RVE PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Which of the following is the best reason for using flexible grouping in the reading
classroom? - Answers :Flexible grouping allows teachers to tailor instruction to address
students' changing needs.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a norm-referenced test? - Answers
:Indicating where a student performs in comparison to a group of similar students
A student at the conventional stage of writing development will primarily write - Answers
:words that are often correctly spelled and include storybook language such as "Once
upon a time"
A second-grade teacher uses an assessment tool for coding, scoring, and analyzing a
student's oral reading behavior. Which of the following best describes the technique? -
Answers :Running record
After administering a phonemic awareness test, which of the following is the most
appropriate next step a teacher would take with students who scored low on the
assessment? - Answers :Teaching blending and segmenting sounds
A fourth-grade teacher is developing a writing assignment, the goal of which is to help
students persuade readers to agree with an opinion. Which of the following writing
prompts is most appropriate for the assignment? - Answers :Should a limit be placed on
the amount of time children spend watching television?
A reading specialist conducts a workshop for teachers on use of the directed reading-
thinking activity (DRTA) method of instruction. In the model, teachers ask students to
first make predictions based on the title and cover of a book. At various points in the
story, students stop reading and check the accuracy of their predictions. Predictions are
then changed or clarified, and new predictions may be made based on new information
the students learned while reading. The DRTA method of instruction is most likely to
promote which of the following? - Answers :Applying metacognitive skills to increase
comprehension
Justin, a fourth-grade student, takes a norm-referenced reading test and receives a
stanine score of 7 on a vocabulary subtest. Which of the following best describes the
student's level of performance on the assessment? - Answers :Above average
A teacher is searching for an assessment tool that will provide specific information to
guide instruction in order to improve each students' writing abilities. Which of the
following is most likely to assist the teacher in this goal? - Answers :An analytic scoring
rubric
A first-grade student shows evidence of phonological awareness but has difficulty
segmenting words into phonemes. Which of the questions below is likely to be the most
, challenging for the student to answer? - Answers :Listen to this word: "sad." How many
sounds do you hear?
My vacation was exciteing. We did many interesting things. We went to the beach. We
played in the sand. We were so hot that we went in the wuter. We played games in the
water. We had an awesome time. A third-grade student wrote the story above about her
summer vacation. To further develop the student's writing, the focus of instruction during
a writing conference should be on? - Answers :sentence variety
First-grade students Porter and Henry are working together in a learning center where
they are listening to a series of words recorded by the teacher. Each student taps out
the speech sounds they hear in the words and then checks with the other student to see
if he agrees. The primary benefit of the activity for the students is that it - Answers
:reinforces phonemic awareness
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the process of language
acquisition in young children? - Answers :Young children infer the underlying rules of
language to which they are exposed.
Which of the following words contains the soft sound of "g"? - Answers :Urgent
Students in a sixth-grade class are preparing to give an oral report on a famous author
they have researched. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for
students to do before speaking to an audience? - Answers :Writing key words on note
cards to refer to during the presentation
A teacher reads a series of graded passages to a student to assess the skill of creating
meaning from written language when decoding is not a factor. Which of the following
identifies the highest level at which the student can comprehend 75 percent of the
material? - Answers :Listening capacity
Ms. Osborn teaches a variety of reading strategies to help her students become
strategic readers. The strategies include predicting, previewing, monitoring
comprehension while reading, generating questions, and summarizing. Which of the
following most likely explains Ms. Osborn's purpose in teaching the strategies? -
Answers :Research has shown that reading comprehension improves when teachers
provide explicit instruction.
Standardized, norm-referenced, reading assessments- - Answers :ineffective
Informal reading inventories- - Answers :effective
Formative reading assessments- - Answers :effective
Which of the following is the best reason for using flexible grouping in the reading
classroom? - Answers :Flexible grouping allows teachers to tailor instruction to address
students' changing needs.
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a norm-referenced test? - Answers
:Indicating where a student performs in comparison to a group of similar students
A student at the conventional stage of writing development will primarily write - Answers
:words that are often correctly spelled and include storybook language such as "Once
upon a time"
A second-grade teacher uses an assessment tool for coding, scoring, and analyzing a
student's oral reading behavior. Which of the following best describes the technique? -
Answers :Running record
After administering a phonemic awareness test, which of the following is the most
appropriate next step a teacher would take with students who scored low on the
assessment? - Answers :Teaching blending and segmenting sounds
A fourth-grade teacher is developing a writing assignment, the goal of which is to help
students persuade readers to agree with an opinion. Which of the following writing
prompts is most appropriate for the assignment? - Answers :Should a limit be placed on
the amount of time children spend watching television?
A reading specialist conducts a workshop for teachers on use of the directed reading-
thinking activity (DRTA) method of instruction. In the model, teachers ask students to
first make predictions based on the title and cover of a book. At various points in the
story, students stop reading and check the accuracy of their predictions. Predictions are
then changed or clarified, and new predictions may be made based on new information
the students learned while reading. The DRTA method of instruction is most likely to
promote which of the following? - Answers :Applying metacognitive skills to increase
comprehension
Justin, a fourth-grade student, takes a norm-referenced reading test and receives a
stanine score of 7 on a vocabulary subtest. Which of the following best describes the
student's level of performance on the assessment? - Answers :Above average
A teacher is searching for an assessment tool that will provide specific information to
guide instruction in order to improve each students' writing abilities. Which of the
following is most likely to assist the teacher in this goal? - Answers :An analytic scoring
rubric
A first-grade student shows evidence of phonological awareness but has difficulty
segmenting words into phonemes. Which of the questions below is likely to be the most
, challenging for the student to answer? - Answers :Listen to this word: "sad." How many
sounds do you hear?
My vacation was exciteing. We did many interesting things. We went to the beach. We
played in the sand. We were so hot that we went in the wuter. We played games in the
water. We had an awesome time. A third-grade student wrote the story above about her
summer vacation. To further develop the student's writing, the focus of instruction during
a writing conference should be on? - Answers :sentence variety
First-grade students Porter and Henry are working together in a learning center where
they are listening to a series of words recorded by the teacher. Each student taps out
the speech sounds they hear in the words and then checks with the other student to see
if he agrees. The primary benefit of the activity for the students is that it - Answers
:reinforces phonemic awareness
Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the process of language
acquisition in young children? - Answers :Young children infer the underlying rules of
language to which they are exposed.
Which of the following words contains the soft sound of "g"? - Answers :Urgent
Students in a sixth-grade class are preparing to give an oral report on a famous author
they have researched. Which of the following strategies would be most effective for
students to do before speaking to an audience? - Answers :Writing key words on note
cards to refer to during the presentation
A teacher reads a series of graded passages to a student to assess the skill of creating
meaning from written language when decoding is not a factor. Which of the following
identifies the highest level at which the student can comprehend 75 percent of the
material? - Answers :Listening capacity
Ms. Osborn teaches a variety of reading strategies to help her students become
strategic readers. The strategies include predicting, previewing, monitoring
comprehension while reading, generating questions, and summarizing. Which of the
following most likely explains Ms. Osborn's purpose in teaching the strategies? -
Answers :Research has shown that reading comprehension improves when teachers
provide explicit instruction.
Standardized, norm-referenced, reading assessments- - Answers :ineffective
Informal reading inventories- - Answers :effective
Formative reading assessments- - Answers :effective
