TExES Science of Teaching Reading (STR) –
Quiz UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
A 2nd grade teacher expects students to consistently read at home and also asks that they spend
time reading aloud to an adult or older sibling. Which of the following is a skill the teacher hopes
the students will further develop due directly to reading out loud?
A) Ready fluency
B) Confidence to read aloud in class
C) Increase vocabulary
D) Reading comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - A) Ready fluency
A 2nd grade teacher responds to a parent who has reached out for reading guidance for their
child. She has noticed that the child frequently rereads books that he has read before and she asks
the teacher for help finding new books that he would find interesting. The teacher agrees to help
the child find new books, but suggests the parent allow him to spend some of his time rereading
old favorites. This suggestion best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which concept related
to reading development?
A) Students will only improve fluency if they are intrinsically motivated.
B) Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
C) The importance of not interfering with student choice during independent reading time.
D) More time spent reading improves reading fluency. - CORRECT ANSWER - B)
Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
A 2nd grade teacher is reassessing her classroom routines and practices to ensure that she is
dedicating enough time to activities that will help build reading fluency in her students. Which of
the following activities is not supporting her goal of improving student reading fluency?
A) Helping students choose books that are on their independent reading level.
,B) Scheduling independent silent reading and periodically increasing the length of time.
C) Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
D) Read-aloud books that the student has previously read. - CORRECT ANSWER - C)
Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
A 3rd grade teacher assesses her students' fluency by listening to them read aloud. While they
read aloud, she counts the number of errors they make, uses a timer to determine how long it
takes for them to read a set number of words, and evaluates the flow and expression in their
reading. The third consideration, evaluating the flow of the reading, is more subjective than the
other two factors. What is the term used to describe a student's flow and expression while
reading aloud?
A) Prosody
B) Oral fluency
C) Accuracy
D) Automaticity - CORRECT ANSWER - A) Prosody
A 3rd grade teacher is planning an activity where students are given 60 seconds to read a text,
marking how far they were able to read in that time. The teacher then asks them to repeat their
reading, attempting to make it further in the text. Which of the following readers would most
benefit from this fluency activity?
A) A fluent reader working on speed
B) A non-automatic reader working on word identification
C) A fluent reader working on prosody
D) A non-automatic reader working on sight word skills - CORRECT ANSWER - A) A
fluent reader working on speed
Students who read below grade level and are working to improve their fluency should:
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
,A) read books above their current reading level.
B) read books at their current independent reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
D) reread books that they have already enjoyed. - CORRECT ANSWER - B) read books at
their current independent reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
D) reread books that they have already enjoyed.
A 2nd grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their environments.
She seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice questions on the topic.
That afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students missed a majority of the
comprehension questions. Which of the following statements best describes why students were
unsuccessful on the assignment?
A) The students had not achieved mastery in the following areas: reading rate, prosody, or word
accuracy.
B) The students were not able to decode words featuring a CVC pattern and require additional
phonics instruction in this area.
C) The students are largely uninterested in the topic and would rather reader an article about
something else.
D) The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts
discussed in the article. - CORRECT ANSWER - D) The students were likely unfamiliar
with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts discussed in the article.
Which of the following would NOT be considered when determining whether a student is a
fluent reader?
A) The student's ability to read the words accurately when reading aloud
B) The student's ability to infer unfamiliar word meanings
C) How quickly the students reads
D) The student's ability to read with expression - CORRECT ANSWER - B) The student's
ability to infer unfamiliar word meanings
, Which of the following is an important component of choral reading?
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
A) Participating in a whole-class discussion after reading
B) Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
D) Making confusing words while listening to the text - CORRECT ANSWER - B)
Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
Which of the following statements describes the purpose of having a student repeatedly read
aloud?
A) To remove any regional accents
B) To increase the student's fluency and reading rate
C) To model proper public speaking
D) To assist with memorization of vocabulary words - CORRECT ANSWER - B) To
increase the student's fluency and reading rate
A 3rd grade teacher notices that two students are both automatic readers and share the same
reading rate and comprehension level. She would like to assign them an activity that will help
improve their individual reading rates without compromising comprehension. Which of the
described activities would be best suited for this purpose?
A) A shared reading activity in which both students silently read the same text independently,
pausing along the text.
B) An echo reading activity in which one student reads a section of text out loud and the other
student repeats back what was read, alternating until the end of the text.
C) A choral reading activity in which the students read the same text at the same time out loud to
attempt to match each other's rate, prosody, and fluency exactly.
Quiz UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
A 2nd grade teacher expects students to consistently read at home and also asks that they spend
time reading aloud to an adult or older sibling. Which of the following is a skill the teacher hopes
the students will further develop due directly to reading out loud?
