California Grade 3 Practice: What Is Covered and How to Use It
Grade 3 is the year California students first take the state test. This guide says what the California content standards cover in Grade 3, by subject, how the state test fits in, and how to use the practice on Passvana.
What the California content standards cover in Grade 3
English language arts
The California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy. In the elementary grades they are organized into Reading (Literature, Informational Text and Foundational Skills), Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language.
Mathematics
The California Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. At this grade they are organized in five domains: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Number and Operations: Fractions, Measurement and Data, and Geometry.
Science
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS), written as performance expectations across physical science, life science, and earth and space science.
History-Social Science
The History-Social Science Content Standards for California Public Schools. Grade 3 is titled "Continuity and Change."
The state test
California's state test, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), starts in Grade 3: students in grades three through eight, and grade eleven, take the Smarter Balanced assessments in English language arts/literacy and mathematics. The California Science Test is given in grades five and eight and once in high school, so it is not a Grade 3 test.
Passvana practice is not the state test and does not copy it. There is no exam on these pages: it is practice, with an explanation for every answer.
How to use the practice
- Available now: English language arts, mathematics and science. History-Social Science will follow.
- A parent or guardian buys and signs in. We never ask for a child's name or email.
- Pick a subject, or practice across the whole grade, and work through the questions together. Read the explanation after every answer, right or wrong.
- Use the Progress tab to see which subject needs more time.
- A pass is for a fixed time (one month or one year), paid once. It does not renew by itself, and buying again adds time to a running pass.
- New questions are added on a regular basis, every couple of weeks.
Sources: California Department of Education: California Content Standards; California Department of Education: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP). PassExamHQ is independent and not affiliated with, authorized by, sponsored by, or endorsed by the California Department of Education or any school.