In evaluating a literary standard, which content terms best capture the material students will study?

• A. Read, comprehend
• B. Stories, dramas, poems
• C. Complexity, scaffolding
• D. Year end, high end of the range

Answer: (B)

Content terms describe the actual material students will study. In a literary standard, naming the kinds of texts gives a clear sense of what students will read and analyze. So, listing stories, dramas, and poems specifies the material itself—the genres and text types students will encounter—which is exactly what the standard intends to capture.

The other options point to different ideas: read and comprehend are actions students perform with texts; complexity and scaffolding refer to how instruction is structured and the level of support or text difficulty; year end and high end of the range describe timing or achievement levels rather than the materials studied.