Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) English Language Arts Grade 8 - Practice Test

Sep 30, 2026

Practice Test materials for Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) English Language Arts Grade 8, including student/teacher/school fields, copyright and reproduction guidance, and detailed test-administrator directions. The document explains that the practice test has Subpart 1 and Subpart 2, outlines reading and writing-prompt procedures, planning time, scoring rules for written responses, and timing for the writing task. It provides sample questions based on excerpted literature and includes an assessment passage on social networking (Foursquare).

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time2 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

Directions

Test Administrator Instructions

Subpart 1 and Subpart 2

Sample Questions

Multiple Choice

Assessment Material

Passage 1

Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program TCAP English Language Arts Grade 8 | Practice Test Please PRINT all information in the box. Student Name: Teacher Name: School: District: All practice test items represent the appropriate grade level/content standards—however, the practice test may contain item types that no longer appear on the operational assessment. Published under contract with the Tennessee Department of Education by Questar Assessment Inc., 5550 Upper 147th Street West, Minneapolis, MN 55124. Copyright © 2017 by Tennessee Department of Education. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced, or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior express written consent of the Tennessee Department of Education and Questar Assessment Inc. Directions Test Administrator Instructions: This practice test has Subpart 1 and Subpart 2. It is recommended that you print one copy of this practice test and pull the answer key before copying and distributing the practice test to your students. The answer key is found at the end of the practice test. This practice test is representative of the operational test but is shorter than the actual operational test. To see the details about the operational test, please see the blueprints located on the Tennessee Department of Education website. Do not go on to the next page until told to do so. DIRECTIONS In this subpart of the test, you will read a passage or set of passages, answer some questions, and then write a response to a writing prompt. This prompt gives you an opportunity to demonstrate how well you can organize and express your ideas in written text. After reading the passage(s) and answering the questions, read the writing prompt. Then take a few minutes to think about the material and to plan what you want to write before you begin to answer. Do your best to write a clear and well-organized response. Be sure to keep in mind your purpose and audience when developing your response. You may use scratch paper or the prewriting pages in your test booklet for prewriting or to make notes. However, only the response written on lined pages in the test booklet will be scored. Remember that any work that you do on scratch paper or on theprewriting pages will not be scored. You must write your response on the lined pages in your test booklet to receive credit. You will be given 85 minutes to complete the writing prompt. This includes the time for reading the passage(s), answering the questions, and planning and writing your essay. If you finish before the allotted time ends, review your work. Then, close your test booklet and wait for further instructions from your teacher. There is a sample passage with sample questions on the next page. Wait for your teacher to instruct you to continue. Do not go on to the next page until told to do so. SAMPLE QUESTIONS Read the sample passage and answer the sample question that follows. Excerpt from Heidi by Johanna Spyri 1 Heidi, climbing on a chair, took down the dusty book from a shelf. After she had carefully wiped it off, she sat down on a stool. 2 “What shall I read, grandmother?” 3 “Whatever you want to,” was the reply. Turning the pages, Heidi found a song about the sun, and decided to read that aloud. More and more eagerly she read, while the grandmother, with folded arms, sat in her chair. . . . When Heidi had repeated the end of the song a number of times, the old woman exclaimed: “Oh, Heidi, everything seems bright to me again and my heart is light. Thank you, child, you have done me so much good.” 4 Heidi looked enraptured1 at the grandmother’s face, which had changed from an old, sorrowful expression to a joyous one. 1 enraptured: very pleased Excerpt from Heidi by Johanna Spyri. September 1998 [Etext \#1448] . Copyright © 1998, [Gutenberg.org. In](Gutenberg.org. In) the public doma

FAQs

How should students plan and write the response for the writing prompt?

After reading the passage(s) and answering questions, students read the writing prompt and take a few minutes to think and plan. They should write a clear, well-organized response and consider purpose and audience.

Where must the scored writing response be completed?

Only the response written on lined pages in the test booklet will be scored. Work on scratch paper or prewriting pages is not scored.

What is the time limit for the writing prompt?

Students are given 85 minutes to complete the writing prompt, including reading, answering, planning, and writing the essay.

Sep 30, 2026

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