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Essential Skill Assessment
Read and comprehend a variety of text


Reading Essential Skill Description

Read and comprehend a variety of text,* means that students:
  • Demonstrate the ability to read and understand text.*
  • Summarize and critically analyze key points of text,* events, issues, phenomena or problems, distinguishing factual from non-factual and literal from inferential elements.
  • Interpret significant ideas and themes, including those conveyed through figurative language and use of symbols.
  • Follow instructions from informational or technical text* to perform a task, answer questions, and solve problems.
* Text includes but is not limited to all forms of written material, communications, media, and other representations in words, numbers, and graphics and visual displays using traditional and technological formats.


Reading Essential Skill Graduation Requirement

Students first enrolled in Grade 9 in the 2008-2009 school year and beyond are required to show that they are able to read and comprehend text in order to graduate. This graduation requirement may be met by earning at, or above, a specific score (the achievement standard) on one of the approved assessment options.



Assessment Planning Resources

To support Essential Skills across K-12 curricula, links to instructional planning resources, including Common Core links, and data resources are available at the bottom of this page.


Approved Assessment Options


Assessment Category Specific Assessment Option Achievement Standard
OAKS Reading/Literature Assessment 236
OTHER ASSESSMENTS Other Assessment List PDF
List of all assessment options and achievement standards
WORK SAMPLES Two Work Samples:

 •   One must be informational;
 •   One may either be informational or literary
For each Work Sample, Composite Score of 12, with no Trait lower than 3

Traits:
 •   Demonstrate General Understanding
 •   Develop an Interpretation
 •   Analyze Text


Work Sample Resources


Professional Development Materials


Guidelines and Resources


Scoring for Reading Work Samples

Development of Reading Work Samples


Administration of Reading Work Samples

PURPOSE To Practice To Fulfill Graduation Requirement
RESOURCES Practice Work Samples
Webpage with Work Samples for use in class assignments or practice tests
Guidelines for Administering Reading Work Samples PDF
Description of requirements for administering Work Samples

Reading Feedback Form PDF
Feedback form for use as the only acceptable means to communicate feedback


Assessment Planning Resources




Contacts
  • Ken Hermens Email    (503) 947-5830
    Assessment and Accountability - Specialist, English Language Arts

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