About this book
Give your fourth grader the confidence to succeed on the North Carolina End-of-Grade (EOG) Tests — in BOTH Mathematics and Reading — with one comprehensive practice book.
This volume contains ten full-length practice tests — 440 questions in all — aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Grade 4 and built to the shape of the real EOG exams. (Please note: these are the same tests sold in our two individual Grade 4 titles, Smart Stars North Carolina EOG Grade 4 Mathematics and Grade 4 Reading. This bundle saves families money when a student prepares for both subjects in one year; if you own both, it adds no new tests.)
What’s inside
- 5 complete 40-question Mathematics practice tests (200 questions), each built in the real test’s two sections: twenty calculator-inactive questions, then twenty calculator-active ones, with the break printed exactly where the real form puts it
- 5 complete 48-question Reading practice tests (240 questions), each built from six selections with eight questions after each, the way a real Grade 4 form is assembled
- Every question style on the real tests, rendered for paper: 180 multiple choice, 10 select-two and 10 fill-in-the-box questions in Math; 224 multiple choice and 16 select-two in Reading — no bubble sheet, so students mark directly on the page
- Thirty-eight drawn figures and thirty-five data tables across the Math tests, every one checked against its own answer key
- Detailed answer explanations for every question: Math shows the steps, names the trap behind the tempting wrong answer, and closes with a Tip or a Check; Reading gives the evidence from the passage that settles the answer
- A line beside every answer naming the standard, the category the state reports it under, and the skill in plain words — so a parent can see which kind of work needs attention
- Two Study References, one per subject, each before its own tests — and the Reading one says plainly that the real reading test provides no reference sheet
- A parent letter covering both tests: the two calculator sections, the four Math reporting categories and their state-set weights, why Reading at Grade 4 has no writing task, and what North Carolina’s two proficiency bars mean
- Quick answer keys for all ten tests for fast scoring
- Tools at Grade 4: in Math, the calculator is not something your student brings — at Grades 3 through 5 the state provides a four-function calculator, and only for the second half; the first twenty questions are worked without one.
- Format: in Reading, there is no writing at all: at Grade 4 the EOG assesses reading standards and nothing else, so there is no essay and no grammar section — and informational text, not literature, is the largest reporting category, the reverse of most states’ reading tests.
Two things surprise families most.
Why parents and teachers choose Smart Stars
- Written by experienced educators who study North Carolina’s official test specifications, released forms, and achievement-level descriptors
- Every question mirrors what students will see on test day — no surprises in format, content, or rigor
- Explanations teach the “why,” not just the “what,” so students learn from every mistake
- Built to the real structure, including the calculator break and the select-two and fill-in questions students most often meet for the first time on test day
- One book for both subjects, so a family preparing for the whole spring buys once
