RICA Subtest 3 - Questions and Answers

RICA Subtest 3 - Questions and Answers In order for administrators and/or reading coaches to determine the focus for professional development, they need to: summarize and analyze data. The purpose of an entry-level assessment is to determine: long term planning for the organization of small groups, as well as to determine the selection of appropriate instructional tools, create a comprehensive learning environment, and align student needs to California state standards. A teacher has recently begun a new unit on poetry techniques. She has just taught a lesson on similes and metaphors and wants to check her students' understanding of these concepts. The best way to assess this would be to: ask the students to independently label the similes and metaphors in a poem. Data from the previous year's state assessment reveals that twenty-four students in a class have successfully met all fluency objectives for their grade level, while three have not. Based on this information, the teacher should: conduct an entry-level reading assessment, then based on the results, progress to whole-class instruction in comprehension while using small groups and individual instruction to provide additional targeted support to the three students. Standardized assessments can be best defined as: tests which use a consistent question and grading style that allows large groups of students to be compared. In the beginning of the year, a fourth-grade teacher received the standardized test results for his class. The data displayed that 72% of his students scored below basic in the area of reading comprehension. The most effective step the teacher should take before implementing instruction is: provide students with an entry-level assessment in order to determine the strengths and weaknesses each student has in the area of reading. Which of the following assessments would elicit the least useful data for a classroom teacher to consider in their lesson planning? National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Prior to administering a standardized test to a student with a learning disability, it is imperative that the teacher thoroughly reads the student's IEP to determine: the accommodations and/or modifications that must be implemented during the testing period. Standardized assessments for students with special needs are used to: support the teacher in designing activities with scaffolds aligned to the state standards