RICA TEST PREP 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A fourth-grade class includes two students with IEP's. When planning classroom entry-
level and progress-monitoring assessments for these students, the teacher should: -
✔✔consult each student's IEP to determine any specific testing accommodations
required for that student
The teacher believes that a student with a Section 504 plan would perform significantly
better on the assessment if she were allowed to have frequent supervised breaks within
sections of the test. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the
teacher to follow to ensure that arrangements for this student during the test are
appropriate? - ✔✔providing the student with this accommodation only if it is specified
in her Section 504 plan
Teacher: "What is this a picture of?"
Student: "A boat"
Teacher: A boat, that's right. Now let's say the word boat together very slowly:
/b/.../o/.../t/. How many sounds do you hear?
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, This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's ability to perform
which of the following phonemic awareness tasks? - ✔✔recognizing how many
phonemes are contained in a word
A first grader can identify the letters of the alphabet and decode a number of simple
words. He becomes confused, however, when tracking print in consecutive lines of
print.
Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in helping the student
read a short paragraph of simple text? - ✔✔have him use his finger or a marker as he
reads the text
A kindergarten student has demonstrated the ability to write words phonetically, but
she is reluctant to write because she is worried about misspelling words. The teacher
could best promote the student's reading and writing development by: - ✔✔reassuring
her that it is okay for now to express herself in writing by spelling words as they sound
During which of the following stages of spelling development do students typically
begin to show an understanding of the correspondence between letters and sounds? -
✔✔semi phonetic
A 6th grade teacher observes that several students have misspelled the word pasteurize.
After writing pasteurize and Louis Pasteur on the board, the teacher explains how
Pasteur invented the process of pasteurization. Students then discuss how the word
Pasteur relates to the word pasteurize. This instructional activity fosters students'
reading and writing development primarily by: - ✔✔helping them learn how to use
etymology to improve spelling and decoding of multisyllabic words.
A 2nd grade teacher would like to include independent silent reading as one of several
approaches used to promote students' fluency development. When planning
differentiated fluency instruction for individual students in the class, the teacher should
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A fourth-grade class includes two students with IEP's. When planning classroom entry-
level and progress-monitoring assessments for these students, the teacher should: -
✔✔consult each student's IEP to determine any specific testing accommodations
required for that student
The teacher believes that a student with a Section 504 plan would perform significantly
better on the assessment if she were allowed to have frequent supervised breaks within
sections of the test. Which of the following guidelines would be most important for the
teacher to follow to ensure that arrangements for this student during the test are
appropriate? - ✔✔providing the student with this accommodation only if it is specified
in her Section 504 plan
Teacher: "What is this a picture of?"
Student: "A boat"
Teacher: A boat, that's right. Now let's say the word boat together very slowly:
/b/.../o/.../t/. How many sounds do you hear?
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, This assessment would be an appropriate way to test the student's ability to perform
which of the following phonemic awareness tasks? - ✔✔recognizing how many
phonemes are contained in a word
A first grader can identify the letters of the alphabet and decode a number of simple
words. He becomes confused, however, when tracking print in consecutive lines of
print.
Which of the following strategies is likely to be most effective in helping the student
read a short paragraph of simple text? - ✔✔have him use his finger or a marker as he
reads the text
A kindergarten student has demonstrated the ability to write words phonetically, but
she is reluctant to write because she is worried about misspelling words. The teacher
could best promote the student's reading and writing development by: - ✔✔reassuring
her that it is okay for now to express herself in writing by spelling words as they sound
During which of the following stages of spelling development do students typically
begin to show an understanding of the correspondence between letters and sounds? -
✔✔semi phonetic
A 6th grade teacher observes that several students have misspelled the word pasteurize.
After writing pasteurize and Louis Pasteur on the board, the teacher explains how
Pasteur invented the process of pasteurization. Students then discuss how the word
Pasteur relates to the word pasteurize. This instructional activity fosters students'
reading and writing development primarily by: - ✔✔helping them learn how to use
etymology to improve spelling and decoding of multisyllabic words.
A 2nd grade teacher would like to include independent silent reading as one of several
approaches used to promote students' fluency development. When planning
differentiated fluency instruction for individual students in the class, the teacher should
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