Book excerpt: Preparation for the New Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) Introduced in 2019! This practice test book will prepare students for the new Illinois Assessment of Readiness English Language Arts tests. It will develop all the skills that students need and provide ongoing practice with the types of questions and tasks found on the real assessments. Complete Preparation for the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) - Covers the English Language Arts skills listed in the Illinois Learning Standards - Includes reading practice sets for literary texts, informational texts, and paired passages - Provides practice completing selected-response, constructed-response, and technology-enhanced questions - Contains passage-based writing tasks for narratives and essays - Expanded question sets ensure that students have practice with a wide range of question types and with questions covering all the reading skills that are assessed Convenient Practice and ELA Test Preparation - Separate sets cover all the types of tasks found on the IAR tests - Each set mimics the content of the real assessments - Includes the same questions types found on the assessments - Flexible format allows question sets to be completed to suit any schedule Key Benefits - Builds confidence by helping students prepare before taking the real tests - Develops all the English Language Arts skills that students need - Provides experience answering all types of questions and completing all types of tasks - Prepares students to write narratives and essays based on passages - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Detailed answer key allows for student work to be reviewed and improved on - Format allows for feedback and review as the student progresses