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For students to be prepared for any summative exams, practitioners working with high school students need to utilize the Illinois Learning Standards throughout the year.  These standards are assessed in SAT and PARCC.  Both practice materials can support the high school teacher and student for college and career readiness.

SAT & PARCC Literacy Assessment Resources

SAT Overview and Practice Test

• SAT Resources
• Daily Practice App
• Practice with Khan Academy ​
• Teacher Implementation Guide   (PDF) ​
• This Teacher Implementation Guide contains instructional strategies, rubrics, samples, scoring information and more.

                       PARCC Resources 
Aligned to the standards and great for the classroom
Practice Tests - Computer Based and Paper 
 
2015 PARCC Practice Texts
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• ​Sample Literary Analysis Task and Sample Student Responses 
• Sample Literary Text Tasks (Text Set Example)         
• ​Sample Narrative Tasks and Sample Student Responses
• Informational Task (Short-Medium Length) (Text Set Example)
• Informational Task (Medium-Long Length) ​
• Paired Texts Example
• Sample Research Simulation Tasks 
• ​Sample Student Responses for Conventions (from all 3 released items)