A 14-line poem in iambic pentameter rhymes abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Which form is it, and what does its closing couplet usually do?Academy of American Poets, glossary of poetic terms, Sonnet. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
A class ranks "thrifty", "frugal" and "stingy" from most to least flattering. In the words of the New York grade 9-10 standards, what are the students analyzing?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10L5b. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A middle school gives every entering seventh grader a brief reading measure in September. By the IES guide on adolescent literacy, what should come next for the students it flags?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 5. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
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Knowledge of literacy and language arts, continued
A ninth grader reads every word of this sentence correctly and knows what each word means, yet cannot say who opposed the treaty: "The treaty, which the senators who had drafted it now opposed, failed." Which kind of language processing is breaking down?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A playwright wants her characters to speak in lines that never rhyme but still hold a steady meter, five iambs to the line. Which kind of verse is she choosing?Academy of American Poets, glossary of poetic terms, Blank verse and Free verse. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
A school wants to make its reading intervention for struggling ninth graders more intensive. By the IES guide on adolescent literacy, what is the intensity of an intervention related to most directly?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 5. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A seventh grader stumbles on "misinformed". Which analysis shows its meaningful parts correctly?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten Through 3rd Grade (NCEE 2016-4008), glossary. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A short novel tells a simple story of animals who take over a farm, written so that each event mirrors a real political revolution. Which literary term fits it?Academy of American Poets, glossary of poetic terms, Allegory. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
A student insists that a usage he was taught in fourth grade "can never change". Which core conventions skill for grades 9 to 12 in the New York standards speaks to that belief?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), Anchor Standard L1, Core Conventions Skills for Grades 9 to 12. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
A student writes, "Her analyze of the poem was thorough." Which word-study focus from the New York grade 9-10 language standards addresses the error?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10L4b. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A teacher frames a unit on Macbeth with a question the Folger Shakespeare Library poses: does fate tempt Macbeth, or does ambition, his own or his wife's? What will students be analyzing?Folger Shakespeare Library, Macbeth. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
A teacher lets students choose among three articles about a debate in their own town and has them set personal reading goals. Which recommendation of the IES guide on adolescent literacy is she carrying out?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 4. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.1 Knowledge of Language and Literacy Development
A tenth grader's argument for a later school start gives three reasons and never mentions an opposing view. Which element of New York's grade 9-10 argument writing standard is missing?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10W1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
Before a seminar on a novel, a teacher requires each student to bring three marked passages to cite. Which expectation of New York's grade 9-10 speaking and listening standards does this build?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10SL1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
The Declaration of Sentiments, signed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott and others, begins "When, in the course of human events" and holds "that all men and women are created equal". What rhetorical choice do these lines show?National Park Service, Women's Rights National Historical Park, Declaration of Sentiments; National Archives, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
In the Declaration of Independence a long run of sentences begins "He has", as in "He has refused his Assent to Laws". What work does this repeated opening do in the argument?National Archives, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
Which foundational work of American literature, published in 1845, is its author's account of his experiences as an enslaved person and helped promote the cause of abolition?National Park Service, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Frederick Douglass. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0001, 1.2 Knowledge of English Language Arts
Instruction in foundational literacy skills 17
A ninth grader guesses from context that "sanction" means "punish", then is unsure. Which next step do New York's grade 9-10 standards name?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10L4d. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
A science teacher defines "catalyst" once on Monday and never returns to the word. By the IES guide on adolescent literacy, what does the instruction lack?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
A short satire has common words and brief sentences, so its readability score is low, yet its irony defeats many ninth graders. Which factor of text complexity captures that difficulty?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy, Reading Standard 10, Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
A social studies teacher leads a discussion of a primary source, and it stalls after each student answer. Which move does the IES guide on adolescent literacy recommend?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 3. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
A student writes: "The committee voted to cut costs, raising fees, and that it would delay the project." Which core conventions skill for grades 9 to 12 addresses the flaw?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), Anchor Standard L1, Core Conventions Skills for Grades 9 to 12. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.2 Instruction in Language Knowledge
A student's draft introduces a quotation with a comma splice. The teacher shows how a different mark can introduce a list or a quotation. Which mark do the grades 9 to 12 punctuation skills name for that job?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), Anchor Standard L2, Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 9 to 12. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.2 Instruction in Language Knowledge
