STANDARD READING ASSESSMENT – GRADE 7
1.
Connections: How does what you read connect with what you already knew, experienced, or
read somewhere else?
1
not yet meeting/
limited
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
With guidance, may
make some simple,
obvious connections
to own experience
or other selections
Makes some
concrete, obvious
connections to own
experience or other
selections
2.
Work is vague,
inaccurate, or
incomplete
Identifies some
main events and
characters
May be able to place
main events in
order; explains some
simple relationships
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Makes and supports
logical, direct,
connections with
own ideas, beliefs,
feelings, and key
features of other
selections
Makes and supports
logical connections
with own ideas,
beliefs, feelings,
experiences, and
other texts; may
risk a divergent
response
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
Provides accurate
information; often
vague
Describes setting,
main characters,
events, and obvious
conflicts; gives some
details if asked;
explains some simple
relationships
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Generally accurate
with most main
events, characters,
setting, and
conflicts captured
Gives some detail
and explains some
relationships among
events
Clear, complete and
accurate, with
specific references
to the selection
Describes setting,
main characters,
conflict, and events
accurately and in
some detail; explains
relationships among
events
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Thorough and
precise, with
specific detail
Describes setting,
characters, conflict,
and events
accurately in own
words with relevant
detail and explains
subtle relationships
Inferencing: Read between the lines to find something you believe to be true but that isn’t
actually said. Explain your reasoning.
1
not yet meeting/
limited
Makes some simple
inferences; often
illogical because the
student has missed
literal information
Unable to interpret
theme or author’s
message
4.
Makes relatively
direct connections
to own experience;
straightforward
connections to key
features of other
selections
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Summarizing: Choose a way to show the main ideas and details in what you read.
1
not yet meeting/
limited
3.
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
Makes some simple
inferences; little or
no support
Interprets theme or
author’s message
simplistically
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
Makes some basic
inferences with
some support
Can offer basic
interpretation of
obvious theme or
message
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Makes logical
inferences with
support
Interprets obvious
themes or author’s
message logically
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Makes inferences
with insight, support
Interprets complex
or subtle themes or
author’s message
logically
Vocabulary: Choose any of the underlined words from the text to complete the boxes below.
1
not yet meeting/
limited
2
2.5
3
minimally meeting/
satisfactorily
fully meeting/
partial or with
meeting
proficient
support
Focuses on sounding
Relies on sounding
Uses basic range of
Uses range of word
out new words;
out and context
word skills; may
skills confidently
often gives up
clues
need prompting
Recognizes and tries
Difficulty with
Limited recognition
Recognizes some
to interpret
figurative/abstract
of figurative
figurative language
figurative language
language
language
*strategies: context clues, sounding out, root words, prefixes, suffixes..
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Uses range of
effective word
skills; independent
Interprets
figurative language
confidently
5.
Explain a question the reading leaves you with AND/OR a prediction you can make now.
1
not yet meeting/
limited
Vague questions
unconnected to text
Vague or incomplete
predictions that may
be unsupported or
illogical
6.
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
Direct/concrete/
literal questions
connected to the
main idea of the
text
Attempts to make
simple, obvious
predictions
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
Some logical
questions connected
to key ideas of text
Uses story
structure to make
simple, direct
predictions
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Thoughtful, logical,
reasoned questions
Makes logical
predictions using
knowledge of story
structure or genre
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Engaging questions;
deeply thoughtprovoking
Makes logical,
insightful
predictions using
knowledge of story
structure or genre
Reflecting: How easy or difficult was this text for you to read? Give specific examples of
how you helped yourself understand.
1
not yet meeting/
limited
Lacks awareness of
strategies
Unable to identify
problems
Often guesses
rather than
rereading
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
Limited use of
comprehension
strategies
May need help or
direction
Inefficient
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
Checks for
understanding; may
use one or two
strategies
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Checks for
understanding;
draws on range of
strategies and
adjusts as needed
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Evaluates own
understanding;
chooses effectively
from wide range of
strategies
Oral Reading (Fluency: reading at the speed of speech)
1
not yet meeting/
limited
Reluctant and/or
uncertain
Little or no
intonation
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
One word at a time;
some attention to
puntuation
Some intonation
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
Phrasing evident;
attends to
punctuation
Adjusts intonation
to convey meaning
3
fully meeting/
proficient
Confident in oral
reading; often
becomes more
fluent as the story
progresses
Begins to explore
intonation that
reflects mood, pace,
and tension
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Fluent, confident,
and expressive
Intonation reflects
a more thorough
understanding of
the text
SUMMARY MARK
Looking at the big picture, what is the overall mark you would assign for the assessment? (If
in doubt, look at the summarizing and inferencing marks; these two areas hold the most
weight in terms of comprehension.)
1
not yet meeting/
limited
2
minimally meeting/
partial or with
support
2.5
satisfactorily
meeting
3
fully meeting/
proficient
4
exceeding
expectations/
insightful
Student Name: __________________________________________________________
Grade: ________________
Teacher: _______________________________________________________________
Date: _________________