RICA Test Prep Questions With
Complete Solutions – Phonemic
Awareness & Reading Assessment
Strategies.
What are the 3 primary purposes of reading assessment? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓1. Entry Level Assessments - they are implemented prior
to instruction to determine which students have already mastered the
skills that are going to be taught and which posess the prerequisite
skills and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - during the instructional unit,
tell which students are making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved
the target standard, some measure student achievement of a single
standard, where as others, often given quarterly, midyear and at the
end of the year, measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or
Section 504 plan? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Give Students More
Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery (ask the student to tell, rather than
write).
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment (if the student does not
read at the 5th gtade level, give them something that is at a simpler
level and note that the standard was not met).
,Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Reliability
B. Validity
C. How to Interpret the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Are Used to Determine Students' Reading Levels?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Informal Reading Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓An
IRI us a collection of assessments administered individually to
students. For an IRI, one adult gives the assessments to one student.
The selection of the IRI depends on the students reading level.
What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal
Reading Inventory (IRI)? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Word
Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Assessments Measuring Concepts about Print
5. Phonemic Awareness Assessments
6. Phonics Assessments
7. Assessments of Reading Fluency
8. Structural Analysis Assessments
9. Vocabulary Assessments
10. Spelling Tests
,What is the purpose of a word recognition list? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓They serve 3 purposes:
1. to provide a rough guess of the child's reading level so that whoever is
administering the tests knows where to start on the graded reading
passages.
2. to provide information on the child's "sight" vocabulary, the words the
child can correctly identify
3. provide information about the student's ability to use sound-symbol
relationships (phonics) to decode words. The child's errors will provide a
partial picture of what letters and letter combinations the child knows
and which ones he or she needs to learn.
Which Assessment is the most important part of the IRI? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓The graded reading passages.
What is a miscue analysis? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Examining a
record of a student's oral reading to identify and classify errors. ( a
student reads aloud a passage and the teacher keeps a detailed record
of the student's performance).
What are Graphophonemic Errors? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓These
errors are related to the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as
reading feather or father. The words sounds alike, but feather wouldn't
make sense in a sentence where the correct word is father. A child who
repeatedly makes graphophonemic errors is either a) reading word by
word and depending too much on phonics to decode each word b)
reading a passage that is too difficult, or they are not using the meaning
of the sentences and paragraphs to decode words (contextual clues).
What are Semantic Errors? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Semantic Errors
are meaning-related errors, such as reading dad for father. The student
has relied too much on the semantic cueing system - and hasn't used
graphophonemic clues. A child who repeatedly makes semantic errors
, understands what the are reading but needs to be taught to use phonics
skills to be sure that every word read makes sense from a
graphophonemic sense.
What are common strategies for struggling readers and students with
learning disabilities? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. re-teach what is not
mastered. Use visual, kinesthetic, and tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples
What are common strategies meeting the needs for EL and Speakers of
Non-standard English? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Take advantage of
transfer of relevant skills and knowledge from the first language
a) English/Spanish cognates: active/activo,
artist/artista, color/color
2. Teach vocabulary with concrete items, pictures, charts and diagrams
3. Modeling
What are common strategies for meeting the needs of Advanced
Learners? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Increase the pace and
complexity of instruction
2. Extend the depth (same topic) and breadth (additional topics) of
instruction
3. Build on and extending current skills
What are the English-Language Arts Content Standards for California
Public Schools K-12? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓These standards state
what every child should know and be able to do at each grade level. All
textbooks purchased with money from the state of CA are aligned with
Complete Solutions – Phonemic
Awareness & Reading Assessment
Strategies.
What are the 3 primary purposes of reading assessment? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓1. Entry Level Assessments - they are implemented prior
to instruction to determine which students have already mastered the
skills that are going to be taught and which posess the prerequisite
skills and knowledge.
2. Monitoring of Progress Assessments - during the instructional unit,
tell which students are making adequate progress toward the standard.
