WGU D670 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Phonological
Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)
Answer: This tool is used to check and track literacy skills using
three tests: PALS-PreK, PALS-K, and PALS 1-3 (for Grades 1-8).
PALS-Pre-K looks at beginning sounds, rhymes, and nursery
rhymes. PALS-K also checks rhyme and beginning sounds. PALS 1-
3 and an extra part, PALS Plus, are used in grades 1-8 as screeners
to identify students who are at risk of reading difficulties.
◉ Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST)
Answer: This tool assesses pre-K and kindergarten basic skills in
phonological awareness and phonemic awareness skills advanced
from kindergarten through second grade to adult levels.
◉ Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next
Answer: This is a screening and progress monitoring assessment
that checks literacy skills for students from kindergarten to sixth
grade, keeping track of their progress. It includes tests like First
Sound Fluency for kindergarteners and Phoneme Segmentation
Fluency for kindergarteners and first graders. Second through 8th
grades are also offered a Maze Comprehension assessment.
, ◉ AIMSweb
Answer: For all students from kindergarten to grade 12, this
assessment tracks their progress and manages their data. For
phonemic awareness, there is a task called phoneme
segmentation, which is designed for kindergarteners to take in
winter and spring, and first graders to take in fall and winter.
◉ The Assessment of Literacy and Language (ALL)
Answer: This tool is used for checking language skills in kids from
pre-kindergarten to first grade. They include listening,
understanding words, word meanings, sentence structure,
hearing sounds in words, understanding letters and sounds, and
knowing how print works.
◉ The Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL)
Answer: This tool is used to find 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers
who might have trouble learning to read and write. It looks at
what they know about letters and how written language works. It
also checks their understanding of single words and their deeper
meaning.
◉ Online pedagogy
Answer: is the practice of teaching and facilitating learning in an
online environment using digital tools and strategies to engage,
instruct, and assess students.
◉ High Leverage Practices (HLPs)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED
A+
◉ Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening Phonological
Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)
Answer: This tool is used to check and track literacy skills using
three tests: PALS-PreK, PALS-K, and PALS 1-3 (for Grades 1-8).
PALS-Pre-K looks at beginning sounds, rhymes, and nursery
rhymes. PALS-K also checks rhyme and beginning sounds. PALS 1-
3 and an extra part, PALS Plus, are used in grades 1-8 as screeners
to identify students who are at risk of reading difficulties.
◉ Phonological Awareness Screening Test (PAST)
Answer: This tool assesses pre-K and kindergarten basic skills in
phonological awareness and phonemic awareness skills advanced
from kindergarten through second grade to adult levels.
◉ Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next
Answer: This is a screening and progress monitoring assessment
that checks literacy skills for students from kindergarten to sixth
grade, keeping track of their progress. It includes tests like First
Sound Fluency for kindergarteners and Phoneme Segmentation
Fluency for kindergarteners and first graders. Second through 8th
grades are also offered a Maze Comprehension assessment.
, ◉ AIMSweb
Answer: For all students from kindergarten to grade 12, this
assessment tracks their progress and manages their data. For
phonemic awareness, there is a task called phoneme
segmentation, which is designed for kindergarteners to take in
winter and spring, and first graders to take in fall and winter.
◉ The Assessment of Literacy and Language (ALL)
Answer: This tool is used for checking language skills in kids from
pre-kindergarten to first grade. They include listening,
understanding words, word meanings, sentence structure,
hearing sounds in words, understanding letters and sounds, and
knowing how print works.
◉ The Test of Preschool Early Literacy (TOPEL)
Answer: This tool is used to find 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers
who might have trouble learning to read and write. It looks at
what they know about letters and how written language works. It
also checks their understanding of single words and their deeper
meaning.
◉ Online pedagogy
Answer: is the practice of teaching and facilitating learning in an
online environment using digital tools and strategies to engage,
instruct, and assess students.
◉ High Leverage Practices (HLPs)
