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STR 293 EXAM (SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING STR
293) TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ALL
WITH RATIONALES LATEST THIS YEAR
1. A prekindergarten teacher is planning reading instruction. Which practice best reflects an
assets-based approach?
A) Planning instruction using fixed ability groups based on initial assessments
B) Allowing children to develop literacy interest at their own pace before introducing
foundational concepts
C) Using continually adjusted flexible groupings according to each child's current assessed
knowledge and skills
D) Ensuring every child in a group has mastered a concept before moving the group forward
Correct Answer: C
An assets-based approach focuses on what children know rather than deficits. Flexible
groupings based on ongoing assessment allow teachers to build on each child's strengths and
current knowledge.
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2. A first-grade student has been identified with dyslexia and has begun intervention. Which
instructional approach would be most effective?
A) Allowing the student to use colored overlays on all classroom texts
B) Using reading materials with specialized fonts designed for people with dyslexia
C) Providing systematic, explicit multimodal instruction in all essential reading components
D) Arranging for the student to spend time daily on a working-memory training program
Correct Answer: C
Convergent research supports a language-based, multimodal approach that is systematic and
explicit, addressing all five components of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
vocabulary, and comprehension—while integrating spelling and writing.
3. A third-grade teacher uses an online application at the end of each lesson for students to
post responses to a small task or question. This practice best demonstrates which type of
assessment?
A) Formative assessment
B) Diagnostic assessment
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C) Summative assessment
D) Screening assessment
Correct Answer: A
The teacher is using the online application as an "exit ticket" to check individual students'
learning after instruction. Formative assessment provides information about what students have
learned and allows the teacher to adjust subsequent instruction.
4. A first-grade teacher conducts a brief screening assessment asking small groups to spell
four CVC words and one word with a consonant blend. In addition to letter-sound knowledge,
this assessment provides information about:
A) Vocabulary knowledge
B) Phonological awareness
C) Phonemic awareness
D) Listening comprehension
Correct Answer: C
Students are representing phonemes with graphemes. The number and sequence of graphemes
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provides insight into phonemic segmentation skills—whether students perceive initial sounds
only, initial and final sounds, or all phonemes in a word.
5. A prekindergarten teacher is planning an introductory lesson on isolating the initial sound
in spoken words for a small group that includes an English learner. Which support would best
promote the English learner's success?
A) Selecting stimulus words with sounds common to both English and the child's home language
B) Developing an alternative lesson focusing on skills earlier in the phonological awareness
continuum
C) Requiring the child to segment and blend sounds of simple spoken English words
D) Encouraging the family to recite home-language nursery rhymes
Correct Answer: A
English learners benefit from stimulus words containing familiar sounds. Research shows that by
school age, children may require explicit instruction to perceive phonemes not present in their
home language(s).
STR 293 EXAM (SCIENCE OF TEACHING READING STR
293) TEACHER CERTIFICATION EXAM WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED SOLUTIONS ALL
WITH RATIONALES LATEST THIS YEAR
1. A prekindergarten teacher is planning reading instruction. Which practice best reflects an
assets-based approach?
A) Planning instruction using fixed ability groups based on initial assessments
B) Allowing children to develop literacy interest at their own pace before introducing
foundational concepts
C) Using continually adjusted flexible groupings according to each child's current assessed
knowledge and skills
D) Ensuring every child in a group has mastered a concept before moving the group forward
Correct Answer: C
An assets-based approach focuses on what children know rather than deficits. Flexible
groupings based on ongoing assessment allow teachers to build on each child's strengths and
current knowledge.
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2. A first-grade student has been identified with dyslexia and has begun intervention. Which
instructional approach would be most effective?
A) Allowing the student to use colored overlays on all classroom texts
B) Using reading materials with specialized fonts designed for people with dyslexia
C) Providing systematic, explicit multimodal instruction in all essential reading components
D) Arranging for the student to spend time daily on a working-memory training program
Correct Answer: C
Convergent research supports a language-based, multimodal approach that is systematic and
explicit, addressing all five components of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
vocabulary, and comprehension—while integrating spelling and writing.
3. A third-grade teacher uses an online application at the end of each lesson for students to
post responses to a small task or question. This practice best demonstrates which type of
assessment?
A) Formative assessment
B) Diagnostic assessment
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C) Summative assessment
D) Screening assessment
Correct Answer: A
The teacher is using the online application as an "exit ticket" to check individual students'
learning after instruction. Formative assessment provides information about what students have
learned and allows the teacher to adjust subsequent instruction.
4. A first-grade teacher conducts a brief screening assessment asking small groups to spell
four CVC words and one word with a consonant blend. In addition to letter-sound knowledge,
this assessment provides information about:
A) Vocabulary knowledge
B) Phonological awareness
C) Phonemic awareness
D) Listening comprehension
Correct Answer: C
Students are representing phonemes with graphemes. The number and sequence of graphemes
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provides insight into phonemic segmentation skills—whether students perceive initial sounds
only, initial and final sounds, or all phonemes in a word.
5. A prekindergarten teacher is planning an introductory lesson on isolating the initial sound
in spoken words for a small group that includes an English learner. Which support would best
promote the English learner's success?
A) Selecting stimulus words with sounds common to both English and the child's home language
B) Developing an alternative lesson focusing on skills earlier in the phonological awareness
continuum
C) Requiring the child to segment and blend sounds of simple spoken English words
D) Encouraging the family to recite home-language nursery rhymes
Correct Answer: A
English learners benefit from stimulus words containing familiar sounds. Research shows that by
school age, children may require explicit instruction to perceive phonemes not present in their
home language(s).