A teacher begins teaching summarizing with a text that is far above her students' reading level, and the lesson fails. Which advice from the IES guide on adolescent literacy did she overlook?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 2. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
A teacher checks a novel's readability score, weighs its levels of meaning and knowledge demands, and then considers her students' motivation and the task she will set. Which model is she following?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy, Reading Standard 10, Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
A teacher gives students three short sentences about a storm and has them combine the sentences into one in several different ways. Which grades 9 to 12 conventions skill does the exercise serve?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), Anchor Standard L1, Core Conventions Skills for Grades 9 to 12. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.2 Instruction in Language Knowledge
After teaching "ambiguous", a teacher wants students to own the word. Which follow-up does the IES guide on adolescent literacy describe?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
An eighth-grade teacher sets "precede", "recede" and "secede" side by side. Which New York language standard is the lesson built on?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 8L4b. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
"Analyze", "contrast" and "significant" turn up in every subject; "mitosis" belongs to biology. In the wording of New York's grade 9-10 standard on vocabulary use, what are these two kinds of words?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10L6. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
Before research papers are due, a teacher has students check their citations and headings against a published guide used in the discipline. Which New York standard is being taught?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10L3a. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.2 Instruction in Language Knowledge
Rehearsing a speech for a class performance, an eighth grader gets every word right at a comfortable speed but delivers the questions and exclamations exactly like plain statements. Which part of fluency, as the framework names them, needs work?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
Two classes will read the same article. One will skim it for a single fact; the other will critique its argument. Under the third factor of text complexity, what has changed?Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy, Reading Standard 10, Measuring Text Complexity: Three Factors. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.3 Text Complexity and Instruction in Text Comprehension
Which lesson best gives students a strategy for becoming independent vocabulary learners, as the IES guide on adolescent literacy describes it?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices (NCEE 2008-4027), Recommendation 1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.1 Instruction in Vocabulary
Which sentence uses a semicolon in the way New York's core punctuation skills for grades 9 to 12 describe?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), Anchor Standard L2, Core Punctuation and Spelling Skills for Grades 9 to 12. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0002, 2.2 Instruction in Language Knowledge
Instruction in English language arts 6
A class reads an editorial that calls for a curfew and cites one anecdote as proof. Students judge whether the evidence is to the point and enough. Which New York grade 9-10 standard does the task address?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10R8. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.2 Instruction in Reading Informational Text
A student's research question, "What causes pollution?", returns thousands of sources, so the teacher helps her focus it on one river. Which part of New York's grade 9-10 research standard is the teacher applying?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10W6. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.4 Instruction in Writing and Research to Build and Present Knowledge
A teacher annotates an editorial to show how its writer engages readers, then has students try the same moves in their own drafts. Which recommendation of the IES guide on secondary writing does this carry out?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively (NCEE 2017-4002), Recommendation 2. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.3 Instruction in Writing Different Types of Text
After a recorded campaign speech, students list each place where the speaker stretched a statistic or reasoned in a circle. Which New York grade 9-10 speaking and listening standard does the task teach?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10SL3. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.5 Instruction in Speaking and Listening
The IES guide on secondary writing recommends a Model-Practice-Reflect cycle for teaching writing strategies. Which sequence matches it?IES What Works Clearinghouse practice guide, Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively (NCEE 2017-4002), Recommendation 1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.3 Instruction in Writing Different Types of Text
Students claim that the narrator of a story cannot be trusted. The teacher asks each one to quote two passages that support the claim. Which New York grade 9-10 reading standard is at work?New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards (2017), standard 9-10R1. Framework section: Part One, Competency 0003, 3.1 Instruction in Reading Literature
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to Part One: Literacy and English Language Arts (field 241) of the NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018 (https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/content/docs/NY_fld241_244_245_objs.pdf, read 2026-10-12): Knowledge of Literacy and Language Arts 17 selected-response items, Instruction in Foundational Literacy Skills 17, Instruction in English Language Arts 6. The bank holds the same 17, 17 and 6. Terms, practices and quotations were checked on 2026-10-12 against the page each question names: the New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards of 2017 (https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/curriculum-instruction/nys-next-generation-ela-standards.pdf); the Institute of Education Sciences practice guides Improving Adolescent Literacy (NCEE 2008-4027), Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively (NCEE 2017-4002) and Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding (NCEE 2016-4008); the text complexity factors in the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts; the Academy of American Poets glossary; the Folger Shakespeare Library; the National Park Service; and the National Archives. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site. Quoted lines are from public documents.
