Copyright©byTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Thecontents,orpartsthereof,maybereproducedinprintformfornon-profiteducationalusewithMcGraw-HillReadingWondersprovidedsuchreproductionsbearcopyrightnotice,butmaynotbereproducedinanyformforanyotherpurposewithoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica3456789QDB1716151413Cwww.mheonline.com/readingwondersCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.TableofContentsTeacherIntroductionivBenchmark1Part1:Reading1ReadingAnswerKey56Part2:Writing36WritingAnswerKey59Benchmark2Part1:Reading62ReadingAnswerKey125Part2:Writing104WritingAnswerKey128Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.BenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentisanintegralpartofthecompleteassessmentprogramalignedwithMcGraw-HillReadingWondersandtheCommonCoreStateStandards(CCSS).PurposeofBenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentreportsontheoutcomeofstudentlearningandprovidesastatusofcurrentachievementinrelationtotheCCSS-alignedcurriculum.Theresultsoftheassessmentscanbeusedtoinformsubsequentinstruction,aidinmakinglevelingandgroupingdecisions,andpointtowardareasinneedofreteachingorremediation.BenchmarkAssessmenttestsareconstructedtomirrortheapproach,administration,andsubjectconcentrationfoundincriterion-referencedtesting.Performanceintheseassessmentscanactasasignalofstudentreadinessforthedemandsofhigh-stakestestingaswellasasnapshotofstudentprogresstowardend-of-yeargoals.FocusofBenchmarkAssessmentBenchmarkAssessmentfocusesonthefollowingkeyareasofEnglishLanguageArtsasidentifiedbytheCCSS:•Comprehensionofliterature•Comprehensionofinformationaltext•Usingtextfeaturestoaccessorclarifyinformation•Vocabularyacquisitionanduse•CommandoftheconventionsofstandardEnglishlanguage•WritingwithintheparametersofspecifictexttypesTeacherIntroductionivBenchmarkAssessment•TeacherIntroducti...
