Test Format and Sample QuestionsThe Reading K–12 K to 12 subject area test consists of approximately 100 multiple-choice items. You will have two and one-half hours to complete the test. Show
Each of the questions will contain four response options. You will choose the best response out of the available options, and indicate A, B, C, or D. The table below presents types of questions on the exam and directs you to examples of these formats among the sample items that follow. Table of Question FormatsType of QuestionSample QuestionScenarioExamine a classroom situation or a student composition. Then select the response option that best answers a question, recommends a course of action, or gives the appropriate evaluation or teacher comment.Question 1Text Analysis Study a text and identify a literary feature, such as a figure of speech, style, form, or function, by choosing the best response option.Question 4Direct question Choose the response option that best answers the question.Question 5Sentence Completion Select the response option that best completes the sentence.Question 8 Sample QuestionsThe following questions represent both the form and content of questions on the examination. These questions will acquaint you with the general format of the examination; however, these sample questions do not cover all of the competencies and skills that are tested and will only approximate the degree of examination difficulty. Competency 1—Knowledge of research and theories of reading processesDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A reading teacher is reviewing a recently published book about a new approach to improving reading comprehension. Which of the following features should the teacher look for when evaluating the reported success of this approach? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 1—Knowledge of research and theories of reading processesDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In a classroom, the teacher has an area for small-group instruction and another area for whole-group instruction. The learning environment is information intensive with students collaborating on a variety of assignments and projects with the teacher roaming the room and helping individuals and groups of students. Which theorist best describes the teachers disposition for instruction? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 1—Knowledge of research and theories of reading processesDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher firmly believes that collaboration among students is essential for learning. Which of the following theories is closely aligned with this philosophy? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: B.Competency 2—Knowledge of text types and structuresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
Which of the following is the excerpt an example of? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 2—Knowledge of text types and structuresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A biography is an example of which of the following? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 2—Knowledge of text types and structuresDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following is NOT a criterion for selecting multicultural literature? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 3—Knowledge of reading assessment and evaluationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher collects reading records and rubric-scored writing samples over time on select students to document change over time. Which term best describes the teacher's purpose for collecting this type of assessment? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 3—Knowledge of reading assessment and evaluationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. The assessment tools for the purpose of evaluating expertise include Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 3—Knowledge of reading assessment and evaluationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following is the best way to determine reading instructional groups in a classroom with students who have a wide range of skills and abilities? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 4—Knowledge of learning environments and procedures that support readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Teachers at a middle school made a commitment to use observational notes to monitor students' strengths and needs and to use that information for providing differentiated instruction and flexible grouping. What type of grouping is this an example of? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 4—Knowledge of learning environments and procedures that support readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. An effective way for a teacher of English language learners to integrate speaking and listening into the classroom would be to use Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 4—Knowledge of learning environments and procedures that support readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which adaptation of the basal reading program is the most efficient for struggling readers? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 5—Knowledge of oral and written language acquisition and beginning readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. During a shared reading of an enlarged text in a primary learning environment, the teacher focuses instruction on the structure of the language by engaging students periodically in conversation. Which cognitive working system is the teacher scaffolding during the lesson? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 5—Knowledge of oral and written language acquisition and beginning readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Students who cannot decode and rely on context and initial letters to figure out unknown words demonstrate characteristics of which phase of word recognition? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 5—Knowledge of oral and written language acquisition and beginning readingDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following is most appropriate for developing the concept that print is "speech written down"? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: B.Competency 6—Knowledge of phonics and word recognitionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following statements is true in relation to early literacy skill acquisition? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 6—Knowledge of phonics and word recognitionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher working with diverse learners in the emergent stage of literacy development should Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 6—Knowledge of phonics and word recognitionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher uses the following instructional procedures.
What is the focus of this instruction? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: B.Competency 6—Knowledge of phonics and word recognitionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following is the most effective strategy to assist a middle-schooler struggling with 3rd-grade third grade high-frequency words? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: B.Competency 7—Knowledge of vocabulary acquisition and useDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following descriptions best matches tier 1 vocabulary words? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 7—Knowledge of vocabulary acquisition and useDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which procedure is most appropriate for teaching multiple-meaning words? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: C.Competency 7—Knowledge of vocabulary acquisition and useDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which of the following instructional practices are the most appropriate to use to aid English language learners in a mathematics classroom from Tier 1 to Tier 2 word meanings? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 7—Knowledge of vocabulary acquisition and useDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. For intentional vocabulary development, which of the following is the most effective to implement in instruction? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 8—Knowledge of reading fluency and reading comprehensionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. An oral reading fluency measure indicates that a student reads in two- and three-word phrases causing the reading to sound choppy. Additionally, the measure reveals that the student made improper stresses and intonations which failed to indicate the end of sentences or clauses. From this measure, the teacher should work in which of the following areas of fluency? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: B.Competency 8—Knowledge of reading fluency and reading comprehensionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher encourages his 1st-grade first grade English language learners to read selected narrative decodable texts to their parent or guardian five times over the course of a week. The primary purpose of this oral reading activity is to increase Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 8—Knowledge of reading fluency and reading comprehensionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In preparing 3rd-grade third grade students to read informational text on the importance of recycling, the teacher is primarily concerned with activating students' prior knowledge. Which of the following would be most effective? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 8—Knowledge of reading fluency and reading comprehensionDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. Which strategy would best help students develop the ability to synthesize reading material? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 9—Knowledge of reading program development, implementation, and coordinationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. A teacher has surveyed their middle school Earth Science class and has concluded that most of the students have little knowledge about regional weather patterns. Which of the following sources would provide the students with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: A.Competency 9—Knowledge of reading program development, implementation, and coordinationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. The district reading leadership team has determined based on data that additional informal progress monitoring opportunities in reading must be included in instruction for all the schools in the district. Which of the following progress monitoring resources will support this district effort? Choose an answerAnswerEnter to expand or collapse answer.Answer expandedCorrect Response: D.Competency 9—Knowledge of reading program development, implementation, and coordinationDIRECTIONS: Read the question and select the best response. In October, a teacher meets with a paraprofessional of an 11th-grade eleventh grade student to discuss ways to increase teacher and peer interactions, decrease an over reliance on the paraprofessional, and build independence. Which of the following is this an example of? What are examples of differentiated instruction?Using spelling or vocabulary lists at readiness levels of students; Presenting ideas through both auditory and visual means; Using reading buddies; and. Meeting with small groups to re-teach an idea or skill for struggling learners, or to extend the thinking or skills of advanced learners.
What best describes differentiated instruction?Differentiated instruction is the practice of developing an understanding of how each student learns best, and then tailoring instruction to meet students' individual needs.
What are 3 elements of differentiated instruction?As teachers begin to differentiate instruction, there are three main instructional elements that they can adjust to meet the needs of their learners: Content—the knowledge and skills students need to master. Process—the activities students use to master the content. Product—the method students use to demonstrate ...
What are the 4 key elements of differentiated instruction?Differentiated instruction is based on modification of four elements: content, process,. product, and affect/learning environment. This modification is guided by the.. teacher‟s understanding of student needs—the students‟ readiness, interests, and.. learning profile.. |
