Updated 2024
Which of the following statements is FALSE with regard to an effective implementation of a multi-
tiered system of supports(MTSS)?
a. It is possible for 95 percent of kindergarten students to meet benchmark by the end of the year.
b. Reading problems can be treated as easily in third grade as in first grade.
, c. Progress-monitoring assessments should be brief, curriculum based, and economical.
d. Students can learn to read even if there is little help available at home.
. One important goal of beginning reading instruction is the development of a sight vocabulary
that enables the student to recognize a word instantly, withouthaving to decode it. What types of
words should make up a student's sight word vocabulary?
a. phonetically irregular words
b. both regular and irregular words
c. phonetically regular words
d. high-frequency words
What is the value of dataprovided by screening measures?
a. They can demonstrate the reliability of test results on repeated administrations.
b. They can predict which students are at long-term risk for reading failure.
c. They can determine which students need a referral to special education.
d. They can contribute to teacher evaluations.
In comparison to other alphabetic languages, what feature of the Englishwriting system makes
English more difficult for young students to read and spell?
a. It is syllabic.
b. It is morphophonemic.
c. It is a shallow orthography.
d. It is phonetically transparent.
A second-grade teacher, in preparation for reading a new text about honeybees, asks the students to
brainstorm all the meanings they know for the word comb. The teacher is primarily focusing on which
language system?
a. phonology
b. semantics
c. orthography