CALT Exam Prep Questions with Correct
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"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jean Chall - 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)
A brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional testing or alternative instruction is
known as - Answer -informal screening
a student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather that the printed page is -
Answer -a poor visual learner
Ability - Answer -test designed to measure either general intelligence or mental apptitude in a
particular area.
Academic Achievement Test - Answer -standardized test designed to efficiently measure the
amount of knowledge and or skill a person has acquired, usually as a result of classroom instruction.
Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learning in
comparison with a standard or norm.
Accent - Answer -stress on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence.
It is spoken louder, longer, and/or in a higher tone. The mouth opens wider while saying it.
Accommodation - Answer -provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate
their knowledge. Changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or test.
According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), what represents the strongest indication of a
reading disability - Answer -a deficit in phonology
Accuracy - Answer -The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.
,achievement test - Answer -designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic
academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson, WRAT)
active listening - Answer -giving one's full attention to the speaker and making eye contact with
him or her
acuity - Answer -keenness of thought or vision (zero in on it and see what's going on)
ADHD - Answer -Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adolf Kusmaul - Answer -1877 - first used the term "word-blindness".
Affix - Answer -a letter or letters added to the beginning or ending of a baseword or root that
creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different than the baseword or root
age (ij) - Answer -French ending
Age equivalent - Answer -a type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average
person earns a given score within the tested population.
ain (in) - Answer -French ending
alphabetic principle - Answer -the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by
written letters
ALTA - Answer -Academic Language Therapy Association
Alvin and Isabel Liberman - Answer -Alphabetic principle and its relationship to phonemic
awareness and phonological awareness in reading.
, An individual Education Plan (IEP) for a student identified with a learning disability does not include -
Answer -a prescription for a specific intervention (correct)
analytical approach - Answer -whole to part (Top-Down) put the whole word on the
board/discover what's the same, how it can be broken down into component parts
Anglo Saxon - Answer -Also Old English - spoken and written between at least the mid 5th century
and the mid 12th century
Anglo Saxon Layer of Language - Answer -Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life. Common,
every day, down to earth words. Most are one syllable words.
Anna Gillingham - Answer -1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T
Orton at Columbia University, developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills.
Trained one teacher at a time, began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 teachers.
aspiration - Answer -puff of air
ate (it) or (at) - Answer -French ending
Attention - Answer -selctive focus on what is important while screening out distractions
Auditory Learners - Answer -participate in classroom discussions, make speeches/presentations,
use tape recordings for lectures, read text out loud, create musical jingles, create mnemonics to aid
memorization, discuss ideas verbally
Auditory Processing - Answer -Given normal hearing, the ability to understand spoken language in
a meaningful way
Basal Reading Programs - 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)
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"Learning to Read: The Great Debate" Jean Chall - 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)
A brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional testing or alternative instruction is
known as - Answer -informal screening
a student who learns better from a lecture/class discussion rather that the printed page is -
Answer -a poor visual learner
Ability - Answer -test designed to measure either general intelligence or mental apptitude in a
particular area.
Academic Achievement Test - Answer -standardized test designed to efficiently measure the
amount of knowledge and or skill a person has acquired, usually as a result of classroom instruction.
Such testing produces a statistical profile used as a measurement to evaluate student learning in
comparison with a standard or norm.
Accent - Answer -stress on one syllable in a word or on one or more words in a phrase or sentence.
It is spoken louder, longer, and/or in a higher tone. The mouth opens wider while saying it.
Accommodation - Answer -provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate
their knowledge. Changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or test.
According to the National Reading Panel Report (2000), what represents the strongest indication of a
reading disability - Answer -a deficit in phonology
Accuracy - Answer -The number of words a student can read correctly in a given period of time.
,achievement test - Answer -designed to measure students' specific knowledge and skills (basic
academic skills - are they performing at level?). Woodcock Johnson, WRAT)
active listening - Answer -giving one's full attention to the speaker and making eye contact with
him or her
acuity - Answer -keenness of thought or vision (zero in on it and see what's going on)
ADHD - Answer -Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Adolf Kusmaul - Answer -1877 - first used the term "word-blindness".
Affix - Answer -a letter or letters added to the beginning or ending of a baseword or root that
creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different than the baseword or root
age (ij) - Answer -French ending
Age equivalent - Answer -a type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average
person earns a given score within the tested population.
ain (in) - Answer -French ending
alphabetic principle - Answer -the understanding that spoken sounds are represented in print by
written letters
ALTA - Answer -Academic Language Therapy Association
Alvin and Isabel Liberman - Answer -Alphabetic principle and its relationship to phonemic
awareness and phonological awareness in reading.
, An individual Education Plan (IEP) for a student identified with a learning disability does not include -
Answer -a prescription for a specific intervention (correct)
analytical approach - Answer -whole to part (Top-Down) put the whole word on the
board/discover what's the same, how it can be broken down into component parts
Anglo Saxon - Answer -Also Old English - spoken and written between at least the mid 5th century
and the mid 12th century
Anglo Saxon Layer of Language - Answer -Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life. Common,
every day, down to earth words. Most are one syllable words.
Anna Gillingham - Answer -1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T
Orton at Columbia University, developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills.
Trained one teacher at a time, began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 teachers.
aspiration - Answer -puff of air
ate (it) or (at) - Answer -French ending
Attention - Answer -selctive focus on what is important while screening out distractions
Auditory Learners - Answer -participate in classroom discussions, make speeches/presentations,
use tape recordings for lectures, read text out loud, create musical jingles, create mnemonics to aid
memorization, discuss ideas verbally
Auditory Processing - Answer -Given normal hearing, the ability to understand spoken language in
a meaningful way
Basal Reading Programs - 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)
