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92 ......Section III<br />
Other tasks <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g this bus schedule are found <strong>in</strong> Level 3. These tasks<br />
require the reader to match on fewer features of <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation and do not<br />
<strong>in</strong>volve the use of conditional <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Document Level 5 Scale range: 376 to 500<br />
Tasks <strong>in</strong> this level require the reader to search through complex<br />
displays that conta<strong>in</strong> multiple distractors, to make high-level textbased<br />
<strong>in</strong>ferences, and to use specialized knowledge.<br />
Average difficulty value of tasks <strong>in</strong> this level: 391<br />
Percentage of adults per<strong>for</strong>m<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> this level: 3%<br />
A task receiv<strong>in</strong>g a difficulty value of 396 <strong>in</strong>volves read<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
understand<strong>in</strong>g a table depict<strong>in</strong>g the results from a survey of parents and<br />
teachers evaluat<strong>in</strong>g parental <strong>in</strong>volvement <strong>in</strong> their school. Respondents were<br />
asked to write a brief paragraph summariz<strong>in</strong>g the results. This particular task<br />
requires readers to <strong>in</strong>tegrate the <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation <strong>in</strong> the table to compare and<br />
contrast the viewpo<strong>in</strong>ts of parents and teachers on a selected number of<br />
school issues.<br />
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Us<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong><strong>for</strong>mation <strong>in</strong> the table, write a brief<br />
paragraph summariz<strong>in</strong>g the extent to which parents<br />
and teachers agreed or disagreed on the statements<br />
about issues perta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to parental <strong>in</strong>volvement at<br />
their school.