Middle Level Social Studies (Grades 5–8)

Test Framework Worksheet

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This worksheet allows users to map the test framework to the curriculum by entering up to five courses in the course name fields, and checking the boxes if the content of the course covers the information described by the test objectives in the rows below.
Subarea Objective Number Objective Description
Subtest 1: Test Code 032
Subarea I. Social Studies Skills
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 9
  • Test Weight: 18%
0001 Understand social studies skills.
0002 Understand the content and methods for developing students' content-area reading skills to support their reading and learning in the social studies.
Subarea II. World History
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 27
  • Test Weight: 55%
0003 Understand historical concepts, terms, sources, perspectives, and research skills.
0004 Understand major developments in world history from the beginnings of human society to 600 CE.
0005 Understand major developments in world history from 600 to 1600.
0006 Understand major developments in world history from 1600 to 1930.
0007 Understand major developments in world history from 1930 to the present.
0008 Understand the relationships among science, technology, and society.
Subarea III. Geography
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 14
  • Test Weight: 27%
0009 Understand geographic terms, concepts, sources, and research skills.
0010 Understand physical features, physical systems, and the interaction between the environment and human societies.
0011 Understand human systems.
Subtest 2: Test Code 033
Subarea I. U.S. and Minnesota History
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 27
  • Test Weight: 55%
0012 Understand major developments in early U.S. history from the precontact period to 1791.
0013 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1791 to 1877.
0014 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1877 to 1929.
0015 Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1929 to the present.
0016 Understand major events and developments in Minnesota history.
Subarea II. Government and Citizenship
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 14
  • Test Weight: 27%
0017 Understand political science concepts, terms, perspectives, and research skills.
0018 Understand the foundations of U.S. government, the U.S. political process, and the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.
0019 Understand the structure, organization, and operation of different levels of government in the United States.
Subarea III. Economics
  • Multiple-Choice Questions: 9
  • Test Weight: 18%
0020 Understand basic economic concepts and terms, microeconomics, and consumer economics and personal finance.
0021 Understand macroeconomics and international economics.

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