6th Grade Testing Information
Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Coverage Reading, Language, and Listening Component
Reporting Category | Genre | Standards | Percentage of Test | ||||
Key Ideas and Details
Students read closely to understand information. They cite textual evidence to support inferences/conclusions. They analyze development and interaction of central ideas, themes, individuals, events, or supporting ideas. They summarize key concepts. |
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15 – 25% | ||||
Craft and Structure
Students interpret connotative and figurative meanings of words/phrases. They analyze how word choice affects meaning/ tone and how text structures impact the text. They determine the effects of point of view or purpose. |
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25 – 35% | ||||
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Students integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media formats. They evaluate arguments for claims, validity, relevance, and sufficient evidence. They analyze treatment of similar themes or topics. |
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20 – 30% | ||||
Language and Editing
Students demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. |
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15 – 25% |
For ELA Strand specific explanations please download the LAFS Grade 6 Standards.
Grade 6 Mathematics Standards Coverage
Reporting Category | Standard | Percentage of Test |
Ratio and Proportional Relationships
Students understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems. |
MAFS.6.RP.1.1 MAFS.6.RP.1.2 MAFS.6.RP.1.3 | 15% |
Expressions and Equations
Students apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. They reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities. They represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables |
MAFS.6.EE.1.1 MAFS.6.EE.1.2 MAFS.6.EE.1.3 MAFS.6.EE.1.4 MAFS.6.EE.2.5 MAFS.6.EE.2.6 MAFS.6.EE.2.7 MAFS.6.EE.2.8 MAFS.6.EE.3.9 | 30% |
Geometry
Students solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume. |
MAFS.6.G.1.1 MAFS.6.G.1.2 MAFS.6.G.1.3 MAFS.6.G.1.4 | 15% |
Statistics & Probability
Students develop understanding of statistical variability. They summarize and describe distributions. |
MAFS.6.SP.1.1 MAFS.6.SP.1.2 MAFS.6.SP.1.3 MAFS.6.SP.2.4 MAFS.6.SP.2.5 | 19% |
The Number System
Students apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. They compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples. They apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers. |
MAFS.6.NS.1.1 MAFS.6.NS.2.2 MAFS.6.NS.2.3 MAFS.6.NS.2.4 MAFS.6.NS.3.5 MAFS.6.NS.3.6
Also Assesses MAFS.6.NS.3.8 MAFS.6.NS.3.7 |
21% |
For Math Strand specific explanations please download the Math Grade 6 Standards.