February 2009 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST GRADE 5 Released Test Questions - Grade 5 Mathematics

Oct 12, 2026

Released test questions for the Grade 5 Mathematics California Standards Test under the STAR Program, covering standards across multiple reporting clusters. The document explains the selection criteria for released items, the role of content expert committees in validating fairness and alignment, and clarifies that released questions are not an operational form. It includes tables of strand/reporting-cluster item counts and describes the Number Sense strand’s clusters, standards, and related question representation.

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Introduction-Grade 5 Mathematics

Number Sense strand structure

Released test question coverage and selection criteria

Strand/reporting cluster item counts

Estimation, Percents, and Factoring content standards

Operations with Fractions and Decimals content standards

February 2009 CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST G R A D E Released Test Questions Math 5 Introduction-Grade 5 Mathematics The following released test questions are taken from the Grade 5 Mathematics Standards Test. This test isone of the California Standards Tests administered as part of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program under policies set by the State Board of Education. All questions on the California Standards Tests are evaluated by committees of content experts, including teachers and administrators, to ensure their appropriateness for measuring the California academic content standards in Grade 5 Mathematics. In addition to content, all items are reviewed and approved to ensure their adherence to the principles of fairness and to ensure no bias exists with respect to characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, and language. This document contains released test questions from the California Standards Test forms in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. First on the pages that follow are lists of the standards assessed on the Grade 5 Mathematics Test. Next are released test questions. Following the questions is a table that gives the correct answer for each question, the content standard that each question is measuring, and the year each question last appeared on the test. The following table lists each strand/reporting cluster, the number of items that appear on the exam, and the number of released test questions that appear in this document. NUMBER OF NUMBER OF STRAND/REPORTING QUESTIONS ON RELEASED TEST CLUSTER EXAM QUESTIONS | Number Sense – Estimation, Percents, and Factoring | 12 | 19 | | --- | --- | --- | | Number Sense – Operations with Fractionsand Decimals | 17 | 23 | | Algebra and Functions | 17 | 25 | | Measurement and Geometry | 15 | 23 | | Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability | 4 | 6 | | TOTAL | 65 | 96 | In selecting test questions for release, three criteria are used: (1) the questions adequately cover a selection of the academic content standards assessed on the Grade 5 Mathematics Test; (2) the questions demonstrate a range of difficulty; and (3) the questions present a variety of ways standards can be assessed. These released test questions do not reflect all of the ways the standards may be assessed. Released test questions will not appear on future tests. For more information about the California Standards Tests, visit the California Department of Education’s Web site at [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/resources.asp](http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/resources.asp). — 1 — This is a sample of California Standards Test questions. This is NOT an operational test form. Test scores cannot be projected based on performance on released test questions. Copyright © 2009 California Department of Education. G R A D E CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST 5 Math Released Test Questions THE NUMBER SENSE STRAND In Grade 5, there are two reporting clusters within the Number Sense strand: 1) Estimation, Percents, and Factoring and 2) Operations with Fractions and Decimals. This booklet contains released test questions for each of these clusters. The following five California content standards are included in the Estimation, Percents, and Factoring reporting cluster of the Number Sense strand and are represented in this booklet by 19 test questions. These questions represent only some ways in which these standards may be assessed on the Grade 5 California Mathematics Standards Test. CALIFORNIA CONTENT STANDARDS IN THIS REPORTING CLUSTER | Number Sense | | | --- | --- | | Standard Set 1.0 | Students compute with very large and very small numbers, positive integers, decimals, and fractions and understand the relationship between decimals, fractions, and percents. They understand the relative magnitudes of numbers: | | 5NS1.1 | Estimate, round, and manipulate very large (e.g. , millions) and very small (e.g. , thousandths) numbers. | | 5NS1.2* | Interpret percents as a par

FAQs

What purpose do the released Grade 5 Mathematics questions serve?

They provide released test questions sampled from prior California Standards Test forms. They are not an operational test form, and test scores cannot be projected from performance on these released items.

How are released test questions selected for publication?

Released questions are chosen to adequately cover assessed academic content standards, demonstrate a range of difficulty, and present multiple ways standards can be assessed.

Which Number Sense reporting clusters are included in this booklet?

The Number Sense strand includes two reporting clusters: Estimation, Percents, and Factoring, and Operations with Fractions and Decimals, represented by separate sets of released questions.

Oct 12, 2026

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