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NAEP Assessment Item, Grade 12: Minow: How to improve children's TV programs
Discipline
Reading
Grades
9, 10, 11, 12
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After reading the passage, students draw conclusions about the author's arguments. This is a sample constructed response test item used in a past National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) assessment (for more information, see About NAEP). From this test item, a visitor may view the reading passage and choose to access information regarding general performance on this item, a scoring guide and student responses (in the case of constructed response items), and performance on this item by various subgroups. The NAEP web site also allows visitors to build a printable database of questions by clicking on "Add Question" in the upper right hand corner of the screen. NAEP Reference Number: 2002-12R8, No. 5. (Author/ncl)


Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies Standard
Benchmarks (8–10)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate text.
Benchmarks (11–12)
A.
Apply reading comprehension strategies to understand grade-appropriate texts.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9)
1.
Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 10)
1.
Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 11)
1.
Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 12)
1.
Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text Standard
Benchmarks (8–10)
D.
Explain and analyze how an author appeals to an audience and develops an argument or viewpoint in text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 9)
5.
Analyze an author's implicit and explicit argument, perspective or viewpoint in text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 10)
5.
Analyze an author's implicit and explicit argument, perspective or viewpoint in text.