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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test

Build confidence with five focused 10-question practice sets for accessible reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice sets

This Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets use clear directions and familiar situations to review reading, mathematics, science, data, communication, and everyday academic applications.

Skill areas covered

  • Reading directions, identifying main ideas, making inferences, using vocabulary, recognizing opinions, sequencing events, and finding evidence
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, comparing numbers, using fractions, telling time, measuring, identifying shapes, and recognizing patterns
  • Observing living things, matter, magnets, light, shadows, heat, forces, weather, plants, and simple investigations
  • Reading charts, schedules, maps, graphs, time information, equal groups, safety directions, and practical measurement situations
  • Connecting reading, mathematics, science, communication, evidence, and review strategies in short accessible tasks

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read each direction carefully, use visual or written information, allow appropriate accessibility supports, and review the explanation after answering.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice for Hawaii alternate assessment preparation. It is not an official assessment and does not reproduce secure test content. Assessment names, participation rules, formats, accommodations, and procedures can change, so check current Hawaii Department of Education guidance before test day.

Review the official Hawaii Department of Education testing information for current assessment guidance.

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Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice Questions

A 10-question Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice set on integrated alternate assessment review, with answers and explanations.

Read or listen to each short task carefully, use the information given, choose the best answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A passage says a class planted seeds, watered them, and measured their growth each Friday. Which detail is evidence that the plants were monitored?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The class measured growth each Friday..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Repeated measurements show that the class monitored changes over time.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Repeated measurements show that the class monitored changes over time.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A student has 4 groups of 5 beads and gives away 3 beads. How many beads remain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is 17.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: There are 4 × 5 = 20 beads, and 20 − 3 = 17 beads remain.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

There are 4 × 5 = 20 beads, and 20 − 3 = 17 beads remain.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A chart shows that a plant in sunlight grew 8 centimeters and a plant in shade grew 3 centimeters. What is the difference?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is 5 centimeters.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Subtract 3 from 8 to find a difference of 5 centimeters.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Subtract 3 from 8 to find a difference of 5 centimeters.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A student reads the direction Put the books on the top shelf and then moves the books. What happened?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The student followed the direction..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Moving the books to the requested shelf shows that the direction was followed.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Moving the books to the requested shelf shows that the direction was followed.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A cup of warm water is placed in a room. After some time, the water is cooler. What energy change occurred?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Thermal energy moved from the water to the room..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Thermal energy moves from the warmer water to the cooler surroundings.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Thermal energy moves from the warmer water to the cooler surroundings.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A student wants to compare two kinds of soil for plant growth. What should stay the same for a fair test?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The type of seed and amount of water.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Keeping seed type and water amount the same helps isolate the effect of soil.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Keeping seed type and water amount the same helps isolate the effect of soil.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A story says a student forgot a lunch and a friend shared food. Which character trait does the friend show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Kindness.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Sharing food with someone who needs help shows kindness.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Sharing food with someone who needs help shows kindness.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A room has 3 rows of 4 chairs. Two chairs are removed. How many chairs remain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is 10.

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: There are 3 × 4 = 12 chairs, and 12 − 2 = 10 remain.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

There are 3 × 4 = 12 chairs, and 12 − 2 = 10 remain.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A weather chart shows rain on Monday and clear skies on Tuesday. Which statement is supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The weather changed between Monday and Tuesday..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: The chart gives different conditions for the two days, showing a change in weather.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

The chart gives different conditions for the two days, showing a change in weather.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the best way to review a practice answer after choosing it?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Read the explanation and check which detail supports the answer..

  1. Identify the task: Read the short passage, number sentence, science situation, or daily-life problem and identify what it asks you to find.
  2. Use the information given: Reviewing the explanation and evidence helps the learner understand the skill and correct reasoning.
  3. Check the answer: Confirm that the choice matches the information and the accessible academic skill in this Hawaii Alternate Assessment practice task.

Reviewing the explanation and evidence helps the learner understand the skill and correct reasoning.

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Frequently asked questions about Hawaii Alternate Assessment Practice

What skills are covered?

The page covers accessible reading, communication, mathematics, science, data, measurement, directions, safety, and everyday academic applications.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official Hawaii alternate assessment questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions and do not reproduce secure assessment content. Check the Hawaii Department of Education for current participation rules, standards, accommodations, and procedures.