English Language Arts (ELA)

ELA Assessment FAQ 

SC READY ELA Test Blueprint Grades 3-5

SC READY ELA Item Types 3-5

SC Ready ELA Sample Questions

Writing Component

Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, the extended-response portion of SC READY will be a “Text-Dependent Writing” (or TDW) item. This type of item requires that students read a passage or passages and respond to a prompt or task while drawing upon the text(s) for their written responses. Students in Grades 3 and 4 will receive and respond to a narrative TDW item. 

Embedded within the TDW item, is a grade-band and mode-specific writer's checklist. The embedded writer's checklist will be available for students testing online. Students can use the embedded writer's checklist to help them plan, write, and proofread their response, as well as scratch paper on which to write a rough draft of their TDW response.

The TDW item is scored with a holistic rubric that has a point range of 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). The maximum number of possible points is 4. 

Grades 3-4 "To Convey an Experience" TDW Rubric 

Grades 3-4 "To Convey an Experience" Writer's Checklist 

2024-2025 Mathematics Test Blueprint Grades 3-5

SC READY Sample

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Bridges Math Resources

Unit 1 - Addition and Subtraction Patterns

Unit 2 - Introduction to Multiplication

Unit 3 - Multi-digit Addition and Subtraction

Unit 4 - Measurement and Fractions

Unit 5 - Multiplication, Division and Area

Unit 6 - Geometry

Unit 7 - Extending Multiplication and Fractions