SBAC Achievement Level Descriptors, Grade 4 - ND Curriculum ...

GRADE 4of resources (e.g.,dictionary, glossary), withprimary focus on theacademic vocabularycommon to complex texts inall disciplines.Target 11. REASONING &EVIDENCE: Use supportingevidence to justify orinterpret how information ispresented or integrated(author’s reasoning, type ofaccount, visual/graphicinformation, concepts,ideas).Target 12. ANALYSISWITHIN OR ACROSS TEXTS:Interpret, explain, orconnect informationpresented within or acrosstexts (e.g.,compare/contrast,cause/effect, integrateinformation).Target 13. TEXTSTRUCTURES/FEATURES:Relate knowledge of textstructures and text features(e.g., graphs, charts,timelines) to obtain,interpret, explain, orintegrate information.Target 14. LANGUAGE USE:Determine or interpretfigurative language/literarydevices or connotativemeanings of words andphrases used in contextand the impact of thoseword choices on meaningand tone.Level 1 students should be able to, withsignificant support, use supportingevidence to justify or interpret howinformation is presented.Level 1 students should be able tointerpret, explain, or connectinformation presented within or acrosstexts with significant support.Level 1 students should be able torelate knowledge of text structures ortext features to obtain, interpret, orexplain information with significantsupport.Level 1 students should be able todetermine figurative language/literarydevices or connotative meanings ofwords and phrases used in context.Level 2 students should be able to, with minimalsupport, use supporting evidence to justify orinterpret how information is presented or integrated.Level 2 students should be able to interpret,explain, or connect information presented within oracross texts with minimal support.Level 2 students should be able to relate knowledgeof text structures or text features to obtain,interpret, explain, or integrate information withminimal support.DRAFTLevel 2 students should be able to determine orinterpret, with support, figurative language/literarydevices or connotative meanings of words andphrases used in context and partially explain theimpact of those word choices on meaning and tone.Level 3 students should be able tosufficiently use supporting evidence to justifyor interpret how information is presented orintegrated.Level 3 students should be able tosufficiently interpret, explain, or connectinformation presented within or across texts.Level 3 students should be able tosufficiently relate knowledge of textstructures or text features to obtain,interpret, explain, or integrate information.Level 3 students should be able tosufficiently determine or interpret figurativelanguage/literary devices or connotativemeanings of words and phrases used incontext and the impact of those wordchoices on meaning and tone.Level 4 students should be able to usedetailed supporting evidence to justify orinterpret how information is presented orintegrated.Level 4 students should be able to succinctlyinterpret, explain, or connect informationpresented within or across above-grade leveltexts.Level 4 students should be able tothoroughly relate knowledge of textstructures or text features to obtain,interpret, explain, or integrate information.Level 4 students should be able todetermine or interpret figurativelanguage/literary devices or connotativemeanings of above-grade-level words andphrases used in context and the impact ofthose word choices on meaning and tone.Expectations for Studentsat the Cut ScoresThe student who just enters Level 2 should be ableto:• Identify details and information from thetext to support answers or basic inferencesabout information presented, with support.• Identify central ideas, key events, andThe student who just enters Level 3 shouldbe able to:• Identify details and information fromthe text to support answers or basicinferences about informationpresented and provided withoutThe student who just enters Level 4 shouldbe able to:• Begin to identify and explain explicitdetails and implicit information fromthe text to support answers andinferences about information16