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RICA Test Prep (Questions AndAnswers)
What are the 3 primary purposes of reading assessment? ✔️Ans - 1. Entry
Level Assessments - they are implemented prior to instruction to determine
which students have already mastered the skills that are going to be taught
and which posess the prerequisite skills and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - during the instructional unit, tell
which students are making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved the
target standard, some measure student achievement of a single standard,
where as others, often given quarterly, midyear and at the end of the year,
measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or Section
504 plan? ✔️Ans - 1. Give Students More Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery (ask the student to tell, rather than write).
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment (if the student does not read
at the 5th gtade level, give them something that is at a simpler level and note
that the standard was not met).
Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments ✔️Ans - 1.
Reliability
B. Validity
C. How to Interpret the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Are Used to Determine Students' Reading Levels?
✔️Ans - 1. Informal Reading Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? ✔️Ans - An IRI us a collection of
assessments administered individually to students. For an IRI, one adult gives
the assessments to one student. The selection of the IRI depends on the
students reading level.
,What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal Reading
Inventory (IRI)? ✔️Ans - 1. Word Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Assessments Measuring Concepts about Print
5. Phonemic Awareness Assessments
6. Phonics Assessments
7. Assessments of Reading Fluency
8. Structural Analysis Assessments
9. Vocabulary Assessments
10. Spelling Tests
What is the purpose of a word recognition list? ✔️Ans - They serve 3
purposes:
1. to provide a rough guess of the child's reading level so that whoever is
administering the tests knows where to start on the graded reading passages.
2. to provide information on the child's "sight" vocabulary, the words the child
can correctly identify
3. provide information about the student's ability to use sound-symbol
relationships (phonics) to decode words. The child's errors will provide a
partial picture of what letters and letter combinations the child knows and
which ones he or she needs to learn.
Which Assessment is the most important part of the IRI? ✔️Ans - The
graded reading passages.
What is a miscue analysis? ✔️Ans - Examining a record of a student's oral
reading to identify and classify errors. ( a student reads aloud a passage and
the teacher keeps a detailed record of the student's performance).
What are Graphophonemic Errors? ✔️Ans - These errors are related to
the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as reading feather or father.
The words sounds alike, but feather wouldn't make sense in a sentence where
the correct word is father. A child who repeatedly makes graphophonemic
errors is either a) reading word by word and depending too much on phonics
to decode each word b) reading a passage that is too difficult, or they are not
using the meaning of the sentences and paragraphs to decode words
(contextual clues).
, What are Semantic Errors? ✔️Ans - Semantic Errors are meaning-related
errors, such as reading dad for father. The student has relied too much on the
semantic cueing system - and hasn't used graphophonemic clues. A child who
repeatedly makes semantic errors understands what the are reading but
needs to be taught to use phonics skills to be sure that every word read makes
sense from a graphophonemic sense.
What are common strategies for struggling readers and students with
learning disabilities? ✔️Ans - 1. re-teach what is not mastered. Use visual,
kinesthetic, and tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples
What are common strategies meeting the needs for EL and Speakers of Non-
standard English? ✔️Ans - 1. Take advantage of transfer of relevant skills
and knowledge from the first language
a) English/Spanish cognates: active/activo,
artist/artista, color/color
2. Teach vocabulary with concrete items, pictures, charts and diagrams
3. Modeling
What are common strategies for meeting the needs of Advanced Learners?
✔️Ans - 1. Increase the pace and complexity of instruction
2. Extend the depth (same topic) and breadth (additional topics) of instruction
3. Build on and extending current skills
What are the English-Language Arts Content Standards for California Public
Schools K-12? ✔️Ans - These standards state what every child should
know and be able to do at each grade level. All textbooks purchased with
money from the state of CA are aligned with these standards. The STAR test
measures students achievement of the standards.
* All of your instructional decisions, including materials you choose, how to
group students, the activities you plan, and the pace of your teaching, should
enable every student to achieve each of the standards for your grade level.
What is the California Reading/Language Arts Framework for CA Public
Schools, K-12? ✔️Ans - The framework provides guidelines on what
should be taught at grade level and how to assess and teach that content.
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