Mathematics: all 40 questions
Number and quantity 5
A bookstore raises the price of a $64 textbook by 25%. Later it cuts 25% from the new price. What is the final price?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0001, 1.2 Ratios and Proportional Relationships
A calculator shows 7 ÷ 12 as 0.58333..., with the 3 repeating without end. Working backward from the decimal, which step proves that it equals 7/12?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0001, 1.1 The Real Number System
A cyclist on a canal towpath covers 440 yards each minute. A mile is 1,760 yards. What is the cyclist's speed in miles per hour?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0001, 1.2 Ratios and Proportional Relationships
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Number and quantity, continued
A server holds 7.2 × 10⁹ bytes in 2.4 × 10⁴ files of equal size. How many bytes are in each file?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0001, 1.1 The Real Number System
For x > 0, which expression is equal to (16x⁸)^(3/4)?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0001, 1.1 The Real Number System
Algebra and functions 20
5(3a − 2) − 4(2a − 7) simplifies to which expression?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
A club sells adult tickets for $8 and student tickets for $5. The hall seats at most 200, and the club needs at least $1,300. Which sale of (adult, student) tickets meets both constraints?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
A cubic polynomial p(x) has zeros at −2, 1 and 5, and p(0) = 20. What is its leading coefficient?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
A mural is a rectangle whose height is 4 feet less than its width. Its area is 96 square feet. How wide is it, in feet?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
A print shop charges a $12 setup fee plus $0.35 for each flyer. An order comes to $82. How many flyers were printed?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
A school theater models its profit in dollars from one show as P(x) = −5x² + 300x − 2,500, where x is the ticket price in dollars. Which price gives the greatest profit, and what is that profit?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
Account A gains $50 every month. Account B gains 5% of its balance every month. Which pair of models fits?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
At a farm stand, 4 pints of berries and 3 jars of honey cost $41. Two pints and 5 jars cost $45. What does one jar of honey cost?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
Between x = −1 and x = 3, what is the average rate of change of f(x) = 2x² − 3?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
Given g(t) = t² + 6t, what is g(k − 3) in simplest form?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
The graph of y = √x begins at the origin. Where does the graph of y = √(x + 4) − 1 begin?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
Multiply (2x − 3)(x² + 5x − 1). Which polynomial results?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
The number of fish in a stocked lake is modeled by N(t) = 500(1.2)^t, with t in years. By the model, how does the count change each year?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
On a quiz a student writes: "3x² = 12x, so 3x = 12, so x = 4." Which solution is missing, and why?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
Over the real numbers, g(x) = √(15 − 3x) is defined for which values of x?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
To find a vertex, a student rewrites y = x² + 14x + 30 in the form y = (x + h)² + k. What are h and k?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
The trinomial 12x² + 5x − 28 is the product of which two binomials?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
Wherever both are defined, (2x² − 8)/(x² − 5x + 6) equals which expression?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
Which function undoes f(x) = 5 − 4x, so that applying one after the other returns x?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.2 Linear, Quadratic, and Simple Exponential Functions
Which values of x satisfy 5 − 2(3x + 1) < 4x − 17?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0002, 2.1 Algebra
Geometry and statistics 15
A raffle sells 500 tickets at $4 each. One ticket wins $800 and five others win $40 each. What is the expected net value of one ticket?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
A round garden bed is 16 feet across. A sprinkler at its center waters a sector with a central angle of 45°. How much of the bed does it water?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
A scale model of a parade float is built at a scale of 1 : 4. Covering the model takes 3 square feet of fabric. About how much fabric covers the full-size float?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
