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Jenny’s Overall CSA Score

Score Reporting Range

560–599

Score Reporting Range

546–559

Score Reporting Range

500–545

Jenny’s Score History

Jenny’s score reporting range stayed the same as last year.
Grade 3
Score 374
Grade 4
Score 476
Grade 5
Score 570

Jenny’s Performance Areas

Your child scored in the 560–599 range.

In the 560–599 Score Reporting Range, students can consistently:

Reading

  • Understand and identify complex main ideas and details in stories.

  • Explain and compare complex parts of text using strong evidence.

Listening

  • Summarize and describe complex ideas and details.

  • Understand complex information about characters and events.

Writing Mechanics

  • Use complex language to express information, experiences, and events.

  • Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

  • Revise writing to express a variety of ideas.

In the 546–559 Score Reporting Range, students can usually:

Reading

  • Understand and identify main ideas and details in stories.

  • Explain and compare significant parts of text using some evidence.

Listening

  • Summarize and describe main ideas and details.

  • Describe specific information about characters and events.

Writing Mechanics

  • Use specific language to communicate a variety of ideas or events.

  • Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

  • Revise writing to express important ideas.

In the 500–545 Score Reporting Range, students may be able to:

Reading

  • Understand and identify simple main ideas and details in stories.

  • Explain and compare basic events in text.

Listening

  • Summarize and describe basic ideas and details.

  • Describe basic information about characters and events.

Writing Mechanics

  • Use simple language to communicate basic ideas or events.

  • Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

  • Revise writing to express simple ideas.