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The state assessment asks students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and understanding related to these standards using a common measure. The resulting data allows us to see patterns in performance that should guide school and district improvement, helping identify areas of strength and opportunity.\u003Cbr>Role of Performance Level Descriptors in Defining Proficiency: Performance level descriptors bridge the state assessment to classroom instruction and the systems of formative assessments that guide local instruction and choices about individual students. Academic proficiency represents a range of observable student performance characteristics. There are multiple pathways to proficiency, and students rely upon their strengths differently within that range of performance.\u003Cbr>Proficiency and Difficulty: A student’s ability to demonstrate proficiency is influenced by the complexity of the texts or stimuli presented, tasks they’re asked to complete, and the contexts in which they are engaged. As student performance improves, students are typically able to handle more challenging texts/stimuli, tasks, and contexts, and are able to demonstrate their skills and knowledge more accurately and consistently. |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reading Literary Text Student performance indicates the ability to … |  |  |  |  |  |\n| \u003Cbr>Claim 1 Below Proficient Approaching Proficient Proficient Above Proficient |  |  |  |  |  |\n| Text\u003Cbr>Complexity:\u003Cbr>RL 8.1 | LEAST COMPLEX RI.10/RL.10 – Read and comprehend appropriate texts independently MOST COMPLEX\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Identify general ideas or facts from Locate some relevant evidence but Select strong textual evidence to Integrate multiple, well-chosen pieces of\u003Cbr>the text. may not clearly connect it to analysis. support both explicit and inferred evidence to support deep, critical\u003Cbr>ideas. analysis. |  |  |  |  |\n| RL 8.2 | Identify a general setting and\u003Cbr>theme, retelling minor plot events. |  | Identify theme and some supporting details; summary may include opinions. | Determine a theme and explain how it develops; summarize objectively with key details. | Analyze story elements, including theme development, in depth to create concise, thorough summaries using key details. |\n| RL 8.3 | Describe basic plot points or dialogue. |  | Identify events or dialogue and explain their connection to the plot. | Analyze how key events or dialogue shape character and advance the plot. | Interpret the impact of character decisions and narrative techniques. |\n| RL 8.5 | Identify different types of texts. |  | Describe the difference in structural elements (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) . | Compare structures and explain how they affect meaning and style. | Evaluate how structure supports theme, pacing, or tone across multiple texts. |\n| RL 8.6 | Recognize an aspect of point of view or tone. |  | Describe point of view and recognize an effect it has on the story. | Analyze differences in point of view and how they influence reader experience or mood. | Examine complex uses of point of view to create layers of meaning or literary effects. |\n| RL 8.7 | Identify a variation between different presentations of a similar story. |  | Describe differences between written and visual formats. | Explain how different formats affect understanding of the same story, evaluating the choices made within the medium. | Evaluate how different mediums uniquely present a similar story, analyzing differences in theme, tone, or character. |\n\n\n| \u003Cbr>Claim 1 Below Proficient Approaching Proficient Proficient Above Proficient |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Text\u003Cbr>Complexity:\u003Cbr>RL 8.9 | LEAST COMPLEX RI.10/RL.10 – Read and comprehend appropriate texts independently MOST COMPLEX\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Recognize familiar elements. 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