STR Constructed-Response Question
and Answers
What is it? - Answers -It is a case study, focused on one student, who has one issue in
each of these two areas:
1. Foundational Reading Skills: phonemic awareness, phonics skills, recognition of
high-frequency words, syllabication skills, morphemic analysis skills, reading fluency
2. Reading Comprehension: Vocab knowledge, knowledge of sentence/grammatical
structure, application of literal, inferential or evaluative communication skills
Tasks necessary to complete the response ... - Answers -1. Identify the need
2. Select and describe the instructional strategy/intervention
3. Explain the effectiveness of what you select
Suggested Outline - Step 1 - Answers -Identify a foundational reading weakness:
- Describe a student strength based on exhibit and provide evidence
- Describe a student weakness based on exhibit and provide evidence
Suggested Outline - Step 2 - Answers -Identify how to address the student's
foundational reading weakness:
- Describe the strategy to best address the weakness
- Take the reader step-by-step through how the strategy should be implemented
Suggested Outline - Step 3 - Answers -Identify a reading comprehension weakness:
- Describe a student weakness based on the related exhibits (generally the
conversation with the teacher)
- Provide evidence
Suggested Outline - Step 4 - Answers -Identify how to address the student's reading
comprehension weakness:
- Describe the strategy to best address the weakness
- Take the reader step-by-step through how the strategy should be implemented
Suggested Outline - Step 5 - Answers -Explain why these are effective for these issues:
and Answers
What is it? - Answers -It is a case study, focused on one student, who has one issue in
each of these two areas:
1. Foundational Reading Skills: phonemic awareness, phonics skills, recognition of
high-frequency words, syllabication skills, morphemic analysis skills, reading fluency
2. Reading Comprehension: Vocab knowledge, knowledge of sentence/grammatical
structure, application of literal, inferential or evaluative communication skills
Tasks necessary to complete the response ... - Answers -1. Identify the need
2. Select and describe the instructional strategy/intervention
3. Explain the effectiveness of what you select
Suggested Outline - Step 1 - Answers -Identify a foundational reading weakness:
- Describe a student strength based on exhibit and provide evidence
- Describe a student weakness based on exhibit and provide evidence
Suggested Outline - Step 2 - Answers -Identify how to address the student's
foundational reading weakness:
- Describe the strategy to best address the weakness
- Take the reader step-by-step through how the strategy should be implemented
Suggested Outline - Step 3 - Answers -Identify a reading comprehension weakness:
- Describe a student weakness based on the related exhibits (generally the
conversation with the teacher)
- Provide evidence
Suggested Outline - Step 4 - Answers -Identify how to address the student's reading
comprehension weakness:
- Describe the strategy to best address the weakness
- Take the reader step-by-step through how the strategy should be implemented
Suggested Outline - Step 5 - Answers -Explain why these are effective for these issues: