School Improvement in Maryland

Sample Item
Selected Response Item for Grade 8

Standard 1.0 General Reading Processes

Topic E. General Reading Comprehension
Students will use a variety of strategies to understand what they read (construct meaning).

Indicator 4. Use strategies to demonstrate understanding of the text (after reading)

Objective c. Draw inferences and/or conclusions and make generalizations

Assessment limit: From the text or a portion of the text

Read the story 'School Photographer' and answer the following question.

In the first four lines, the speaker likes being a photographer because she _____.

  1. likes to take pictures of her friends
  2. gets to make other people do things
  3. enjoys the feel of the camera in her hands
  4. wants to become a better school photographer

Correct Answer
B. gets to make other people do things
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