and the four operations, then estimate to check whether an answer makes sense.
Calculate with fractions and signed numbers
Use fraction operations and extend the four operations to positive and negative rational numbers.
Understand irrational numbers and scientific notation
Compare rational and irrational values using approximations and work with powers of ten.
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Ratios, algebra and functions
Proportions, equations, graphs and relationships
Use rates, ratios and percentages
Find unit rates, recognize proportional relationships, and solve percent problems.
Work with expressions and equations
Write equivalent expressions, solve linear equations, and interpret pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
Interpret functions
Connect tables, graphs, equations and descriptions; compare linear relationships and their rates of change.
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Geometry and measurement
Shapes, measurement and spatial reasoning
Apply area and volume formulas
Solve area, surface-area and volume problems using diagrams, nets and formulas.
Reason about shapes and distances
Use transformations, similarity and the Pythagorean theorem to explain geometric relationships.
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Statistics and probability
Data distributions, sampling and chance
Interpret and compare data
Read data displays, summarize distributions and use samples to draw conclusions.
Reason about probability and association
Model simple and compound events and interpret patterns in two-variable data.
Grade 12 aReading skills
11 skill groups across 3 topic areasReading standards share the Grades 11-12 band.
Literary text
Ambiguity, interacting themes and implied meaning
Literary text
Ambiguity, interacting themes and implied meaning
Analyze evidence and uncertainty
Support an interpretation thoroughly while recognizing what the text leaves unresolved.
Trace interacting themes and author choices
Explain how multiple themes develop together and how choices about characters, setting and events shape the work.
Interpret structure and implied viewpoints
Evaluate the effect of an opening or ending and distinguish literal statements from satire, irony or understatement.
Evaluate interpretations and literary connections
Compare versions of a work and analyze related themes across foundational American literature from the same period.
Informational text
Complex ideas, rhetorical effectiveness and synthesis
Informational text
Complex ideas, rhetorical effectiveness and synthesis
Explain complex and interacting ideas
Use thorough evidence, identify uncertainty, and trace how multiple central ideas or events build on one another.
Evaluate organization and rhetoric
Judge how effectively an argument's structure, style and content make its points convincing.
Synthesize information across sources
Evaluate and combine written, visual or quantitative sources to address a question.
Analyze reasoning in significant U.S. texts
Evaluate premises and arguments, including legal reasoning, and compare purposes and rhetorical features of foundational documents.
Language and vocabulary
Precise terminology, figurative effects and evolving meanings
Language and vocabulary
Precise terminology, figurative effects and evolving meanings
Resolve subtle or multiple meanings
Combine context and word forms with reference information about precise meaning, origin or usage.
Analyze figurative and nuanced wording
Explain effects of hyperbole, paradox or multiple meanings and distinguish closely related word choices.
Track how important terms develop
Analyze how an author refines a key term across a text and independently clarify specialized vocabulary.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.
Sources and scope
FastBridge reports aMath and aReading skills using Common Core domains. The detailed preparation summaries here come from the linked standards.
Both assessments are adaptive screeners. Separate earlyReading, earlyMath and CBM assessments are not included.