Grade1BenchmarkAssessmentFormat©Macmillan/McGraw–HillAPublishedbyMacmillan/McGraw-Hill,ofMcGraw-HillEducation,adivisionofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,TwoPennPlaza,NewYork,NewYork10121.Copyright©byMacmillan/McGraw-Hill.Allrightsreserved.Thecontents,orpartsthereof,maybereproducedinprintformfornon-profiteducationalusewithTreasures,providedsuchreproductionsbearcopyrightnotice,butmaynotbereproducedinanyformforanyotherpurposewithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica12345678902410090807©Macmillan/McGraw–HillIntroductiontotheFCATReadingTest...............................4IntroductiontoFCATFormatBenchmarkAssessment.................5AdministeringandScoringtheBenchmarkAssessments..............6ScoringCharts.....................................................7FCATBenchmarksTeaching/PracticeOpportunities...................9HintsforTakingtheFCATReadingTest.............................10FCATFormatReadingTestA........................................11FCATFormatReadingTestB........................................41AnswerKey.......................................................73Rubric............................................................80ContentsFloridaBenchmarkAssessment•Grade13©Macmillan/McGraw–HillLiteraryPassagesInformationalPassagesExcerptsfromnovelsAdvertisementsFablesAutobiographiesandbiographiesFolktalesDiariesHistoricalfictionEditorialsPersonalnarrativesHow-toarticlesPlaysMagazineandnewspaperarticlesPoemsPrimarysources(suchashistoricaldocuments)ShortstoriesVisualpresentationsoftext(tables,graphs,charts,etc.)YourstudentswilltaketheFCATReadingtestinGrade3.FCATReadingisamultiple-choicetestthatassesseseightdifferentFloridabenchmarks.Thesebenchmarkscoverthefollowingcontentclusters:■WordsandPhrasesinContext■MainIdea,Plot,andPurpose■ComparisonandCause/Effect■ReferenceandResearchStudentswillbeexpectedtodefinewordsandphrase...
