Information regarding the standards.

	Grade 11

Reading

Advanced: A student scoring at the Advanced Level consistently utilizes sophisticated strategies to comprehend and interpret complex fiction and nonfiction: Analyzes and evaluates the use of word meanings and shades of meaning Analyzes and evaluates inferences, conclusions, and generalizations Effectively summarizes all ideas within text Summarizes and evaluates abstract themes Analyzes and explains within and among text-to-text connections Analyzes and explains differences among features of different texts Evaluates the author’s use of text elements, organizational patterns (e.g., sequencing and comparison/contrast) Analyzes and evaluates the effect of figurative language (e.g., simile and metaphor), author’s style, and point of view Analyzes and evaluates strategies and evidence used in arguments in nonfiction Evaluates the relevance and accuracy of information in graphics and charts

Proficient: A student scoring at the Proficient Level routinely utilizes a variety of reading strategies to comprehend and interpret grade-level appropriate fiction and nonfiction: Applies a variety of strategies to determine meanings of words, including synonyms and antonyms, using context clues and word parts Makes inferences, draws conclusions, and generalizes, using textual support Identifies and explains main ideas Summarizes text Makes within and among text-to-text connections Interprets and analyzes: purpose of text (e.g., narrative and informational); organizational patterns (e.g., sequencing, comparison/contrast); and relationships among literary elements (i.e., character, setting, plot, theme, tone, style, mood and symbolism) Interprets and analyzes the use of figurative language (e.g., simile and metaphor), author’s style, and point of view Interprets and analyzes the use of facts and opinions in nonfiction Analyzes the effectiveness of bias and propaganda in nonfiction Analyzes and evaluates graphics and charts

Basic: A student scoring at the Basic Level generally utilizes some reading strategies to comprehend grade-level appropriate fiction and nonfiction: Identifies word meanings using context clues and word parts Identifies and explains details in support of a conclusion Identifies or explains main ideas Attempts to summarize text and/or to make within or among text-to-text connections Identifies and interprets features of texts (e.g., headings and graphics), including content appropriate to subsections Understands the relationships between text structure, organizational patterns [e.g., sequencing, comparison/contrast and purpose of text (e.g., narrative and informational)] Explains the use of figurative language (e.g., simile and metaphor) and literary elements (e.g., character) Differentiates between factual statements and explicitly stated opinions in nonfiction Identifies, describes and/or explains bias in nonfiction Identifies and describes the purpose of graphics and charts

	Below Basic: A student scoring at the Below Basic Level demonstrates competency with below grade-level text only and requires extensive support to comprehend and interpret fiction and nonfiction.

Math

Advanced: An eleventh-grade student performing at the Advanced Level solves complex problems and demonstrates in-depth understanding of the skills, concepts and procedures in the five Pennsylvania Mathematics Reporting Categories. A student performing at the Advanced Level: uses real number properties and skills to analyze and justify solution techniques and solutions to complex problems; develops solution strategies to solve problems involving multiple operations. develops strategies to solve non-routine measurement problems; solves problems involving measurement of complex shapes; uses relationships of measurements of geometric figures to analyze problems and devise solutions. integrates properties and relationships of circles and polygons with concepts of congruence and similarity to solve complex problems and justify solutions; describes properties of segments and algebraic representations in the coordinate plane. analyzes multiple representations of patterns and data to draw and justify conclusions; solves higher-ordered equations. evaluates data representations in terms of validity and target audience; determines probability in complex problems; makes connections between data sets and other branches of mathematics; extrapolates data to make valid predictions.

Proficient: An eleventh-grade student performing at the Proficient Level solves practical and real-world problems. A student performing at the Proficient Level: demonstrates understanding of and ability to use different forms of real numbers; uses estimation and operations on real numbers to solve multi-step problems, including problems involving proportional relationships. uses formulas to solve problems involving two- and three-dimensional measurements of standard and composite geometric shapes; manipulates multi-step formulas; demonstrates the relationships of a change in length and changes in perimeter, circumference, area and volume. uses properties and relationships of parts of circles, triangles and quadrilaterals to solve problems; applies the concepts of congruence and similarity in problem-solving settings; describes measures and relationships (perpendicular/parallel with respect to slope) of segments in a coordinate plane. writes algebraic expressions and linear and nonlinear equations to describe graphs or patterns; solves problems represented as systems or compound inequalities or quadratic equations; simplifies algebraic expressions in problem-solving situations. reads and constructs graphical representations of data; uses box-and-whisker plots to represent data; draws conclusions based on measures of central tendency; uses counting techniques to determine probability; makes predictions based on data sets, probability, graphs and scatter plots.

Basic: An eleventh-grade student performing at the Basic Level solves simple or routine problems by applying skills and procedures in the five Pennsylvania Mathematics Reporting Categories. A student performing at the Basic Level: compares and translates among real numbers written as square roots, in scientific notation and in exponential form; uses basic, non-complex operations on rational numbers to solve basic problems. selects and uses correct formulas to compute basic two- and three-dimensional measures of prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids and spheres; manipulates one-step formulas. identifies relationships of parts of circles, triangles and quadrilaterals; recognizes similarity in shapes; uses formulas to measure segments in routine problems. writes linear equations to represent simple patterns and graphs; solves problems described by linear equations; simplifies elementary algebraic expressions; determines slope of a line. reads basic graphical representations of data; uses stem-and-leaf plots to represent data; calculates measures of central tendency; calculates probability and applies the fundamental counting principle to simple or routine problems.

	Below Basic: An eleventh-grade student performing at the Below Basic Level demonstrates limited understanding of the concepts and ineffective application of the mathematical skills in the five Pennsylvania Mathematics Reporting Categories.