ARM 10.54.3093. NEARING PROFICIENCY READING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR END OF GRADE 8

(1) An eighth-grade student at the nearing proficiency reading level demonstrates partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills fundamental for proficient reading. He/she: (a) demonstrates a literal understanding of the reading material and makes some interpretations; (b) makes some predictions and connections between new material and prior knowledge, usually locating main ideas, and identifies some important supporting details when reading material appropriate to the eighth grade; (c) sometimes combines strategies to read material with comprehension; (d) sometimes interprets elements of fiction and nonfiction, literary devices, and vocabulary at the eighth- grade level; (e) sometimes articulates but seldom evaluates the strategies used to monitor reading progress; (f) sets reading goals and sometimes meets them; (g) sometimes self-selects appropriate material to meet a reading purpose; and (h) compares information, language, and points of view between and among print or nonprint sources, but seldom integrates information.