(1) A fourth-grade student at the advanced reading level demonstrates superior performance.   He/she:

(a) demonstrates self-motivation and emerging independence as a learner;

(b) uses a rich and varied reading and listening vocabulary;

(c) critically evaluates reading material and provides thorough and thoughtful responses to the text;

(d) critically judges and provides thorough, effective, and thoughtful oral, written, and/or artistic responses to reading material;

(e) fluently and effectively applies, articulates, and self-monitors decoding and comprehension strategies;

(f) accurately assesses and makes needed changes in reading strategies;

(g) generalizes topics, concepts, and feelings in reading selections to a variety of situations;

(h) consistently evaluates and monitors reading progress;

(i) eagerly sets and meets personal reading goals;

(j) chooses and successfully reads a variety of material for information and pleasure;

(k) identifies a variety of purposes for reading;

(l) recognizes how authors compose and use literary devices for a variety of purposes;

(m) compares and contrasts information from several sources of reading; and

(n) distinguishes fact from opinion.