14 SRA FLEX LITERACY ™ IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
Anchor Standards for Reading
(Literature and Informational Text)
The Digital
Experience
The Print
Experience
The Project
Experience
Key Ideas and Details
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to
make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence
when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from
the text.
x x x
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their
development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
x x
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop
and interact over the course of a text.
x x
Craft and Structure
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including determining technical, connotative, and figurative
meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape
meaning or tone.
x x
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific
sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text
(e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each
other and the whole.
x x
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and
style of a text.
x x
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media
and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in
words.
x x x
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a
text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the
relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
x x
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or
topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the
approaches the authors take.
x x x
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational
texts independently and proficiently.
x x x