2024 CALT ALTA Exam Verified Questions and Answers decoding - CORRECT ANSWER -recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound correspondence, and blending sounds into a word are all part of - Pre-Reading Stage - CORRECT ANSWER -language appreciation, awareness of printed words, mastery of alphabet and simple words Greek elements - CORRECT ANSWER -eu, chloro Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia - CORRECT ANSWER -A "glitch" may have taken place during fetal development Dyslexia and Social Development - CORRECT ANSWER -May see: a lack of good judgement, the inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior Grade equivalent scores - CORRECT ANSWER -Not a dependable representation of progress Woodcock Johnson Psycho -Education Battery - CORRECT ANSWER -a cognitive/ norm referenced test synthetic instruction - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them together into words. analytic instruction - CORRECT ANSWER -Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into parts. Whole to part approach. linguistics - CORRECT ANSWER -Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of language. % of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education services that have a deficit in reading - CORRECT ANSWER -70-80% According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the strongest indication of a reading disability - CORRECT ANSWER -a deficit in phonology Section 504 and IDEA - CORRECT ANSWER -A person who has, has a history of having, or is regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's major functions receives benefits under Appropriate education under Section 504 may include - CORRECT ANSWER -regular classroom, regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related services ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC - CORRECT ANSWER -provide reasonable expectations of student outcomes to parents and students Recommendations for private students - CORRECT ANSWER -give parents documentation of the services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom Professional Communication - CORRECT ANSWER -Personal pronouns are unprofessional ADHD - CORRECT ANSWER -Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ALTA - CORRECT ANSWER -Academic Language Therapy Association ESL - CORRECT ANSWER -English as a Second Language IDEA - CORRECT ANSWER -Individuals with Disabilities Education Act IEP - CORRECT ANSWER -Individualized Education Plan IMSLEC - CORRECT ANSWER -International Multi -sensory Structured Education Council MSL - CORRECT ANSWER -Multisensory Structured Language MSLE - CORRECT ANSWER -Multisensory Structured Language Education NICHD - CORRECT ANSWER -National Institute of Child Health and Human Development VAKT - CORRECT ANSWER -Visual -Auditory -Kinesthetic/Tactile WRAT - CORRECT ANSWER -Wide Range Achievement Test swing up, stop - CORRECT ANSWER -i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s push up and over - CORRECT ANSWER -m,n,v,x,y,z curve under, over, stop - CORRECT ANSWER -a, ca, d,g,o,q curve way up, loop left - CORRECT ANSWER -b,f,h,k,l,e grapheme - CORRECT ANSWER -single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific phonemes or speech sounds Closed syllable - CORRECT ANSWER -napkin, button Open syllable - CORRECT ANSWER -lilac, tulip Vowel - consonant e - CORRECT ANSWER -shake, shine Vowel pair - CORRECT ANSWER -bread, nail Vowel -r - CORRECT ANSWER -doctor, dollar Final Stable - CORRECT ANSWER -cable, sandle,stle Inflectional suffixes - CORRECT ANSWER -when added to a base word change the number, tense, voice, mood, or comparison. -s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing Derivational suffixes are - CORRECT ANSWER -added to a base word or root and change the part of speech or the function of the base word. -less, -ful, -ness, - cian Doubling rule - CORRECT ANSWER -one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is being added Silent e situations - CORRECT ANSWER -to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of consonant le, added when the word ends in a final v norm -referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER -assessment that measures performance in relation to a norm cohort or group criterion referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER -assessment that measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain curriculum -referenced test - CORRECT ANSWER -assessment that measures knowledge that has been taught screening - CORRECT ANSWER -brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of instruction progress monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER -periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific intstruction diagnostic measure - CORRECT ANSWER -assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and weakenesses
