Better Test Scores for the
Ohio Achievement Assessments | GRADES 5 & 8

Social Studies

Student Book Features

• Lessons align with the social studies skills in the Ohio Academic Content Standards

• Practice items mirror the format of the Ohio Achievement Assessment

• Specific strategies and tips for answering multiple-choice, short response, and extended response questions

• Practice with maps, charts, and graphs aids students' understanding of social studies concepts

• Includes test-taking strategies and practice for answering multiple-choice questions and formulating short and extended responses about social studies topics

• Lessons focus on and are organized by the standard categories
  —History
  —Geography
  — Government
  — Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
  — People in Societies
  — Economics

• Reproducible skills charts identify students' strengths and weaknesses

• Reproducible bubble answer sheets replicate an authentic testing environment

Loaded with test-taking strategies!

Each Better Test Scores Social Studies Student Book has

• general test-taking tips

• tips for taking the Ohio Social Studies Achievement Assessment

• additional tips, hints, and strategies highlighted in each lesson

• a quick review of key reading concepts and skills in each lesson

Teacher Guide Features

• Complete answers to all practice and try-out tests

• Correlation of skills in the Student Book to the Ohio Academic Content Standards

• Reproducible skill charts for identifying student strengths and weaknesses from both pretest and posttest

• Easy-to-follow suggestions for integrating Better Test Scores into your classroom

The Student Books can be used as

• a review before taking the Ohio Social Studies Achievement Assessment exam

• a take-home study

• an after school program

• a summer school program

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