CBEST Reading Practice Test 2

In 2001, the United States Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which prioritized standards-based education reform. Rather than impost a single national standard for education, this Act required individual states to establish measurable and observable goals for assessing high quality performance standards, intended to increase individual student outcomes. Federal funding for each state was contingent upon states providing assessments to students in selected grade levels. Since its inception, federal and state governments have created thousands of programs, costing eight hundred billion dollars nation-wide. After nearly fifteen years of criticism, largely due to sweeping programmatic failure, the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2015, resulting in some states eliminating standards testing altogether.

According to the information presented in this passage, the United States Congress…?

In 2001, the United States Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which prioritized standards-based education reform. Rather than impost a single national standard for education, this Act required individual states to establish measurable and observable goals for assessing high quality performance standards, intended to increase individual student outcomes. Federal funding for each state was contingent upon states providing assessments to students in selected grade levels. Since its inception, federal and state governments have created thousands of programs, costing eight hundred billion dollars nation-wide. After nearly fifteen years of criticism, largely due to sweeping programmatic failure, the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2015, resulting in some states eliminating standards testing altogether.

Which of the following is the best meaning of the word contingent as it is used in the passage?

In 2001, the United States Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which prioritized standards-based education reform. Rather than impost a single national standard for education, this Act required individual states to establish measurable and observable goals for assessing high quality performance standards, intended to increase individual student outcomes. Federal funding for each state was contingent upon states providing assessments to students in selected grade levels. Since its inception, federal and state governments have created thousands of programs, costing eight hundred billion dollars nation-wide. After nearly fifteen years of criticism, largely due to sweeping programmatic failure, the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2015, resulting in some states eliminating standards testing altogether.

This passage is most likely addressed to:

In 2001, the United States Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which prioritized standards-based education reform. Rather than impost a single national standard for education, this Act required individual states to establish measurable and observable goals for assessing high quality performance standards, intended to increase individual student outcomes. Federal funding for each state was contingent upon states providing assessments to students in selected grade levels. Since its inception, federal and state governments have created thousands of programs, costing eight hundred billion dollars nation-wide. After nearly fifteen years of criticism, largely due to sweeping programmatic failure, the Every Student Succeeds Act was passed by a bipartisan Congress in 2015, resulting in some states eliminating standards testing altogether.

Which of the following best describes the writer’s pattern of organization in the passage?

Use the table of contents from a Child Development textbook to answer the question that follows

In which part of the book would information about designing a preschool classroom to optimize three-year-old development be found?

Use the table of contents from a Child Development textbook to answer the question that follows

A reader is looking for the technical definitions of secure attachment and avoidant attachment. The reader could probably find this information most quickly and easily by looking first in which of the following sections of the book?

Use the table of contents from a Child Development textbook to answer the question that follows

A reader is completing research on how different theories of child development compare with one another. The reader would find this information in which of the following sections of the book?

While most kids loved Halloween, I dreaded the holiday every year. Because my mother was a drama teacher, she made my older brother and I dress in the most ridiculous costumes, and act out scenes from popular horror films for the neighborhood kids who rang our doorbell. It took the three of us nearly four hours to apply makeup, prepare elaborate hairstyles, and finish donning costumes and props before the earliest trick-or-treaters rang our doorbell. “All the world’s a stage,” she would bellow from the kitchen, while running with candy bowl in hand to greet our guests. My brother loved the drama, and would finish her sentence, “and tonight we are its biggest stars!”

What does the writer’s observation about the interaction between mother and son suggest about their relationship?

While most kids loved Halloween, I dreaded the holiday every year. Because my mother was a drama teacher, she made my older brother and I dress in the most ridiculous costumes, and act out scenes from popular horror films for the neighborhood kids who rang our doorbell. It took the three of us nearly four hours to apply makeup, prepare elaborate hairstyles, and finish donning costumes and props before the earliest trick-or-treaters rang our doorbell. “All the world’s a stage,” she would bellow from the kitchen, while running with candy bowl in hand to greet our guests. My brother loved the drama, and would finish her sentence, “and tonight we are its biggest stars!”

Which of the following is the best meaning of the word donning as it is used in the passage?

While most kids loved Halloween, I dreaded the holiday every year. Because my mother was a drama teacher, she made my older brother and I dress in the most ridiculous costumes, and act out scenes from popular horror films for the neighborhood kids who rang our doorbell. It took the three of us nearly four hours to apply makeup, prepare elaborate hairstyles, and finish donning costumes and props before the earliest trick-or-treaters rang our doorbell. “All the world’s a stage,” she would bellow from the kitchen, while running with candy bowl in hand to greet our guests. My brother loved the drama, and would finish her sentence, “and tonight we are its biggest stars!”

Which of the following statements best expressed the central idea of the passage?