Northwest Evaluation Association Learning Continuum Release 1.0

Interpretive Reading Comprehension - Students can make reasonable predictions before, during, and after reading, can draw inferences necessary for understanding, can recognize cause-effect relationships, and can summarize and synthesize information from a variety of written materials.

Skills and Concepts

RIT scores between 151 and 160

Inference
· Use simple details to make simple inferences
Main Idea
· Determine the main idea of a simple factual section
Cause-effect
· Identify or determine simple cause and effect relationships
New Vocabulary: missing word, story, paragraph, sentence

RIT scores between 161 and 170

Inference
· Infer the qualities or purposes of a list
Main Idea
· Determine the main idea of a simple story
Cause-effect
· Identify, determine, or infer simple cause and effect relationships in simple situations
Prediction
· Predict future events based on the simple details of a story
Drawing Conclusion
· Draw conclusions based on information in a story about events taking place
New Vocabulary: questions, main idea, riddle, list, passage

RIT Scores between 171 and 180

Inference
· Make inferences by noting specific details in multi-paragraph selection
· Infer the qualities or purposes of a list
· Make inferences using details in an advertisement
· Infer characteristics and qualities of main characters
· Infer answers to riddles by noting details
Main Idea
· Look at details to determine and refine the main idea of 30-50 word paragraph
· Identify the topic sentence in a simple paragraph
· Create a topic sentence for a simple paragraph
· Determine the main idea by selecting the best title for a story or passage
· Refine and explain the main idea of a selection
Prediction
· Predict future events based on a multi-paragraph passage
Drawing Conclusion
· Draw conclusions based on information in a story as to what will probably happen next
New Vocabulary: title, caused, facts, effect, opinion, ad, describes, author

RIT Scores between 181 and 190

Main Idea
· Identify the main idea of a poem
· Identify topic sentence
· Infer best title for a story or passage
· Make inferences about main idea of a personal note
· Determine main idea in different genre
· Determine main idea from a variety of nonfiction
Cause-effect
· Determine cause and effect in a 100-150 word passage
Prediction
· Predict what will happen next in a multi-paragraph passage
· Infer conclusion from prior information
Summarize
· Summarize a short passage of 100-150 words
Application Transfer
· Generalize from specific information within the passage
Drawing Conclusion
· Draw conclusion based on interpretation of information read
New Vocabulary: predict, outcome, statement, poem, article, conclude, summary, problem

RIT Scores between 191 and 200

Main Idea
· Infer main idea from textbook page
· Infer main idea of article from newspaper or magazine
· Infer main idea from a variety of genre
Compare-contrast
· Compare and contrast animate and inanimate
Cause-effect
· Determine cause and effect of a variety of events
Summarize
· Summarize a longer passage by outlining
Application Transfer
· Generalize a statement from specific information within the passage
Drawing Conclusion
· Draw a conclusion based on interpretation of information read
New Vocabulary: summarize, conclusion, cause and effect, central idea, compare, selection, introduction

RIT Scores between 201 and 210

Inference
· Make inferences from announcements
· Make inferences about directions on labels
· Make inferences about a character type within a variety of literature
· Make inferences from information found on book flap
· Make inferences from textbook technical reading
Main Idea
· Identify main idea in magazine articles or stories from other sources
Prediction
· Predict future events based on prior conclusions drawn
Drawing Conclusion
· Form a conclusion based on interpretation of information from a variety of sources
New Vocabulary: infer, solution, prediction, announcement, biography, explanation, chapter, legend, topics, characteristics, main characters, assume, library, speaker

RIT Scores between 211 and 220

Inference
· Make inferences from catalog selections
· Make inferences from handbooks
· Make inferences from a science fiction passage
Main Idea
· Identify why author chose title
· Identify main idea in newspaper and other articles
Prediction
· Identify conclusion to story
· Create prediction for recipe
· Predict outcome from advertisement
Summarize
· Restate lengthy passage through summarizing
Application Transfer
· List specific information in systematic order and give a general summary
Drawing Conclusion
· Draw a conclusion from the passage by inferring the interpretation of the information read
New Vocabulary: implied, inferred, premise, impression, contrast

RIT Scores above 221

Items include same skills and content as above with more difficult vocabulary and extended thinking.