8th Grade Testing Information
Grade 8 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 8 Standards.
Grade 8 Mathematics Standards Coverage
Reporting Category | Standard | Percentage of Test |
Expressions and Equations
Students work with radicals and integer exponents. They understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations |
MAFS.8.EE.1.1 MAFS.8.EE.1.2 MAFS.8.EE.1.3
MAFS.8.EE.1.4 MAFS.8.EE.2.5 MAFS.8.EE.2.6 MAFS.8.EE.3.7 MAFS.8.EE.3.8 |
30% |
Functions
Students define, evaluate, and compare functions. They use functions to model relationships between quantities |
MAFS.8.F.1.1 MAFS.8.F.1.2 MAFS.8.F.1.3
MAFS.8.F.2.4 MAFS.8.F.2.5 |
25% |
Geometry
Students understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. They understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. They solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres. |
MAFS.8.G.1.2 Also Assesses MAFS.8.G.1.127
MAFS.8.G.1.3 MAFS.8.G.1.4 Also Assesses MAFS.8.G.1.1 MAFS.8.G.1.5 MAFS.8.G.2.6 MAFS.8.G.2.7 Also Assesses MAFS.8.G.2.8 MAFS.8.G.3.9 |
27% |
Statistics and Probability and the Number System
Students investigate patterns of association in bivariate data. They know that there are numbers that are not rational and approximate them by rational numbers. |
MAFS.8.SP.1.1 MAFS.8.SP.1.2 MAFS.8.SP.1.3
MAFS.8.SP.1.4 MAFS.8.NS.1.1 MAFS.8.NS.1.2 |
18% |
For Math Strand specific explanations please download the Math Grade 8 Standards.