ISAT Testing Hints and Helps
WAYS TO HELP YOUR CHILD BE AT HIS/HER BEST
FOR TEST TAKING:
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Be sure your child gets a good night's
sleep.
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Be sure your child wears
comfortable clothes to school.
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Be sure your child has a good breakfast
before going to school.
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Be sure to send a snack to school with
your child for a mid-morning break.
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Avoid disagreements and
arguments the night before testing and the morning of the test.
Be sure you remind your child to do
his/her best. Learn to take testing seriously.
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Illinois State
Achievement Test samples - select grade level and subject
area to work on test sample items.
Instilling Good Study Skills in your Children
Tips for Students - Practice Good Study Skills
Is My Child a Good Test Taker? - an assessment of your child's
habits and links to sites on test taking
Help Your
Child Improve in Test-Taking
Parent Portal: Test
Taking is a Skill
Test Taking Tips -
help your child do his best
Graphic Organizers
Reading Strategies for
Comprehension
Math ISAT
Extended Response Grade 6 (.pdf format)
Math ISAT Extended Response Grade 7 (.pdf format)
Math ISAT
Extended Response Grade 8 (.pdf format)
ISAT Sample Books
- Interactive
ISAT Multiple-Choice Sample Questions
Note: If a test does not display, a pop-up blocker may be preventing it from
opening and you may need to instruct the pop-up blocker to allow access to these
tests.
- 2009 ISAT Sample Books
(Posted 11/21/08)
Please do not load the reading sample books (electronic
files) to your computer or network. Many of the reading passages
in the sample book are copyrighted passages. The permission
rights the State of Illinois acquired are only for posting
to the ISBE Web site.
You may establish a link from your computer or network to
the reading passages on the ISBE Web site.
2009 ISAT Form LM Sample Books (Posted 2/23/09)2008 Sample Books