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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 d. Draw conclusions or make generalizations about the text

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

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

What do you think Sasha will do next?

  1. read a book to her grandfather
  2. sit at the kitchen table with her grandfather
  3. draw another picture for her grandfather
  4. go to the Summer Palace with her grandfather

Correct Answer
C. draw another picture for her grandfather
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