LETRS: Unit 1
Assessment With
100%Correct answers
About 10-15% of poor readers can decode and read individual words quickly and well
and can spell accurately-yet struggle to comprehend the meanings of passages. This
profile is typical of students with which coexisting disorder? - ANSWER: >>>>/Autism
and autism spectrum disorders
A student with dyslexia may also be intellectually gifted. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Students who are slow at word reading and text reading, but can segment and blend
sounds orally, typically have better outcomes than students with phonological
processing deficits. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexic is a term often applied to a large subset of poor readers. These readers'
difficulties with accurate, fluent word recognition originate primarily with deficits in
which of the following? - ANSWER: >>>>/phonological processing
Dyslexia is mainly a reversal issue that involves seeing letters and/or numbers
backward. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Large-scale studies have shown that about half of first-graders who struggle with
reading will catch up by third grade without any special interventions. - ANSWER:
>>>>/False
What is the primary purpose of progress-monitoring assessments? - ANSWER:
>>>>/They help teachers determine if a particular instructional approach is working to
bring a student closer to a target level of reading skill.
Which characteristics describe typical outcome assessments? - ANSWER:
>>>>/designed to measure passage comprehension, useful for comparing individuals to
norms for a given age or grade level
Which is a common limitation of screening measures? - ANSWER: >>>>/Their
conservative benchmarks result in false positives-children identified as poor readers
even though they will later develop adequate reading skills.
For an assessment to be useful in a school setting, which three psychometric criteria
are the most important? - ANSWER: >>>>/reliable, valid, efficient
, Efficiency - ANSWER: >>>>/characteristic of assessments that can be given quickly at
fairly low cost while yielding valuable information
Validity - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that measure what is intended,
correspond well to other known measures, and predict fairly accurately how students
will perform on accountability measures
Reliability - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that are likely to yield the
same result if given several times on the same day in the same context
Normed - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that tell where a student
stands in relation to others at his or her grade or age level.
Diagnostic - ANSWER: >>>>/A test given by a speech-language pathologist to determine
whether a student meets criteria for a specific disorder.
Monitoring - ANSWER: >>>>/A test given every two weeks to determine whether a new
reading program is helping at-risk students learn decoding skills
Outcome - ANSWER: >>>>/A high-stakes state reading comprehension test
administered to all students at the end of third grade
Screening - ANSWER: >>>>/A test of foundational skills given three times during first
grade to identify at-risk students
In what grade(s) is common syllables and syllabification mainly practiced? - ANSWER:
>>>>/2-4
All but 2-5% of children can learn to read. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia affects far more boys than girls. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
A research-based curriculum alone can turn schools around. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
School improvement requires long-term commitment. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Some very smart people have dyslexia. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia may be inherited. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Children who can't read by age 9 never will. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Around 10-15% of the population have dyslexia. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia is seeing things backwards. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
You can't identify dyslexic children before they enter school. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Adopt - ANSWER: >>>>/Adopt a comprehensive core curriculum with strong
phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and language-comprehension
components. Teach it with fidelity.
Identify - ANSWER: >>>>/Identify resources and procedures for delivering effective
small-group or individual instruction to high-risk children in grades K-2.
Assessment With
100%Correct answers
About 10-15% of poor readers can decode and read individual words quickly and well
and can spell accurately-yet struggle to comprehend the meanings of passages. This
profile is typical of students with which coexisting disorder? - ANSWER: >>>>/Autism
and autism spectrum disorders
A student with dyslexia may also be intellectually gifted. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Students who are slow at word reading and text reading, but can segment and blend
sounds orally, typically have better outcomes than students with phonological
processing deficits. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexic is a term often applied to a large subset of poor readers. These readers'
difficulties with accurate, fluent word recognition originate primarily with deficits in
which of the following? - ANSWER: >>>>/phonological processing
Dyslexia is mainly a reversal issue that involves seeing letters and/or numbers
backward. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Large-scale studies have shown that about half of first-graders who struggle with
reading will catch up by third grade without any special interventions. - ANSWER:
>>>>/False
What is the primary purpose of progress-monitoring assessments? - ANSWER:
>>>>/They help teachers determine if a particular instructional approach is working to
bring a student closer to a target level of reading skill.
Which characteristics describe typical outcome assessments? - ANSWER:
>>>>/designed to measure passage comprehension, useful for comparing individuals to
norms for a given age or grade level
Which is a common limitation of screening measures? - ANSWER: >>>>/Their
conservative benchmarks result in false positives-children identified as poor readers
even though they will later develop adequate reading skills.
For an assessment to be useful in a school setting, which three psychometric criteria
are the most important? - ANSWER: >>>>/reliable, valid, efficient
, Efficiency - ANSWER: >>>>/characteristic of assessments that can be given quickly at
fairly low cost while yielding valuable information
Validity - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that measure what is intended,
correspond well to other known measures, and predict fairly accurately how students
will perform on accountability measures
Reliability - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that are likely to yield the
same result if given several times on the same day in the same context
Normed - ANSWER: >>>>/Characteristic of assessments that tell where a student
stands in relation to others at his or her grade or age level.
Diagnostic - ANSWER: >>>>/A test given by a speech-language pathologist to determine
whether a student meets criteria for a specific disorder.
Monitoring - ANSWER: >>>>/A test given every two weeks to determine whether a new
reading program is helping at-risk students learn decoding skills
Outcome - ANSWER: >>>>/A high-stakes state reading comprehension test
administered to all students at the end of third grade
Screening - ANSWER: >>>>/A test of foundational skills given three times during first
grade to identify at-risk students
In what grade(s) is common syllables and syllabification mainly practiced? - ANSWER:
>>>>/2-4
All but 2-5% of children can learn to read. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia affects far more boys than girls. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
A research-based curriculum alone can turn schools around. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
School improvement requires long-term commitment. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Some very smart people have dyslexia. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia may be inherited. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Children who can't read by age 9 never will. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Around 10-15% of the population have dyslexia. - ANSWER: >>>>/True
Dyslexia is seeing things backwards. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
You can't identify dyslexic children before they enter school. - ANSWER: >>>>/False
Adopt - ANSWER: >>>>/Adopt a comprehensive core curriculum with strong
phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and language-comprehension
components. Teach it with fidelity.
Identify - ANSWER: >>>>/Identify resources and procedures for delivering effective
small-group or individual instruction to high-risk children in grades K-2.
