Provincial assessment · New Brunswick
Grade 6 English Reading Assessment
- Grade 6
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- Total time
- 1 h
- Marked questions
- 30
- Calculator
- Not allowed
- Format
- On a computer
NB Grade 6 Reading Assessment practice test
The whole exam or the parts you choose, in its own format, on the clock.
The exam in the app
Its parts, and what you can use in each
A question, timed, with the exam’s tools
The marked result, part by part
A practice run of Saskatchewan’s Grade 9 math assessment.
Free with a MapleMind account
When
Spring assessment window
- April 30 to May 6, 2027School day · Grade 6 English Reading Assessment (the school sets the day)
The dates are New Brunswick’s own, read on September 29, 2026. See the official schedule (gnb.ca)
What’s on it
3 topics. Inferential/interpretive responses counts most, at 60%.
- Literal responses20%Reading the lines
- Inferential/Reading between the lines
interpretive responses 60% - Personal/Reading beyond the lines
critical/ 20%evaluative responses
The skills it tests · 8 skills
- Answering questions with increasing independence
- Explaining why texts matter and connecting among them
- Identifying conventions and structure of texts and genres
- Integrating cueing systems with increasing independence
- Recognizing purpose in facts and alternative perspectives
- Reflecting on and giving reasons for interpretations
- Responding critically by analysing and evaluating
- Using a wider range of text features to reinforce understanding
How it’s built
- Reading comprehension
- Time
- 60 min
- Questions
- 30
- Marks
- 30
- Of the marks
- 100%
- Multiple choice
- Questions in sets
Read stories, poems and informational texts such as articles, charts and maps, and answer multiple-choice questions, one answer each.
How it’s marked
- Below Appropriate Achievement
- Appropriate Achievement
- Strong Achievement
A computer marks your answers. There's no pass mark: you get an achievement level, and Appropriate Achievement or above counts as successful.
On the day
One online sitting. You can't use a dictionary or thesaurus, and nothing is read aloud to you. Everyone may take up to double the time: 60 minutes plus another 60.
Getting ready
4 official documents to practise with, and 4 tips.
Official practice
Tips from the people who write it
- Try the online practice before the assessment.
- Read the whole passage carefully, scrolling to the end, before choosing the best answer.
- Questions ask what the text says, what it means, and what you think of it: practise all three.
- Expect charts, maps, schedules and ads as well as stories and poems.
After the exam
- Results
Results are published by school, district and province, with summary results in the fall of 2027.
- If you miss it
Barring exceptional circumstances, every student takes part. A student can be exempted when their Personalized Learning Plan says so, in the first stages of learning English, or after a serious illness, a bereavement or another event no one could plan for. Parents are always part of the decision.
From Assessments and evaluations (Anglophone sector), with the information for parents for each grade (gnb.ca) and Provincial Assessment Program: Protocols for Accommodations and Exemptions (gnb.ca), read on October 27, 2026.
More for you
Students
Start with the topics worth the most marks, then write full practice exams under the real time limit.
Practise itParents
Put the dates on the family calendar. The Parent Dashboard shows each practice exam’s result and the skills that need another look.
See the Parent DashboardEducators
The topic weights and the official practice above make a review plan. Students can practise each skill on its own in MapleMind, free with daily limits.
For schools
Questions about this exam
When is the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment in 2026–27?
The next sitting is April 30 to May 6, 2027.
How long is the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment?
It takes 1 hour in all, over 1 part.
How many questions are on the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment?
It has 30 marked questions.
Can you use a calculator on the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment?
No. Calculators aren’t allowed.
How are Grade 6 English Reading Assessment results reported?
At 3 levels: Below Appropriate Achievement, Appropriate Achievement and Strong Achievement.
Where can I find practice tests for the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment?
New Brunswick publishes G6 English Reading Assessment Practice (online). MapleMind also builds a full practice exam in its format, free with an account.
Practise for the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment
Every skill on the Grade 6 English Reading Assessment, taught one at a time, then practised on questions written like the real ones.
