CAASPP Testing Vocabulary

to examine and assess (look closely at) the quality of the information given

• evaluate

• explain

• infer

• justify

Answer explanation

If you are asked to evaluate something, you are being asked to decide if it has bad, decent, or amazing quality.

Example: The teacher evaluated the students on their knowledge of theme by giving them a quiz.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

to argue/defend one side of an issue through facts, statistics, opinions, personal experience, or some other evidence

• describe

• persuade/ convince

• summarize

• narrate

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

to write your understanding of a passage/the text in your own words

• support

• compare

• evaluate

• interpret

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

to examine something carefully while paying attention to the details

• compare

• describe

• analyze

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do you do when you explain the similarities between two or more items?

• compare

• contrast

• describe

• identify

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What do you do when you try to explain the differences between things?

• compare

• contrast

• support

• explain

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you are being asked to tell the facts or details so the reader can imagine/visualize what you are talking about, you are being asked to...

• describe

• infer

• support

• identify

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When you are told to back up or justify your answer or claim with evidence, you are being asked to do what?

• support

• infer

• determine

• describe

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is it to come to a conclusion/decision based on reasoning, evidence/clues, and what you have read?

• infer

• summarize

• explain

• describe

Answer explanation

If Jim hears Lily's stomach growl, he can use this evidence to infer that she is probably hungry.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

to tell the main ideas of a text in your own words, with no opinions

• summarize

• infer

• argue

• imply

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2