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Grade 4 Assessments

Purpose: every Grade 4 assessment in one place, so teachers can measure where each student stands and plan what to teach next. Start with the shared diagnostics, then open the Grade 4 cluster companions.

PURPOSE

This page gathers every Grade 4 assessment tool: the shared diagnostics and the Assessment Companion for each cluster.

RATIONALE

Every task is scored against one thinking-level ladder, so a score shows where a student stands on the path to proficiency, not just right or wrong.

HOW TO USE THIS PAGE

Begin with the three diagnostics to place each student on the ladder. Then open a cluster companion to turn student evidence into the next teaching move.

Every task on this page is scored against one thinking-level ladder, so a score names not just right or wrong but where the student stands on the path to proficiency. Begin with the shared diagnostics to place each student, then open the Grade 4 Assessment Companion, where the same evidence turns into the next teaching move.

Shared Diagnostics and Tools

Start here. The three RPLD diagnostics place each student on the thinking-level ladder, and the ladders, tracker, and master template are the shared engine behind every companion.

TREES Informational Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for informational writing before instruction begins.

TRAILS Narrative Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for narrative writing.

CREATURES Argumentative Diagnostic (RPLD)

Places each student on the thinking-level ladder for argumentative writing.

Thinking-Level Ladders

The full ladder of thinking levels that every task and diagnostic is scored against.

Thinking-Level Growth Tracker

Tracks each student's movement up the thinking-level ladder across the year.

Assessment Companion Master Template

The blank Assessment Companion template every cluster companion is built from.

Grade 4 Assessment Companion

All eight clusters, each covering four modules, with student evidence scored against the same thinking-level ladder.

All four modules of Cluster 1, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: A Promise Written Long Ago.

All four modules of Cluster 2, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: The Energy We Use Everyday.

All four modules of Cluster 3, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: A Lone Star Choice, connecting.

All four modules of Cluster 4, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: The Wealth of Mansa Musa, argument.

All four modules of Cluster 5, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: Ideas & Voices, connecting.

All four modules of Cluster 6, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: A Day That Changed, argument.

All four modules of Cluster 7, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: The Roads Between Us, poetry-narrative.

All four modules of Cluster 8, scored against the thinking-level ladder. Passage: What Shapes a Society, research.

Grade 4 Summative Assessments

Three summative assessments across the year, each aligned to the TEKS and objectives of the clusters it follows.

Summative Assessment 1: Prepare to Cluster 2

After the Prepare cluster, Cluster 1, and Cluster 2. Every module's TEKS, with an answer key, rationale for each item, the writing rubric, and a Low, Medium, High score conversion.

Summative Assessment 2: Clusters 3 to 5

After Clusters 3, 4, and 5. Every module's TEKS, with an answer key, rationale for each item, the writing rubric, and a Low, Medium, High score conversion.

Summative Assessment 3: Clusters 6 to 8

After Clusters 6, 7, and 8. Every module's TEKS, with an answer key, rationale for each item, the writing rubric, and a Low, Medium, High score conversion.