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CALT EXAM PREP| WELL REVISED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Dick & Jane ( "Look/Say" Method ) - correct-answer - Thought that children would
make more rapid progress reading if they identified whole words at a glance.
Used from 1930s - 1960s.
Rudolph Flesch - correct-answer - brought the issue of the great debate to the
publics attention on how best to teach a child to read. This came about in his
book. "Why Johnny Can't Read" (Mid 1950s)
NICHD - correct-answer - Began looking at the issue as the deemed the inability
to read as a "national health issue" and began to fund research in the area of
reading. (1965)
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"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jean Chall - correct-answer - This book
caught the attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a
reading crisis. Children are not learning to read since the look and say method
came about. (1967)
Basal Reading Programs - correct-answer - These programs begin to drive reading
instruction. 70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling
programs. (1960s to mid 80s)
Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - correct-answer - Developed the Top-Down
approach to reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through
immersion in children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into
parts. Whole Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than
sounding them out. (1980s)
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G. Reid Lyon - correct-answer - Became the coordinator of the research for
NICHD. (1985)
National Reading Panel Report - correct-answer - Produced scientifically based
research that demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have
reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)
Percentage of students in special ed who can't read - correct-answer - 85%
(NICHD)
Five critical components of reading instruction - correct-answer - phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency (identifying words accurately and fluently);
vocabulary and comprehension strategies (constructing meaning once words are
identified)
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I M F - correct-answer - initial, medial, final
Middle - correct-answer - means very center
Medial - correct-answer - means between initial and final
V - correct-answer - vowel
C - correct-answer - consonant
Paired equivalent sounds - correct-answer - /ch//j/ /f//v/ /p//b/ /sh//zh/ /t//d/
/k//g/ /s//z/ /th//th/
CALT EXAM PREP| WELL REVISED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
Dick & Jane ( "Look/Say" Method ) - correct-answer - Thought that children would
make more rapid progress reading if they identified whole words at a glance.
Used from 1930s - 1960s.
Rudolph Flesch - correct-answer - brought the issue of the great debate to the
publics attention on how best to teach a child to read. This came about in his
book. "Why Johnny Can't Read" (Mid 1950s)
NICHD - correct-answer - Began looking at the issue as the deemed the inability
to read as a "national health issue" and began to fund research in the area of
reading. (1965)
,2|Page
"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jean Chall - correct-answer - This book
caught the attention of professionals and the government that our nation is in a
reading crisis. Children are not learning to read since the look and say method
came about. (1967)
Basal Reading Programs - correct-answer - These programs begin to drive reading
instruction. 70% of American Schools bought one or more of the best selling
programs. (1960s to mid 80s)
Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith - correct-answer - Developed the Top-Down
approach to reading instruction. Believed that reading should be taught through
immersion in children's literature . Teaches reading without breaking it down into
parts. Whole Language based, emphasis is on guessing at words rather than
sounding them out. (1980s)
,3|Page
G. Reid Lyon - correct-answer - Became the coordinator of the research for
NICHD. (1985)
National Reading Panel Report - correct-answer - Produced scientifically based
research that demonstrated that approximately 40% of the population "have
reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading." (2000)
Percentage of students in special ed who can't read - correct-answer - 85%
(NICHD)
Five critical components of reading instruction - correct-answer - phonemic
awareness, phonics, fluency (identifying words accurately and fluently);
vocabulary and comprehension strategies (constructing meaning once words are
identified)
, 4|Page
I M F - correct-answer - initial, medial, final
Middle - correct-answer - means very center
Medial - correct-answer - means between initial and final
V - correct-answer - vowel
C - correct-answer - consonant
Paired equivalent sounds - correct-answer - /ch//j/ /f//v/ /p//b/ /sh//zh/ /t//d/
/k//g/ /s//z/ /th//th/
