KCS Department Site Resources You will find many resources on curriculum department websites to help with mastering skills. Check the sites often as new material is added often. |
TEST PRACTICE / SAMPLES |
 Download this six-page color or black and white brochure on "Expect More Achieve More" for your organization's meetings or for your own use. Print as many as you need |
Practice for Spring Test An interactive site for Students, Teachers, Parents Practice test items are interactive and are created by Pearson, the company that produces our TCAPs and EOCs: http://www.mcsk12.net/stp/springtestprep.asp  |
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Community Resources The Knoxville area has many private and civic groups and organizations that offer their resources and talents to help provide a better education for our children and to meet the new, higher standards. Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Knoxville Area Urban League
United Way of Greater Knoxville
National Association for Educational Progress
State Department of Education
Project GRAD Parent Organizations*
National Parent Teacher Association
Knox County Council PTA *You may also want to check your local school site for parent involvement opportunites Websites and other Resources   Tennessee First to the Top Application Executive Summary Two page summary Advisory Council Appointments Knox County Schools Scope of Work Tennessee SDE links U. S. Government Race to the Top Press Conference on New Standards Teacher Evaluation: Tennessee Evaluation Advisory Committee  State Collaboration of Remforming Education
 Tennessee Diploma Project Help for Parents  Tennessee State Curriculum Standards   U.S. Department of Education  NAEP: National Assessment of Educational Progress The Nation's Report Card The Nation’s Report CardTM informs the public about the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States. Report cards communicate the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time.  United Way Resources |
 Samples released from Spring 2010 TCAPThese Item Samplers contain questions that are representative of the types of questions from the Spring TCAP Achievement Test. Each test item in the Item Sampler is presented with the Reporting Category and Performance Indicator. In a classroom learning session, these questions can be used to prepare students for the actual test. An answer key for the sample questions is provided at the end of each Item Sampler. NAEP Samples: National Assessment of Educational Progress After each assessment, NAEP releases dozens of sample questions to the public—more than 2,000 questions are currently available. The tools featured here can be used to supplement classroom instruction, provide additional insight into the content of the assessment, and show what students nationally or in your state or district know and can do. Explore the tools or print a quick reference guide to find out more about NAEP. The NAEP website features a number of applications designed to give users quick and easy access to questions from previous assessments, performance comparisons, and NAEP assessment data for quick or complex analyses.  Take a multi-question test: Click the images above to go to the NAEP site. Select from Civics, Economics, Long-Term trend, Mathematics, Music, Reading, Science, U. S. History, and Visual Arts to take a sample multi-question test and receive a score. Grade levels: 4 8 or 12  NAEP Question Tool Want to practice taking questions released from former NAEP tests? The NAEP Question Tool lets you select
Answer the question, see the result and then examine the comparisons of students nationwide on the same test item or subject area.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2007 Reading Assessment.
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