OSAT Practice Test Questions |2024
Release| Graded A+
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom." *Ans*✨One of the
teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a new student who has just arrived
with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at school. Which of the following statements would be
most appropriate for the teacher to include in this type of assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the classroom."
A. Establishing a classroom lending library where parents/guardians may borrow age-appropriate books,
games, and toys to enjoy with their children at home. *Ans*✨Before the beginning of the school year,
the teachers of a preschool class discuss how to encourage parents'/guardians' active involvement in
their children's learning. Which of the following strategies would likely be most effective for this
purpose?
A. Establishing a classroom lending library where parents/guardians may borrow age-appropriate books,
games, and toys to enjoy with their children at home.
B. Asking each parent/guardian to sign up for a specific block of time after the start of the school year to
come to school to observe the child's activities.
C. Providing every parent/guardian with a list of age-appropriate toys, games, and books for children of
preschool age.
D. Encouraging each parent/guardian to sign up to present or participate in a class learning activity at a
time of their convenience.
A. Event sampling *Ans*✨A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an observational assessment to
obtain data on how often a child engages in a specific behavior. Such a procedure is an example of
which of the following types of assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale
, A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates. *Ans*✨While assessing a second grade student's knowledge of
letter sound correspondence, the student's teacher notices that the student demonstrates a low rate of
fluency while reading phonemes. Which of the following instructional activities would be most effective
in promoting this student's increased development in the area of reading fluency?
A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates.
B. Reviewing letter sound correspondences in picture books.
C. Practicing reading CVC word lists.
D. Playing letter sound correspondence games.
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems. *Ans*✨A third grade classroom follows a daily
independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of silent reading followed by a written journal
reflection. The teacher notices that a few students appear to be easily frustrated by the writing
component of this assignment and struggle to organize and express meaningful ideas through writing.
Which of the following strategies would best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy
skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students.
B. Conducting a class brainstorming session on how students could use different visual and performing
arts to express what they have learned. *Ans*✨The students in a third grade class have become very
interested in the birds that come to the feeder outside their classroom window. The students enjoy
watching and talking about the birds, and many of them have learned not only to identify various
species but also to recognize individual birds by their markings and behaviors. Which of the following
actions would be the teacher's best strategy for building on the students' interest to promote their
development in the arts?
A. Asking each student to write and illustrate a story about his or her favorite bird to read aloud to the
class.
B. Conducting a class brainstorming session on how students could use different visual and performing
arts to express what they have learned.
C. Distributing coloring pages with outline drawings of the different birds and asking each student to
color in the outline of his or her favorite bird.
Release| Graded A+
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom." *Ans*✨One of the
teachers in a kindergarten class is writing an anecdotal record for a new student who has just arrived
with a parent/guardian for the student's first day at school. Which of the following statements would be
most appropriate for the teacher to include in this type of assessment?
A. "The student immediately walked to the art table upon entering the classroom."
B. "The student did not appear to be upset when the parent/guardian left the classroom."
C. "The student likely felt comforted by having familiar art materials in the classroom."
D. "The student seemed relaxed despite not knowing any other students in the classroom."
A. Establishing a classroom lending library where parents/guardians may borrow age-appropriate books,
games, and toys to enjoy with their children at home. *Ans*✨Before the beginning of the school year,
the teachers of a preschool class discuss how to encourage parents'/guardians' active involvement in
their children's learning. Which of the following strategies would likely be most effective for this
purpose?
A. Establishing a classroom lending library where parents/guardians may borrow age-appropriate books,
games, and toys to enjoy with their children at home.
B. Asking each parent/guardian to sign up for a specific block of time after the start of the school year to
come to school to observe the child's activities.
C. Providing every parent/guardian with a list of age-appropriate toys, games, and books for children of
preschool age.
D. Encouraging each parent/guardian to sign up to present or participate in a class learning activity at a
time of their convenience.
A. Event sampling *Ans*✨A preschool teacher is planning to conduct an observational assessment to
obtain data on how often a child engages in a specific behavior. Such a procedure is an example of
which of the following types of assessment?
A. Event sampling
B. Running record
C. Time sampling
D. Rating scale
, A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates. *Ans*✨While assessing a second grade student's knowledge of
letter sound correspondence, the student's teacher notices that the student demonstrates a low rate of
fluency while reading phonemes. Which of the following instructional activities would be most effective
in promoting this student's increased development in the area of reading fluency?
A. Monitoring phoneme reading rates.
B. Reviewing letter sound correspondences in picture books.
C. Practicing reading CVC word lists.
D. Playing letter sound correspondence games.
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems. *Ans*✨A third grade classroom follows a daily
independent reading routine that includes 20 minutes of silent reading followed by a written journal
reflection. The teacher notices that a few students appear to be easily frustrated by the writing
component of this assignment and struggle to organize and express meaningful ideas through writing.
Which of the following strategies would best facilitate these students' ongoing development of literacy
skills?
A. Providing the students with useful sentence stems.
B. Allowing the students to use keyboards for written work.
C. Conferencing with the students while scribing their ideas.
D. Creating brainstorming webs with the students.
B. Conducting a class brainstorming session on how students could use different visual and performing
arts to express what they have learned. *Ans*✨The students in a third grade class have become very
interested in the birds that come to the feeder outside their classroom window. The students enjoy
watching and talking about the birds, and many of them have learned not only to identify various
species but also to recognize individual birds by their markings and behaviors. Which of the following
actions would be the teacher's best strategy for building on the students' interest to promote their
development in the arts?
A. Asking each student to write and illustrate a story about his or her favorite bird to read aloud to the
class.
B. Conducting a class brainstorming session on how students could use different visual and performing
arts to express what they have learned.
C. Distributing coloring pages with outline drawings of the different birds and asking each student to
color in the outline of his or her favorite bird.
