ILTS Literacy Content Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Reading research conducted using scientific-based research methods has identified
which of the following areas as one fo the five essential components of an effective
reading instruction program?
a. vocabulary development
b. letter formation
c. oral language development
d. spelling skills - Answer -a. vocabulary development
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,The sentences below are from an elementary student's creative writing piece. The
student's spelling in this excerpt is representative of the student's overall spelling
performance?
The children new they wood get in truble. The lessons were easy for them to learn.
The student's spelling is most characteristic of students in which stage of spelling
development?
a. semiphonetic stage
b. phonetic stage
c. transitional stage
d. morphophonemic stage - Answer -c. transitional stage
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,Which of the following actions by an elementary teacher best demonstrates an
awareness of the interconnection among literacy skills across the curriculum?
a. Giving students time for rereading their content-area textbooks and discussing
the material with their classmates
b. Setting aside a weekly time slot for students to visit the school library and check
out content-area texts the teacher has put on hold for them
c. Providing students with opportunities to read and write about fiction and
nonfiction texts related to concepts they are studying in content-area lessons
d. Obtaining multiple copies of each content-related classroom library book so that
more students have access to grade-level informational texts - Answer -d.
Obtaining multiple copies of each content-related classroom library book so that
more students have access to grade-level informational texts
An entering-level ELL has acquired grade-level literacy skills in the home
language. Which of the following features of the home language would be most
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, likely to support the transfer of basic literacy skills from the student's home
language to English?
a. The home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English
b. The vocabulary of the home language shares some cognates with English
c. The home language includes several phonemes found in English
d. The syntax of the home language is similar to that of English - Answer -a. The
home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English
Several fourth-grade students have accurate decoding skills but need work on
building automaticity and improving reading rates. The teacher would like the
students to read a wide range of texts to strengthen these fluency skills. Which of
the following text types would be most appropriate for the teacher to provide for
the students for this purpose?
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Questions and Answers
Reading research conducted using scientific-based research methods has identified
which of the following areas as one fo the five essential components of an effective
reading instruction program?
a. vocabulary development
b. letter formation
c. oral language development
d. spelling skills - Answer -a. vocabulary development
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,The sentences below are from an elementary student's creative writing piece. The
student's spelling in this excerpt is representative of the student's overall spelling
performance?
The children new they wood get in truble. The lessons were easy for them to learn.
The student's spelling is most characteristic of students in which stage of spelling
development?
a. semiphonetic stage
b. phonetic stage
c. transitional stage
d. morphophonemic stage - Answer -c. transitional stage
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,Which of the following actions by an elementary teacher best demonstrates an
awareness of the interconnection among literacy skills across the curriculum?
a. Giving students time for rereading their content-area textbooks and discussing
the material with their classmates
b. Setting aside a weekly time slot for students to visit the school library and check
out content-area texts the teacher has put on hold for them
c. Providing students with opportunities to read and write about fiction and
nonfiction texts related to concepts they are studying in content-area lessons
d. Obtaining multiple copies of each content-related classroom library book so that
more students have access to grade-level informational texts - Answer -d.
Obtaining multiple copies of each content-related classroom library book so that
more students have access to grade-level informational texts
An entering-level ELL has acquired grade-level literacy skills in the home
language. Which of the following features of the home language would be most
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, likely to support the transfer of basic literacy skills from the student's home
language to English?
a. The home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English
b. The vocabulary of the home language shares some cognates with English
c. The home language includes several phonemes found in English
d. The syntax of the home language is similar to that of English - Answer -a. The
home language's writing system is alphabetic as is English
Several fourth-grade students have accurate decoding skills but need work on
building automaticity and improving reading rates. The teacher would like the
students to read a wide range of texts to strengthen these fluency skills. Which of
the following text types would be most appropriate for the teacher to provide for
the students for this purpose?
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