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New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK)
Performance Level Descriptors
Language Arts Literacy
Grade 4
Proficient
The student performing at the proficient level demonstrates abilities to work with, analyze, and critique text. As a proficient reader, the student recognizes the central idea, supporting details, purpose, and organization of text. The student demonstrates the ability to comprehend text literally, to make inferences, and to express understanding of the text in written responses.
As a proficient writer, the student establishes a central focus, generally organizes and connects ideas, and includes some supporting details. The student demonstrates some variety in sentence structure and word choice and uses basic conventions of print.
Advanced Proficient
As a reader, the fourth grade student performing at the advanced level of proficiency consistently demonstrates the qualities outlined for proficient performance. In addition, the advanced proficient reader makes connections and synthesizes details of the text in order to generate new ideas.
As an advanced proficient writer, the student establishes and develops a central focus, organizes and connects ideas, and elaborates on supporting details coherently. The student varies sentence structures, chooses words effectively, and uses conventions of print.
