NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress Reading Grade 1

Question 1

On NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what does it mean to identify the 'main idea' of a passage?

Accepted Answer

To state what the passage is mostly about

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To find the most interesting sentence in the text

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To list every detail the author includes

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To describe where the story takes place

Question 2

Which type of text would you most likely read on NAEP Grade 4 Reading if you wanted to learn facts about how volcanoes form?

Accepted Answer

An informational nonfiction passage

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A fictional short story

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A poem about nature

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A personal diary entry

Question 3

In a NAEP Grade 4 Reading passage, a character says, 'I guess I'll go to the party.' What does the word 'guess' suggest about the character's feelings?

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The character is uncertain or unenthusiastic

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The character is very excited to attend

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The character is confused about the location

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The character has never been to a party before

Question 4

On NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what is the purpose of a caption beneath a photograph in a nonfiction text?

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To provide extra details or explain what the image shows

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To replace the need to read the main text

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To give the author's opinion about the photo

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To list words that are hard to pronounce

Question 5

When comparing two passages on the same topic in NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what should you look for?

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How the authors' purposes or viewpoints are similar or different

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Which passage has more paragraphs

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Which passage was written first

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Whether both passages use the same font

Question 6

On NAEP Grade 4 Reading, what does it mean to make a 'text-to-self connection' while reading?

Accepted Answer

Linking something in the passage to a personal experience you have had

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Finding a word in the text you have seen before in a different book

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Identifying the title and author of the passage

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Counting how many times a character's name appears