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Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 4

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 b. Identify and explain what is directly stated in the text

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

Read the story ''Summer Palace'' and answer the following question.

Why hadn’t Yeh Yeh told Sasha about the other artist in the family before?

  1. He didn’t want to bore her with old stories.
  2. He thought she was too young to understand.
  3. It made him sad to tell the story.
  4. He was embarrassed about the story.

Correct Answer
B. He thought she was too young to understand.
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