A) Ready fluency
B) Confidence to read aloud in class
C) Increase vocabulary
D) Reading comprehension - CORRECT ANSWER - A) Ready fluency
A 2nd grade teacher responds to a parent who has reached out for reading guidance for their
child. She has noticed that the child frequently rereads books that he has read before and she asks
the teacher for help finding new books that he would find interesting. The teacher agrees to help
the child find new books, but suggests the parent allow him to spend some of his time rereading
old favorites. This suggestion best demonstrates the teacher's awareness of which concept related
to reading development?
A) Students will only improve fluency if they are intrinsically motivated.
B) Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
C) The importance of not interfering with student choice during independent reading time.
D) More time spent reading improves reading fluency. - CORRECT ANSWER - B)
Rereading familiar texts supports fluency development.
A 2nd grade teacher is reassessing her classroom routines and practices to ensure that she is
dedicating enough time to activities that will help build reading fluency in her students. Which of
the following activities is not supporting her goal of improving student reading fluency?
A) Helping students choose books that are on their independent reading level.
,B) Scheduling independent silent reading and periodically increasing the length of time.
C) Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
D) Read-aloud books that the student has previously read. - CORRECT ANSWER - C)
Asking students to summarize the stories they read in class either verbally or in writing.
A 3rd grade teacher assesses her students' fluency by listening to them read aloud. While they
read aloud, she counts the number of errors they make, uses a timer to determine how long it
takes for them to read a set number of words, and evaluates the flow and expression in their
reading. The third consideration, evaluating the flow of the reading, is more subjective than the
other two factors. What is the term used to describe a student's flow and expression while
reading aloud?
A) Prosody
B) Oral fluency
C) Accuracy
D) Automaticity - CORRECT ANSWER - A) Prosody
A 3rd grade teacher is planning an activity where students are given 60 seconds to read a text,
marking how far they were able to read in that time. The teacher then asks them to repeat their
reading, attempting to make it further in the text. Which of the following readers would most
benefit from this fluency activity?
A) A fluent reader working on speed
B) A non-automatic reader working on word identification
C) A fluent reader working on prosody
D) A non-automatic reader working on sight word skills - CORRECT ANSWER - A) A
fluent reader working on speed
Students who read below grade level and are working to improve their fluency should:
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
,A) read books above their current reading level.
B) read books at their current independent reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
D) reread books that they have already enjoyed. - CORRECT ANSWER - B) read books at
their current independent reading level.
C) practice reading aloud.
D) reread books that they have already enjoyed.
A 2nd grade teacher is starting a new science unit on living organisms and their environments.
She seats students in pairs and assigns them an article and multiple-choice questions on the topic.
That afternoon, she checks their work and notices most students missed a majority of the
comprehension questions. Which of the following statements best describes why students were
unsuccessful on the assignment?
A) The students had not achieved mastery in the following areas: reading rate, prosody, or word
accuracy.
B) The students were not able to decode words featuring a CVC pattern and require additional
phonics instruction in this area.
C) The students are largely uninterested in the topic and would rather reader an article about
something else.
D) The students were likely unfamiliar with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts
discussed in the article. - CORRECT ANSWER - D) The students were likely unfamiliar
with the tier-three vocabulary words and concepts discussed in the article.
Which of the following would NOT be considered when determining whether a student is a
fluent reader?
A) The student's ability to read the words accurately when reading aloud
B) The student's ability to infer unfamiliar word meanings
C) How quickly the students reads
D) The student's ability to read with expression - CORRECT ANSWER - B) The student's
ability to infer unfamiliar word meanings
, Which of the following is an important component of choral reading?
SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
A) Participating in a whole-class discussion after reading
B) Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
D) Making confusing words while listening to the text - CORRECT ANSWER - B)
Reading aloud
C) Hearing the teacher model oral reading
Which of the following statements describes the purpose of having a student repeatedly read
aloud?
A) To remove any regional accents
B) To increase the student's fluency and reading rate
C) To model proper public speaking
D) To assist with memorization of vocabulary words - CORRECT ANSWER - B) To
increase the student's fluency and reading rate
A 3rd grade teacher notices that two students are both automatic readers and share the same
reading rate and comprehension level. She would like to assign them an activity that will help
improve their individual reading rates without compromising comprehension. Which of the
described activities would be best suited for this purpose?
A) A shared reading activity in which both students silently read the same text independently,
pausing along the text.
B) An echo reading activity in which one student reads a section of text out loud and the other
student repeats back what was read, alternating until the end of the text.
C) A choral reading activity in which the students read the same text at the same time out loud to
attempt to match each other's rate, prosody, and fluency exactly.
