TerraNova Practice Test | Free Sample Questions
Wondering what kinds of questions your child will be asked on the TerraNova Tests?
Below is a practice test with five sample questions.
IMPORTANT: While the TerraNova practice questions shown on this page are representative of what your child will see on the exam, they aren’t taken directly from the actual test that’s being administered this year
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Types of Questions on the TerraNova Test
The TerraNova, Third Edition (TerraNova3) is a standardized, norm-referenced achievement assessment that measures students’ academic knowledge and skills. Depending on the test level and battery a school selects, students may be assessed in Reading, Language, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
The exact content and difficulty of the questions vary by grade and test level. Schools may also choose to administer only certain subject areas, so not every student taking TerraNova will necessarily complete all five subjects.
Reading
The Reading section measures how well students understand and analyze written material. Depending on grade level, students may read literary and informational passages and answer questions about what they have read.
Questions may assess skills such as:
- Identifying the main idea and supporting details
- Recalling information from a passage
- Understanding sequence and relationships between events
- Making inferences
- Drawing conclusions
- Determining the meaning of words from context
- Comparing information and ideas
- Understanding an author’s purpose or point of view
- Analyzing and interpreting text
As students progress through the grade levels, reading questions generally require increasingly sophisticated comprehension, analysis, and reasoning.
Language
The Language section measures students’ understanding of written English and their ability to recognize clear, correct, and effective language.
Depending on grade level, questions may assess:
- Grammar and usage
- Sentence structure
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
- Word choice
- Editing skills
- Organization of ideas
- Effective written expression
Students may be asked to identify an error, select the best way to revise part of a sentence or passage, or determine which sentence most effectively communicates an idea.
Mathematics
The Mathematics section measures students’ understanding of mathematical concepts and their ability to apply those concepts to solve problems.
Depending on grade level, topics may include:
- Number sense and number relationships
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Fractions and decimals
- Computation and estimation
- Measurement
- Geometry and spatial reasoning
- Data analysis
- Statistics and probability
- Patterns
- Algebraic thinking
- Mathematical reasoning and problem solving
Students may encounter straightforward computation as well as multistep problems, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, and real-world situations that require them to decide how to use the information provided.
Science
When a school selects Science for the TerraNova assessment, questions may measure both scientific knowledge and the ability to apply scientific reasoning.
Content may include:
- Life science
- Physical science
- Earth and space science
- Scientific inquiry
- Science and technology
- Interpreting scientific information
Rather than relying solely on memorized facts, students may be asked to examine diagrams, tables, graphs, experiments, or descriptions of scientific situations and use the information to answer questions, make predictions, or draw conclusions.
Social Studies
When Social Studies is administered, questions may assess students’ understanding of:
- History
- Geography
- Civics and government
- Economics
- Culture and society
Students may also need to interpret information presented in maps, timelines, charts, graphs, illustrations, or short passages. Questions can require students to recall information as well as apply their knowledge to historical, geographic, civic, and economic situations.
What Do TerraNova Questions Measure?
TerraNova is an achievement test, not an IQ test. It measures academic skills and knowledge students have developed through instruction and learning.
However, many TerraNova questions require more than simply recalling a fact or performing a memorized procedure. Depending on the subject and grade level, students may need to:
- Apply what they have learned to a new situation
- Analyze information
- Compare ideas
- Interpret charts, graphs, maps, and diagrams
- Make inferences
- Solve multistep problems
- Draw conclusions based on evidence
This is one reason practice can be helpful. Becoming familiar with standardized-test-style questions can help students focus on demonstrating what they know rather than being distracted by an unfamiliar question format.
TerraNova results can provide useful information about a student’s academic achievement and performance relative to the test’s national norm group. However, like any standardized assessment, TerraNova provides one measure of a student’s performance at a particular point in time. Test results are most useful when considered alongside classroom performance, teacher observations, school assessments, and other information about the student’s learning and progress.
TerraNova Sample Question #1
Look at the cake Beverly baked for Sam in the first box. Choose the picture that shows what the cake looked like after Beverly cut out the first slice.
TerraNova Sample Question #2
Choose the picture with the most eggs.
TerraNova Sample Question #3
Look at the boxes with coins below. Choose the box that shows 40 cents.
TerraNova Sample Question #4
Look at the picture below. It is a snake. I’m going to read some words to you. Choose the word that rhymes with snake. What rhymes with snake? Is it shoe, cake, cup, or snail?
TerraNova Sample Question #5
Touch the picture that shows where a family in New York City is most likely to live.
Answers: 3rd from Left, 3rd Row Down, Bottom Right, 2nd from Left, 2nd from Left
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These are only sample questions with answers and not a breakdown of the type of questions and how they are valued and placed? For instance, all these questions are random from a variety of subject areas and do not indicate strength and/or weakness in a certain category?
The website promises 100 free questions; however, I was redirected to purchase a membership only after 10 questions. Can you kindly explain this to me?
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It’s an outtdated test. They still have pictures of TVs with antennas. Most kids now think that is a robot. If your kid has to take this test, go to a private testing center and take another test in it’s place. The trajectory of your child’s education is important. Don’t let an out dated test that you won’t be able to review affect your child’s education negatively.
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Helpful , nead more questions
I like it however it would be nice to be able to make a mark on the correct answer and have the whole test at once to see how your child scored
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