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Key Facts: Puerto Rico CRECE Assessment Grade 3 English as a Second Language Exam
CRECE Grade 3 ESL
Assessment Name
DEPR Official Framework
Puerto Rico Dept. of Education
Administrator
DEPR Portal
PRCS 2022 (Inglés 3er Grado)
Standards Alignment
DEPR Curricular Framework
Proficiente (Proficient Level)
Target Benchmark
CRECE Performance Standards
100-Question MCQ Bank
Practice Adaptation
OpenExamPrep
$0 (State-Funded)
Exam Fee
DEPR
Prepare for the Puerto Rico CRECE Grade 3 ESL assessment with 100 targeted practice questions aligned to PRCS 2022 standards across Foundational Phonics (20%), Language & Vocabulary (30%), Reading Comprehension (35%), and Writing Structure (15%). OpenExamPrep's practice bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation and not an official-format simulation or translation of the official DEPR CRECE assessment.
Sample Puerto Rico CRECE Assessment Grade 3 English as a Second Language Practice Questions
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1Which word rhymes with the word 'cat'?
2Which letter makes the beginning sound in the word 'sun'?
3Which of the following is a compound word formed by joining 'sun' and 'shine'?
4What sound does the short vowel 'a' make in the word 'apple'?
5Which contraction stands for the words 'can not'?
6How many syllables are in the word 'banana'?
7Which word in the following sentence is a noun (naming word)? 'The happy dog plays in the yard.'
8Which word is an action verb in the sentence below? 'Maria reads a book every night.'
9Which pronoun should replace the underlined word? '<u>Carlos</u> is playing basketball with his friends.'
10Which word is an adjective (describing word) in this sentence? 'The red car stopped at the light.'
About the Puerto Rico CRECE Assessment Grade 3 English as a Second Language Exam
The Cernimiento, Revisión y Evaluación Continua del Estudiante (CRECE) Grade 3 English as a Second Language (ESL) assessment measures student achievement under the Puerto Rico Core Standards (PRCS 2022). Administered by the Puerto Rico Department of Education (DEPR), the test evaluates reading comprehension, foundational literacy, language mechanics, vocabulary, and basic sentence writing skills for elementary English language learners. Please note: OpenExamPrep's 100-question practice bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation and not an official-format simulation or translation of the official DEPR CRECE assessment.
Assessment
DEPR reports CRECE Inglés at grade 3 under these official categories: Comprensión Auditiva; Comprensión de lectura y destrezas fundamentales; Redacción y Gramática. DEPR does not publish per-category item counts or weights. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation distributed across those categories and does not simulate the official format, its Spanish or English delivery language, or its open-response tasks.
Time Limit
Not published by DEPR. CRECE is administered in scheduled school sessions during the spring window (the grade-10 online window ran 13 April to 1 May in 2026).
Passing Score
No pass or fail score. DEPR reports one of four performance levels per subject: Principiante, Aprendiz, Proficiente and Sobresaliente; the combined Proficiente and Sobresaliente share is reported as proficiency.
Exam Fee
Free — no candidate fee; CRECE is funded and administered by DEPR for enrolled students. (Puerto Rico Department of Education (DEPR); delivered by Pearson)
Puerto Rico CRECE Assessment Grade 3 English as a Second Language Exam Content Outline
Comprensión Auditiva
Listening comprehension. The official test includes audio-based items; this printed English-language bank cannot reproduce them, so listening is represented only through the vocabulary and language knowledge that supports it.
Comprensión de lectura y destrezas fundamentales
Reading comprehension and foundational skills: literary and informational passages, main idea and detail, inference, vocabulary in context, phonics and word recognition at the lower grades.
Redacción y Gramática
Writing and grammar: sentence structure, parts of speech, verb tense and agreement, capitalization and punctuation, and revising and editing.
How to Pass the Puerto Rico CRECE Assessment Grade 3 English as a Second Language Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No pass or fail score. DEPR reports one of four performance levels per subject: Principiante, Aprendiz, Proficiente and Sobresaliente; the combined Proficiente and Sobresaliente share is reported as proficiency.
- Assessment: DEPR reports CRECE Inglés at grade 3 under these official categories: Comprensión Auditiva; Comprensión de lectura y destrezas fundamentales; Redacción y Gramática. DEPR does not publish per-category item counts or weights. This bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation distributed across those categories and does not simulate the official format, its Spanish or English delivery language, or its open-response tasks.
- Time limit: Not published by DEPR. CRECE is administered in scheduled school sessions during the spring window (the grade-10 online window ran 13 April to 1 May in 2026).
- Exam fee: Free — no candidate fee; CRECE is funded and administered by DEPR for enrolled students.
Keys to Passing
- Work through all 100 available questions
- Review every answer and explanation
- Track weak areas and revisit them
- Use our AI tutor for tough concepts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the CRECE Grade 3 English as a Second Language exam?
The CRECE (Cernimiento, Revisión y Evaluación Continua del Estudiante (CRECE)) Grade 3 ESL test is the annual standardized assessment administered by the Puerto Rico Department of Education (DEPR) to measure 3rd-grade students' English language development and reading comprehension against PRCS 2022 standards.
How is OpenExamPrep's practice bank structured for this exam?
OpenExamPrep's 100-question practice bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation designed for self-paced learning and review. It is not an official-format simulation or direct translation of the official DEPR CRECE assessment, but provides thorough coverage of all tested skills.
What topics are covered on the CRECE Grade 3 ESL assessment?
DEPR reports this test under the following official categories: Comprensión Auditiva; Comprensión de lectura y destrezas fundamentales; Redacción y Gramática. DEPR does not publish weights for these categories.
How is student performance evaluated on CRECE?
CRECE has no pass mark. DEPR reports one of four performance levels for each subject: Principiante, Aprendiz, Proficiente and Sobresaliente. Reports combine Proficiente and Sobresaliente into a single proficiency figure.
Is the CRECE Grade 3 ESL exam timed?
Official DEPR CRECE testing sessions are typically untimed within designated school schedule windows to allow students adequate time to complete all reading passages and items.
What is the fee to take the DEPR CRECE assessment?
Official item count not published by DEPR. The operational test mixes selección múltiple and respuesta abierta o extendida items; a student who answers four items or fewer is recorded as not having attempted the test. Not published by DEPR. CRECE is administered in scheduled school sessions during the spring window (the grade-10 online window ran 13 April to 1 May in 2026). There is no candidate fee.