A school has 1,200 students. Which sample best supports a conclusion about the share of all students who favor a later start time?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
A sphere of radius 3 cm sits inside a cylinder of radius 3 cm and height 6 cm. How much of the cylinder's volume is left empty?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
The endpoints of a diameter of a circle are (−1, 4) and (7, −2). Which equation describes the circle?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
Five houses sold for 180, 195, 200, 210 and 215 thousand dollars. A sixth then sells for 900 thousand. How do the mean and the median change?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
For a lot of used cars, a fitted line is: predicted price = 21,500 − 1,800 × (age in years). What does the −1,800 mean in context?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
From a point on level ground 40 meters from the base of a flagpole, the angle of elevation to its top is 35°. Which expression gives the height of the pole in meters?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
In triangle ABC, angle A measures (2x + 10)° and angle B measures (3x − 5)°. The exterior angle at C measures 130°. What is x?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
Nine students read 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14 and 30 books over a summer. By the 1.5 × IQR rule, which values are outliers?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
Of 150 commuters surveyed, 90 ride the subway and 60 ride the bus. Forty-five of the subway riders and 30 of the bus riders hold a monthly pass. What percent of the pass holders ride the bus?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
Segment AB has endpoints A(−4, 7) and B(8, −9). Which is an equation of its perpendicular bisector?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
Two names are drawn at random, one after the other, from a hat holding the names of 6 juniors and 4 seniors. What is the probability that both come from the same grade?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.2 Data, Statistics, and Probability
Vertex K(−2, 6) of a triangle is rotated 90° clockwise about the origin. Where does K land?NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018: Part Two, Competency 0003, 3.1 Geometry
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to Part Two: Mathematics (field 244) of the NYSTCE Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7–Grade 12) (241/244/245) Assessment Design and Framework, May 2018 (https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/content/docs/NY_fld241_244_245_objs.pdf, read 2026-10-12): Number and Quantity 5 selected-response items, Algebra and Functions 20, Geometry and Statistics 15. The bank holds the same 5, 20 and 15. Every answer is mathematics worked from what the question prints, and each was worked out a second time on 2026-10-12. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This NYSTCE Multi-Subject 7-12 practice test covers Parts One and Two, with 40 questions of our own each. It is unofficial and not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the New York State Education Department or Pearson.
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Parts One and Two
Part One (241) is literacy and English language arts. Part Two (244) is mathematics: number, algebra, functions, geometry and statistics. Each real part has 40 selected-response questions and one written response, which this page does not mark. Exam mode gives 60 minutes for Part One and 75 for Part Two, the framework's figures.
Part Three
All four Multi-Subject tests share Part Three: Arts and Sciences (245), so a pass counts for each of them. Practice it in the third set of the CST Multi-Subject practice test, which follows the same Part Three framework.
Part Two of the real test puts a scientific calculator on screen, so keep one beside you for the mathematics set.
Questions and answers
What is on this NYS Multi-Subject 7-12 CST practice test?
Part One: 17 questions on knowledge of literacy and language arts, 17 on teaching foundational literacy skills and 6 on teaching English language arts. Part Two: 5 on number and quantity, 20 on algebra and functions, 15 on geometry and statistics.
What score do you need to pass the Multi-Subject 7-12 CST?
The test's page gives 520 for each part, and all three parts must be passed to qualify for the certificate. A scaled score is not a count of right answers, so results here carry no pass verdict.
How much does the written response count on the 7-12 test?
By the framework of May 2018, 30% of the Part One score and 20% of the Part Two score. It is a long written response built on analyzing several samples of student-based evidence. Part Three has none.