Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales

Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Reading
Comprehension
Middle Level
Proficiency Scales

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Reading Comprehension
Score
4.0
Score
3.0

Score
2.0
Score
1.0
NY

Reading Comprehension
Read and inspect complex
literary and informational texts
independently with inquiry.
Read and comprehend
appropriately complex literary
and informational texts
independently and proficiently.
Read a text and recall literary
and informational texts
independently.
With assistance, recall and
informational texts
independently.
Student does not yet achieve a
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Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills
score of 1.0.

Theme
Score
4.0
Score
3.0
Score
2.0
Score

Theme
Predict how the theme will
develop and interact if the book
were continued.
Analyze how the theme develops
and interacts.
Identifies the theme of the text.
Define theme.
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Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills
1.0
NY

Student does not yet achieve a

score of 1.0.

Details
Score
4.0
Score

Details
Infer details from the text.
Summarizes text with detail.
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Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills
3.0
Score
2.0
Score
1.0
NY

Summarizes text with limited

detail.
Lists details from the text.
Student does not yet achieve a
score of 1.0.

Individuals, Ideas, Events

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills
Score
4.0

Score
3.0
Score
2.0
Score
1.0
NY

Individuals, Ideas, Events

Conjecture how individuals, ideas
or events would alter the text if
they were different, altered or
continued.
Analyze how individuals, ideas or
events develop throughout the
text.
Describe individuals, ideas or
events in the text.
Identify individuals, ideas or
events in the text.
Student does not yet achieve a
score of 1.0.

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Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Word Choice
Score
4.0

Score
3.0

Score
2.0

Word Choice
Consider alternatives for
denotative, connotative,
figurative and/or technical
meanings of words in context,
and effect of word choice on
meaning/tone.
Analyze denotative, connotative,
figurative and/or technical
meanings of words in context,
and effect of word choice on
meaning/tone.
Summarize denotative,
connotative, figurative and/or
technical meanings of words in
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Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Score
1.0
NY

context, and effect of word

choice on meaning/tone.
Identify words in context or
specific word choice.
Student does not yet achieve a
score of 1.0.

Reading Comprehension Formative

Data Matrix

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Theme Formative Data Matrix

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Details Formative Data Matrix

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Individuals, Ideas, Events Formative

Data Matrix
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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

Word Choice Formative Data Matrix

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills

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Common Core State Standards

Middle Level Proficiency Scales
Reading Literature, Information Texts &
Foundational Skills
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