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2011 English Language Specimen Paper 4 The 2011 English Language Specimen Paper 4 is a released Cambridge O Level assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' reading skills and evaluates students' ability to (1) understand explicit meanings, through literal and vocabulary questions, (2) understand implicit meanings and nuances of language, through inferential questions and questions on writer’s craft, (3) scan and analyze text, by identifying and summarizing required information, such as similarities and differences, or advantages and disadvantages, or problems and solutions, or causes and effects, or actions and consequences, and (4) identify and respond to main ideas of a text, such as follow a sequence or argument, identify a conclusion, distinguish fact from opinion, and give a personal response to a theme in a text. This assessment includes:
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2011 Enterprise Specimen Paper (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2011 Enterprise Specimen Paper is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' ability to (1) develop knowledge and understanding, (2) apply the skills of enterprise, and (3) solve enterprise problems. This assessment includes:
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2011 PIRLS Assessmen The 2011 PIRLS Assessment contains 4 reading passages and 44 test questions with their answers. Two of the reading passages were used to assess students’ reading for literary experience, and two were used to assess students' reading to acquired and use information.
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2011 Religious Studies Specimen Paper 1 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2011 Religious Studies Specimen Paper 1 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge, (2) understanding and interpretation, and (3) evaluation. This assessment includes:
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2011 Religious Studies Specimen Paper 2 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2011 Religious Studies Specimen Paper 2 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge, (2) understanding and interpretation, and (3) evaluation. This assessment includes:
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2011 TIMSS Grade 4 Mathematics Set The 2011 TIMSS Grade 4 Mathematics Set covers the domains of numbers, geometric shapes and measures, and data display. This task includes:
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2011 TIMSS Grade 4 Science Set The 2011 TIMSS Grade 4 Science Set covers the content domains of life science, physical science, and Earth science. This task includes:
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2011 TIMSS Grade 8 Mathematics Set The 2011 TIMSS Grade 8 Mathematics Set covers the domains of numbers, algebra, geometry, and data and chance. This task includes:
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2011 TIMSS Grade 8 Science Set The 2011 TIMSS Grade 8 Science Set covers the content domains of biology, chemistry, physics, and Earth science, and the cognitive domains of factual knowledge, conceptual understanding, and reasoning and analysis. This task includes:
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2012 Accounting Question Paper 1 (Cambridge IQCSE) The 2012 Accounting Question Paper 1 is a released Cambridge IGCSE assessment. The assessment is designed to give student s a variety of ways to show their knowledge and skills and contains free-response questions. The assessment tests students' (1) knowledge with understanding, (2) analysis, and (3) evaluation. This assessment includes:
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