LEVEL 4
- Integrates and synthesizes
information from multiple sources or
from complex and lengthy texts.
- Makes complex inferences and uses
general background knowledge.
- Evaluates quality of text.
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BENCHMARK 10
- Reads authentic multipurpose texts,
including complex charts, tables and
forms, articles, fiction, letters, research
papers and manuals. (10)
- Reads mostly to obtain general
and specific information, ideas and
opinions, and to learn content areas
for work and study tasks. (10)
- Tasks are dense, 5-10 pages long, on
abstract, conceptual, technical or
literacy topics, and may be complex
(visually, cognitively, and linguistically:
in sentence and discourse structures,
in thematic structure of information,
and in style). (10)
- Topics may be new and unfamiliar. (10)
- Searches through complex displays
of information and can use high-level
inference to locate and integrate
several pieces of abstract information
(explicit and implied) from various
parts of text. (10)
- Paraphrases or summarizes key points
and draws conclusions. (10)
- Sometimes encounters difficulty
interpreting low-frequency idioms and
cultural references. (10)
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LEVEL 4
- Court clerks select information
from various acts to assist Justices of
the Peace in cases where clarity of
jurisprudence is required. The acts
contain complex legal terminology.
- Track maintainers read various
sections and subsections of the
“Equipment Inspection Processes”
regulations to determine repair
situations in which crews must stop
trains.
- Animal care workers may read
veterinary medicine reference books
to locate and compare information on
urinalysis and cytology.
- Correctional service officers read
and synthesize case histories of
inmates in file or computer format.
These consist of court documents,
inmate requests, medical, family and
offence history, psychological profiles
and documentation on progress and
participation in programming.
- Campground operators read
legislation, regulations and by-laws in
order to keep up-to-date and to apply
this information to their operation.
- Nannies refer to health or medical
books to look up the symptoms of
a child’s illness and determine what
action they should take.
- Medical assistants read letters and
regulations from insurance companies
about policies and claim procedures
in order to process billing. These texts
use medical and legal terminology
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BENCHMARK 10
- Identifies and compares the
differences and similarities in values
and assumptions in two editorials on
the same topic (e.g., in the Globe and
Mail and in the National Post). (10)
- Identifies and compares values and
assumptions in two personal essays or
short stories. (10)
- Explains instructions from a reputable
medical program on how to lose, gain
and maintain body weight. (10)
- Reads policy and procedure manuals,
equipment, installation and use
manuals, user product guides, health
and safety advisories, legal and
administrative procedures, scientific
and experimental procedures. (10)
- Evaluates the validity/logistics of
proposed timetables, schedules,
programs and itineraries when
compared with other variables (needs,
requirements, availability, etc.). (10)
- Reads some standard legal documents,
formal business reports, blueprints,
financial listings, extensive and visually
complex tables, warranty contracts.
(10)
- Traces the development of an
argument in a complex text in field of
work or study in a 1-page summary.
(10)
- Writes a comparative summary of
two argumentative articles/essays
on the same topic; summarizes and
evaluates the main differences in her/
his argumentation. (10)
- Interprets and converts survey
information from a questionnaire into
percentages/categories as texts and
graphs. (10)
- Locates several pieces of information
involving complex search of on-line
electronic reference sources or a
variety of reference materials in
libraries, archives. (10)
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