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title: "4.T.RA.2: Curating Sources & Evidence (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 4.T.RA.2: Curating Sources & Evidence

Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 4, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-4.md

## Expectations

- **4.T.RA.2.a**: Refer to specific passages or quotations from a text to support an idea, answer, or opinion. (I)
- **4.T.RA.2.b**: Determine the credibility and relevance of a source text based on known information about the author and/or organization. (I)
- **4.T.RA.2.c**: This progression begins in 5th grade.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG). Texts — Interpreting Texts. Research & Analysis Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics. (about 10% of the test; 6 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

## What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

- **Developing**: Identify a specific passage or quotation from a text that supports a provided idea, answer, or opinion. Identify what makes a source text credible or relevant.
- **Proficient**: Refer to specific passages or quotations from a text (or text set) to support an idea, answer, or opinion. Determine what makes a source text (or text set) credible and/or relevant using text-based information.
- **Distinguished**: Refer to specific passages or quotations from a text (or text set) to support multiple ideas, answers, or opinions.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 1, 1.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 2, 2.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 3, 3.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.RA.2.md
- **Grade 4, 4.T.RA.2 (this standard)**: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism.
- Grade 5, 5.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Integrate evidence from print and digital sources, assessing credibility and relevance and avoiding plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 6, 6.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 7, 7.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 8, 8.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Utilize multiple print and digital texts to address a specific topic or question, assessing source credibility and relevance and integrating evidence properly to avoid plagiarism. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 9, 9.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.RA.2.md
- Grade 12, 12.T.RA.2: **Curating Sources & Evidence** Reference parts of texts to address a specific topic or question and explore various sources of information to make connections across a broad range of topics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.RA.2.md

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.