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Prose Level 3 Scale range: 276 to 325
Tasks in this level tend to require readers to make literal or
synonymous matches between the text and information given in the
task, or to make matches that require low-level inferences. Other tasks
ask readers to integrate information from dense or lengthy text that
contains no organizational aids such as headings. Readers may also
be asked to generate a response based on information that can be
easily identified in the text. Distracting information is present, but is
not located near the correct information.
Average difficulty value of tasks in this level: 298
Percentage of adults performing in this level: 32%
One of the easier Level 3 tasks requires the reader to write a brief letter
explaining that an error has been made on a credit card bill. This task is at 280
on the prose scale. Other tasks in this level require the reader to search fairly
dense text for information. Some of the tasks ask respondents to make a literal
or synonymous match on more than a single feature, while other tasks ask them
to integrate multiple pieces of information from a long passage that does not
contain organizational aids.
One of the more difficult Level 3 tasks (with a difficulty value of 316)
requires the reader to read a magazine article about an Asian-American woman
and to provide two facts that support an inference made from the text. The
question directs the reader to identify what Ida Chen did to help resolve
conflicts due to discrimination.
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List two things that Chen became involved in or has
done to help resolve conflicts due to discrimination.