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ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6 (305) Practice Test & Study Guide
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ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6 Practice Tests
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ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6 assessment and course guidance
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This center’s study forms focus on ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1–6 (305), which the official Illinois catalog lists for testing through summer 2027. Test 305 has 150 multiple-choice questions and four hours of testing time. The catalog also lists the newer Elementary Education Grades K–6 (702), first administered June 29, 2026. Confirm which code your program requires; these study forms do not reproduce the newer assessment. Independent practice here supports learning and does not provide an official certification score. Confirm the required assessment with your state or program.
Key ideas, details, and textual evidence
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Inference, conclusions, and how ideas develop
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Word meaning, word choice, and tone
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ILTS Elementary Education Practice Center
Take a full form, then read the explanation under every question you missed. Score each subarea separately. On a test this broad the useful question is not what your total was but which two subareas are dragging it down, because those are the only ones worth another week.
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ILTS Elementary Education at a glance
This is Illinois’s single content test for an elementary licence covering grades one through six, and it is one test rather than a set of subtests: 150 multiple-choice questions in one four-hour sitting, all six subjects, one score. Thirty of the 150 are unscored field-test items, so 120 count. Literacy and mathematics carry just over half the scored questions between them, and the other four subjects split the rest.
| Test code | 305 (Elementary Education, Grades 1-6) |
|---|---|
| Status | Current, but being phased out. Illinois has introduced Elementary Education Grades K-6 (702), open for testing from June 29, 2026, and 305 retires in summer 2027. If you are registering now, check which test your programme requires. |
| Number of questions | 150 multiple-choice questions, of which 120 are scored and 30 are non-scorable field-test items. There is no constructed response. |
| Answer options | Four per question |
| Time limit | 4 hours of testing time, in an appointment of 4 hours 15 minutes |
| Format | Computer-based at a Pearson test centre, year-round by appointment |
| Reference materials | None are provided. |
| Scoring | Every question is weighted equally and there is no penalty for a wrong answer, so answer every question. |
| Passing score | 240 on a scale of 100 to 300. |
Illinois publishes both the percentage and the scored item count for every subarea, which makes planning easy. Language and Literacy is 26 percent, about 31 questions. Mathematics is 26 percent, about 31. Science is 13 percent, about 15. Social Science is 13 percent, about 16. Fine Arts is 9 percent, about 11. Physical Development and Health is 13 percent, about 16. Literacy and mathematics together are more than half the test.
The six subareas, in plain language
Illinois states each objective and lists what it expects. Here is what each subarea asks of you, with its published weight.
Subarea 1: Language and literacy (26 percent, about 31 questions)
How reading and writing develop, and how a teacher assesses and supports them.
- Oral language development and its link to literacy
- Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics
- Fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
- Reading literary and informational text
- Writing development, the writing process, and conventions
- Assessing reading with running records and inventories
Subarea 2: Mathematics (26 percent, about 31 questions)
Elementary mathematics, and how children come to understand it.
- Number sense, place value, and the operations
- Fractions, decimals, ratio, and percent
- Patterns, relationships, and early algebra
- Measurement, geometry, and spatial reasoning
- Data, statistics, and probability
- How children develop mathematical ideas
Subarea 3: Science (13 percent, about 15 questions)
Elementary science content and the practices of investigation.
- Science practices, investigation design, and safety
- Physical science: matter, energy, force, and motion
- Life science: cells, organisms, ecosystems, and heredity
- Earth and space science: rocks, weather, water, and the solar system
Subarea 4: Social science (13 percent, about 16 questions)
History, geography, civics, and economics, including Illinois.
- United States history and Illinois history
- Geography, maps, and human and physical systems
- Civics, government, and citizenship
- Economics and economic reasoning
- Reading a timeline, a map, and a primary source
Subarea 5: Fine arts (9 percent, about 11 questions)
The four arts disciplines and how children grow in them.
