CALP Exam Prep questions and answers
pseudowords ✔✔nonsense words that are phonetically regular
formative data ✔✔data that provide information about knowledge to be
applied to short-term goals. Collected during instruction through
instructional activities, homework; used to adjust instructional practices in
an effort to maximize student learning.
summative data ✔✔data that provide information about knowledge to be
applied to long-term, comprehensive goals. Data collected at the end of a
chapter, unit, or course, after instruction has taken place; used to make
curriculum decisions, direct future instruction, and improve instructional
practices.
DIBELS ✔✔Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
TPRI ✔✔Texas primary reading inventory (2 or 3 times a year)
PALS ✔✔Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
dyslexia ✔✔a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties with
accurate and fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding
skills
, due process ✔✔the rights of parents of a child with a disorder to receive
notice of changes in the child's education program and a hearing if there is
a disagreement
accent ✔✔stress of emphasis on one syllable in a word or one or more
words in a phrase or sentence
accommodations ✔✔change how a student learns the material
allophones ✔✔slight variations in production of vowels or consonants that
are variants of a phoneme
alphabetic knowledge ✔✔The ability to recognize, name, and write letters.
alphabetic language ✔✔a language in which letters and letter patterns
represent sounds of spoken language
alveolar ✔✔pertaining to sounds produced with the tonuge placed against
the alveolar ridge behind the upper front teeth
amanuensis ✔✔a person who writes while another person dictates
anaphora ✔✔using a pronoun or a definite article to refer to something
already mentioned
pseudowords ✔✔nonsense words that are phonetically regular
formative data ✔✔data that provide information about knowledge to be
applied to short-term goals. Collected during instruction through
instructional activities, homework; used to adjust instructional practices in
an effort to maximize student learning.
summative data ✔✔data that provide information about knowledge to be
applied to long-term, comprehensive goals. Data collected at the end of a
chapter, unit, or course, after instruction has taken place; used to make
curriculum decisions, direct future instruction, and improve instructional
practices.
DIBELS ✔✔Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
TPRI ✔✔Texas primary reading inventory (2 or 3 times a year)
PALS ✔✔Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening
dyslexia ✔✔a specific learning disability characterized by difficulties with
accurate and fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding
skills
, due process ✔✔the rights of parents of a child with a disorder to receive
notice of changes in the child's education program and a hearing if there is
a disagreement
accent ✔✔stress of emphasis on one syllable in a word or one or more
words in a phrase or sentence
accommodations ✔✔change how a student learns the material
allophones ✔✔slight variations in production of vowels or consonants that
are variants of a phoneme
alphabetic knowledge ✔✔The ability to recognize, name, and write letters.
alphabetic language ✔✔a language in which letters and letter patterns
represent sounds of spoken language
alveolar ✔✔pertaining to sounds produced with the tonuge placed against
the alveolar ridge behind the upper front teeth
amanuensis ✔✔a person who writes while another person dictates
anaphora ✔✔using a pronoun or a definite article to refer to something
already mentioned
