2021 CALT ALTA Exam
2021 CALT ALTA Exam Questions
Containing 362 Terms with Definitive
Solutions 2024
decoding - Answer: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound
correspondence, and blending sounds into a word are all part of-
Pre-Reading Stage - Answer: language appreciation, awareness of printed words,
mastery of alphabet and simple words
Greek elements - Answer: eu, chloro
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia - Answer: A "glitch"
may have taken place during fetal development
Dyslexia and Social Development - Answer: May see: a lack of good judgement,
the inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
Grade equivalent scores - Answer: Not a dependable representation of progress
Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery - Answer: a cognitive/ norm
referenced test
synthetic instruction - Answer: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending
them together into words.
analytic instruction - Answer: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking
them into parts. Whole to part approach.
linguistics - Answer: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or
use of language.
% of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education
services that have a deficit in reading - Answer: 70-80%
According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the strongest
indication of a reading disability - Answer: a deficit in phonology
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
Section 504 and IDEA - Answer: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's
major functions receives benefits under
Appropriate education under Section 504 may include - Answer: regular
classroom, regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and
related services
ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC - Answer: provide reasonable expectations of
student outcomes to parents and students
Recommendations for private students - Answer: give parents documentation of
the services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
Professional Communication - Answer: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
ADHD - Answer: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ALTA - Answer: Academic Language Therapy Association
ESL - Answer: English as a Second Language
IDEA - Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
IEP - Answer: Individualized Education Plan
IMSLEC - Answer: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
MSL - Answer: Multisensory Structured Language
MSLE - Answer: Multisensory Structured Language Education
NICHD - Answer: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT - Answer: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
WRAT - Answer: Wide Range Achievement Test
swing up, stop - Answer: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
push up and over - Answer: m,n,v,x,y,z
curve under, over, stop - Answer: a, ca, d,g,o,q
curve way up, loop left - Answer: b,f,h,k,l,e
grapheme - Answer: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent
specific phonemes or speech sounds
2021 CALT ALTA Exam Questions
Containing 362 Terms with Definitive
Solutions 2024
decoding - Answer: recognition of the visual symbol, symbol/sound
correspondence, and blending sounds into a word are all part of-
Pre-Reading Stage - Answer: language appreciation, awareness of printed words,
mastery of alphabet and simple words
Greek elements - Answer: eu, chloro
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
Current Research on the brain and developmental dyslexia - Answer: A "glitch"
may have taken place during fetal development
Dyslexia and Social Development - Answer: May see: a lack of good judgement,
the inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
Grade equivalent scores - Answer: Not a dependable representation of progress
Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery - Answer: a cognitive/ norm
referenced test
synthetic instruction - Answer: Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending
them together into words.
analytic instruction - Answer: Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking
them into parts. Whole to part approach.
linguistics - Answer: Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or
use of language.
% of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education
services that have a deficit in reading - Answer: 70-80%
According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the strongest
indication of a reading disability - Answer: a deficit in phonology
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
Section 504 and IDEA - Answer: A person who has, has a history of having, or is
regarded as having an impairment that significantly limits one or more of life's
major functions receives benefits under
Appropriate education under Section 504 may include - Answer: regular
classroom, regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and
related services
ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC - Answer: provide reasonable expectations of
student outcomes to parents and students
Recommendations for private students - Answer: give parents documentation of
the services received from you and discuss gradual transition into the classroom
Professional Communication - Answer: Personal pronouns are unprofessional
ADHD - Answer: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ALTA - Answer: Academic Language Therapy Association
ESL - Answer: English as a Second Language
IDEA - Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
, 2021 CALT ALTA Exam
IEP - Answer: Individualized Education Plan
IMSLEC - Answer: International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
MSL - Answer: Multisensory Structured Language
MSLE - Answer: Multisensory Structured Language Education
NICHD - Answer: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT - Answer: Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
WRAT - Answer: Wide Range Achievement Test
swing up, stop - Answer: i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
push up and over - Answer: m,n,v,x,y,z
curve under, over, stop - Answer: a, ca, d,g,o,q
curve way up, loop left - Answer: b,f,h,k,l,e
grapheme - Answer: single letters or groups of letter groups that represent
specific phonemes or speech sounds