- The elements and principles of visual art
- The elements of music
- The elements of dance and of drama
- Children’s artistic development
- Connecting the arts to other subjects
Subarea 6: Physical development and health (13 percent, about 16 questions)
Movement, fitness, health, and wellbeing.
- Motor development and its progression
- Fundamental movement and manipulative skills
- The health-related components of fitness
- Nutrition and personal health
- Safety and community health
- Social and emotional wellbeing
A study routine for a four-hour, six-subject test
The mistake on a test this broad is studying it evenly. Literacy and mathematics are more than half the scored questions, and fine arts is under a tenth. Weight your weeks the way Illinois weights the test.
Complete lesson map
One hundred twenty-two lessons on the literacy and mathematics that carry more than half this test, each opening in a new tab, followed by the topics the other four subareas cover.
Key ideas, details, and textual evidence
Inference, conclusions, and how ideas develop
Word meaning, word choice, and tone
Text structure, features, and organization
Purpose, perspective, and point of view
Evaluating claims, evidence, and reasoning
Integrating information across texts and formats
Sentence Foundations
Sentence Boundaries
Agreement, Verbs, and Pronouns
Punctuation and Capitalization
Spelling and Confused Words
Knowledge of Language
Vocabulary and Word Parts
Counting, place value, and operations
Fractions and decimals
Ratios, proportion, and percent
Algebraic thinking and patterns
The coordinate plane
Measurement and geometry
Data, statistics, and probability
Science topics (no lessons on site yet)
- 123Science and engineering practices, and designing an investigation
- 124Variables, fair tests, and lab safety
- 125Matter, its properties, and changes of state
- 126Forces, motion, and simple machines
- 127Forms of energy, heat, light, and sound
- 128Cells, organ systems, and the needs of living things
- 129Ecosystems, food webs, and adaptation
- 130Life cycles, reproduction, and heredity
- 131Rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle
- 132Weather, climate, and the water cycle
- 133Earth, the moon, the sun, and the solar system
Social studies topics
- 134Map elements, region, latitude, and longitude
- 135Physical and human geography
- 136The branches and levels of government
- 137Rights, responsibilities, and civic participation
- 138Scarcity, opportunity cost, and supply and demand
- 139Goods, services, producers, and consumers
- 140Indigenous North America and European colonization
- 141The Revolution, the Constitution, and the early republic
- 142Expansion, the Civil War, and Reconstruction
- 143Industrialization, immigration, and the twentieth century
- 144Reading a timeline, a map, and a primary source
The arts, health, and physical development
- 145The elements of visual art: line, shape, form, texture, value, color, space
- 146The elements of music: rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, tempo, timbre
- 147The elements of dance and of drama
- 148How children develop artistically
- 149Gross and fine motor development
- 150Locomotor and manipulative skills
- 151The health-related components of fitness
- 152Nutrition and food groups
- 153Personal hygiene, safety, and community health
- 154Social and emotional learning
Before test day
Two hours of the four will go to literacy and mathematics whether you plan it that way or not, so plan it that way. Answer every question, because nothing is deducted for a wrong one and thirty of the 150 are unscored anyway, which means a question that feels unfamiliar may simply not count. And if you are registering for the first time, check whether your programme wants 305 or the new Grades K-6 test, because 305 retires in summer 2027.
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ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6: study questions
What should I know about the official ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6 assessment?
This center’s study forms focus on ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1–6 (305), which the official Illinois catalog lists for testing through summer 2027. Test 305 has 150 multiple-choice questions and four hours of testing time. The catalog also lists the newer Elementary Education Grades K–6 (702), first administered June 29, 2026. Confirm which code your program requires; these study forms do not reproduce the newer assessment. Independent practice here supports learning and does not provide an official certification score. Confirm the required assessment with your state or program.
Official source ↗How should I use these independent ILTS Elementary Education Grades 1-6 study tools?
Start with a practice activity, review explanations for missed questions, and use quick review or flashcards for one weak topic. The practice results are study feedback, not official exam scores. Compare a book’s contents with your course or test requirements before buying.
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