Correct Response: A. The student in the scenario can read and comprehend a narrative text that is just one year below the student's grade level with 95 percent accuracy, which represents normal to above-average progress in reading for an expanding-level English language learner. The student's performance on the fourth-grade expository (nonfiction) text is also typical for a student at this language proficiency level because expanding-level English language learners have not yet achieved grade-level competence in academic language and may also lack the background knowledge required to support their comprehension of nonfiction texts. Thus, the student in this scenario demonstrates normal reading development but would benefit from additional experience and practice with the content, technical vocabulary, and language structures associated with nonfiction texts. B and D are incorrect because the student is progressing as expected for an expanding-level English language learner in reading. C is incorrect because the scenario provides no information about the comprehension strategies the student did or did not use. Also, the student can comprehend a fifth-grade narrative text with 95 percent accuracy, which suggests that the student may be able to apply comprehension strategies when reading.
