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We have begun posting the 2003 Math MCAS questions from Grades 4, 6, 8, and 10. They are at Malden Does Math!
To see questions from the 1998 - 2002 tests, click on a grade level below.
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This website has been created to help us work together on the material tested on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests.
Each week – every Sunday morning – we will post we will post four questions from the Math and/or a section of questions from the English MCAS tests for Grades 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10.
Students, teachers, parents, volunteer tutors, interested citizens, religious groups, after-school programs, community organizations and others are encouraged to print, duplicate, and distribute the questions each week – so that we can work together to master this material.
Imagine all the adults in a congregation, with their teenage children, working together each week after religious services, to understand and master that week's questions.
Consider the public spaces in office buildings where professionals could sit down to tutor students after school on each week's questions.
Parents who wish to determine whether their son or daughter in high school is ready for the high-stakes test can offer a small "test run" each week at the kitchen table.
Students or adults who are not ready for the Grade 10 material can begin with questions from the earlier tests – and work up to the higher levels.
Interested citizens can develop "study groups" with the young people they know – or can volunteer in a less-privileged community, sharing instructional ideas with other study groups working on the same material.
Student/tutor pairs can work with other students and tutors.
Media outlets can publish the best lessons they can find or develop to teach each week's content. Local news shows can demonstrate their commitment to the community by incorporating lessons into their programming. On cold winter days, as the Centigrade temperature rises and falls above and below zero (32 degrees Fahrenheit), newscasters can teach addition and subtraction of positive and negative integers. Sportscasters have repeated opportunities to teach percentages, probability, and statistics.
To proceed to the test questions – click below: