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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 3

Standard 1.0 General Reading Processes

Topic E. General Reading Comprehension
Students will use a variety of strategies to understand what they read (construct meaning).

Indicator 4. Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading)

Objective a. Identify and explain the main idea

Assessment limit: Of the text or a portion of the text

Read the story ''Being a Fish'' and answer the following question.

This story mainly tells _____.

  1. how fish are different from people
  2. how many kinds of fish there are
  3. where fish can be found
  4. how fish swim

Correct Answer
A. how fish are different from people
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