OAE Foundations of Reading questions with correct answers

Concepts About Print (CAP) - Answer Assesses the literacy knowledge of kindergarten children and early first graders Skills Assessed: Book handling, directionality, word-by-word matching, and locating words in print Diagnostic Assessment - Answer Assessment designed to determine and diagnose a student's strengths, weaknesses, knowledge and skills Formative Assessment - Answer Assessment that provides teachers information about students thinking Informal Reading Inventory (IRI) - Answer Survey designed to help a teacher determine a student's reading instructional needs Leveled Text - Answer Levels of difficulty from the easy books that an emergent reader might begin with to the longer, complex books that advanced readers would need Miscue Analysis - Answer A way of closely observing recording and analyzing oral reading behaviors to assess how the student is using specific reading strategies Portfolio - Answer A collection of student's work Progress Monitoring - Answer Observing or testing a student's progress and evaluating the instructional techniques. Goals are established and measured on a regular basis and instruction is adjusted as needed.