These students have difficulty applying basic knowledge and skills. Below Basic students communicate in an ineffective manner. Their responses contain no errors regarding text-based facts. They cite extensive evidence for inferences. Their responses contain no major errors regarding text-based facts.
Extensions go beyond the literal to include personal responses.
Proficient students cite evidence for inferences. Their responses sometimes contain errors regarding text-based facts. This level of comprehension is characterized primarily by literal responses to the text. Basic students make connections between text and other experiences that are disjointed, fragmented, limited and not integral to the text. Their responses often contain errors regarding text-based facts.