Presents an overview of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills high school English language arts exam, and features advice on developing a study plan, subject review in all test areas, and practice exams and solutions.

*Improve your English and reading grades. *Perfect the skills you'll need to excel using our proven tips and techniques. *Test your knowledge with 2 full-length practice TAKS English Language Arts tests.

Featuring streamlined content, effective study strategies, and an interactive approach, this study guide helps students prepare for their state exam. Students will find the succinct, spreadsheet-style information quick and easy to digest.

Roadmap to the TAKS Exit-Level Mathematicsincludes strategies that are proven to enhance student performance. The experts at The Princeton Review provide •content review based on the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) •detailed lessons, complete with skill-specific activities •2 complete practice TAKS Mathematics tests

The TAKS Exit Level exam, given to eleventh-grade students throughout Texas, is a prerequisite for high school graduation. This brand-new manual describes the test format, presents diagnostic questions to help students gauge their strengths and weaknesses, and reviews all TAKS social studies test topics. The topic review covers U.S. History, World Geography and History, Economic and Social Events in History, Political Influences that Shape History, and Social Studies Skills. This manual also presents two full-length practice tests with all questions answered and thoroughly explained.

Reviews the Exit-level (tenth grade) TAAS exams in reading, writing, and math, including test-taking strategies and extensive practice exercises, combined with a humorous storyline.

Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how teachers are responding to them. At the heart of Measuring History are cases of classroom teachers in seven states (Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia) where new social studies standards and new, and generally high-stakes, state-level history tests are prominent. In these chapters, the authors describe and analyze the state’s testing efforts and how those efforts are being interpreted in the context of classroom practice. The results both support and challenge prevailing views on the efficacy of testing as a vehicle for educational reform. Catherine Horn (University of Houston) and I lay the groundwork for the case studies through a set of introductory chapters that examine the current environment, the research literature, and the technical qualities of history tests.