3. Summative Assessments - determines which students have achieved
the target standard, some measure student achievement of a single
standard, where as others, often given quarterly, midyear and at the
end of the year, measure many standards.
What are some alternative assessments for students with an IEP or
Section 504 plan? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Give Students More
Time
2. Divide the Assessment into smaller units (spread over 2 days).
3. Change the mode of delivery (ask the student to tell, rather than
write).
4. Provide Practice Assessments.
5. Provide A Simpler Version of the Assessment (if the student does not
read at the 5th gtade level, give them something that is at a simpler
level and note that the standard was not met).
,Quality Indicators That Apply to Standardized Assessments
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Reliability
B. Validity
C. How to Interpret the Results of Standardized Tests
What Assessments Are Used to Determine Students' Reading Levels?
~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Informal Reading Inventories (IRI)
2. Word Recognition Lists
3. Graded Reading Passages
What is an Informal Reading Inventory? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓An
IRI us a collection of assessments administered individually to
students. For an IRI, one adult gives the assessments to one student.
The selection of the IRI depends on the students reading level.
What are some types of assessments that are included in an Informal
Reading Inventory (IRI)? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Word
Recognition Lists
2. Graded Reading Passages
3. Reading Interest Survey
4. Assessments Measuring Concepts about Print
5. Phonemic Awareness Assessments
6. Phonics Assessments
7. Assessments of Reading Fluency
8. Structural Analysis Assessments
9. Vocabulary Assessments
10. Spelling Tests
,What is the purpose of a word recognition list? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓They serve 3 purposes:
1. to provide a rough guess of the child's reading level so that whoever is
administering the tests knows where to start on the graded reading
passages.
2. to provide information on the child's "sight" vocabulary, the words the
child can correctly identify
3. provide information about the student's ability to use sound-symbol
relationships (phonics) to decode words. The child's errors will provide a
partial picture of what letters and letter combinations the child knows
and which ones he or she needs to learn.
Which Assessment is the most important part of the IRI? ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓The graded reading passages.
What is a miscue analysis? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Examining a
record of a student's oral reading to identify and classify errors. ( a
student reads aloud a passage and the teacher keeps a detailed record
of the student's performance).
What are Graphophonemic Errors? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓These
errors are related to the sound-symbol relationships for English, such as
reading feather or father. The words sounds alike, but feather wouldn't
make sense in a sentence where the correct word is father. A child who
repeatedly makes graphophonemic errors is either a) reading word by
word and depending too much on phonics to decode each word b)
reading a passage that is too difficult, or they are not using the meaning
of the sentences and paragraphs to decode words (contextual clues).
What are Semantic Errors? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓Semantic Errors
are meaning-related errors, such as reading dad for father. The student
has relied too much on the semantic cueing system - and hasn't used
graphophonemic clues. A child who repeatedly makes semantic errors
, understands what the are reading but needs to be taught to use phonics
skills to be sure that every word read makes sense from a
graphophonemic sense.
What are common strategies for struggling readers and students with
learning disabilities? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. re-teach what is not
mastered. Use visual, kinesthetic, and tactile activities.
2. Teach things in manageable units.
3. Provide concrete examples
What are common strategies meeting the needs for EL and Speakers of
Non-standard English? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Take advantage of
transfer of relevant skills and knowledge from the first language
a) English/Spanish cognates: active/activo,
artist/artista, color/color
2. Teach vocabulary with concrete items, pictures, charts and diagrams
3. Modeling
What are common strategies for meeting the needs of Advanced
Learners? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓1. Increase the pace and
complexity of instruction
2. Extend the depth (same topic) and breadth (additional topics) of
instruction
3. Build on and extending current skills
What are the English-Language Arts Content Standards for California
Public Schools K-12? ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓These standards state
what every child should know and be able to do at each grade level. All
textbooks purchased with money from the state of CA are aligned with
