Reading Assessment · Grades 3–9
Compare and Contrast Assessment
A printable assessment for grades 3-9 on comparing and contrasting two texts, using signal words, and organizing a comparison. Three passages, 24 items.
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What this assessment checks
Comparison from single features to whole accounts:
- Similarities and differences between two subjects
- Signal words – both, unlike, however, while, whereas
- Two accounts of the same event, and where they disagree
How to use it
Give it after compare and contrast has been taught with a graphic organizer. Passage 3 gives two accounts of one event, which is the hardest form and the one that appears in later grades.
Reading the results
Watch for students who list facts about each subject without putting them side by side — that is describing, not comparing. In Passage 3 the two accounts agree on the facts and differ only in emphasis; a student who says one account is lying has missed that.
| Resource type | Assessment (printable PDF) |
| Grade range | Grades 3–9 |
| Passages | 3 original passages |
| Items | 24 across 6 sections |
| Answer key | Included on the final page |
| Time | About 30 minutes |
| Access | Full Member |