STR EXAM TEACHERS OF TOMORROW
2025/2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (UPDATED)
01. According to findings in the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and
Youth which of the following curricular adjustments would most effectively support the literacy
development of English learners with respect to text comprehension? - ANS-integrating comprehensive
oral language instruction with literacy instruction
02. Which of the following actions by elementary school teachers in the early grades would best
demonstrate understanding that decoding and encoding are reciprocal skills that develop synchronously
during the early stages of reading development? - ANS-creating regular opportunities for students to
apply new syllable patterns in their daily writings that have been explicitly taught during phonics
instruction.
03. A teacher would like to help students identify their literacy skills and strengths as part of an assets-
based approach to literacy instruction. Which of the following teacher actions is consistent with this
type of approach? - ANS-Providing students with explicit feedback about what they already know and
are able to do well and helping them use this information to establish realistic yet challenging learning
goals.
04. A school district in Texas has adopted the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model of
instruction in their K-3 literacy program which includes a core reading program (Tier 1) supplemental
instruction (Tier 2) and intensive instruction (Tier 3) Instructional grouping in Tier 2 is restricted to five or
fewer students. This limitation enhances the effectiveness of literacy instruction for the students
primarily by: - ANS-Providing students with increased opportunities to practice developing skills with
teacher feedback.
05. A second-grade student has been identified with dysgraphia but does not have difficulty with
decoding or encoding. Which of the following approaches to instruction would be most effective in
promoting the student's development with respect to the identified area of need? - ANS-Providing the
,student with explicit instruction in letter formation and frequent, short, guided-practice sessions to build
the student's handwriting fluency and automaticity in letter memory and formation.
06. In which line in the table below is the underlined portion of the example word accurately matched to
the phonics term that is used to describe that phonics element?
Line Phonics Term Example word
1 blend they
2 digraph factor
3 diphthong power
4 trigraph scrap - ANS-Line 3
07. Use the information below to answer the two questions that follow. Students in a third-grade class
have been studying ways in which Earth's surface is always changing. As the culminating project
students choose a topic that they would like to learn more about (e.g. volcanic eruptions earthquakes
landslides floods) and establish a research group focused on that topic. The students in each group
generate questions to focus their research read a variety of texts to gather information related to their
questions and engage in focused discussions of the texts based on their questions. The teacher's role is
to support the groups by helping them gather a range of print and digital informational texts related to
their chosen topic modeling norms for equitable discussions and monitoring each group's task progress
to ensure group members stay focused.
In which of the following ways can the teacher best foster the students - ANS-by providing students'
with a rubric with which they can self-evaluate their text analysis
08. Several research groups include students with a diverse range of reading skills. The teacher wants to
differentiate instruction for students in a way that will also strengthen their capacity for reading more
complex text. Which of the following approaches best aligns with research-based best practices to
accomplish this purpose? - ANS-providing a set of texts representing a range of text-complexity levels
and interactive formats, and allowing student to work collaboratively to read the texts.
09. A kindergarten teacher regularly has students write and draw in their journals in response to an
open-ended prompt. During these writing sessions the teacher circulates among students asks them to
read aloud what they have written and documents their performance with anecdotal notes in a teacher
record.
, This type of informal assessment strategy would be most appropriate to use for which of the following
instructional purposes? - ANS-observing individual student's development in various dimensions of
literacy over time.
10. Which of the following writing samples provides evidence that the student is beginning to develop
understanding of the alphabetic principle?
KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
ABCDEF
"Those are letters"
MIA
"I write my name!"
T Lo LE O
"The dog went home" - ANS-KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
11. When planning assessments to measure students' comprehension of literary texts an elementary
school teacher selects a variety of passages from a range of cultures including those that reflect the
diverse cultural experiences of the students. The teacher also considers students' familiarity with
cultural content when evaluating students' responses to texts. The teacher's actions best demonstrate
the importance of taking which of the following factors into consideration when selecting texts for
assessments? - ANS-A reader's cultural background knowledge can be an important factor affecting their
comprehension of a literary text.
12. Which of the following statements identifies a characteristic of criterion-referenced tests that in
general makes them unsuitable for use as a formative assessment of foundational reading skills? - ANS-
While criterion referenced assessment can measure students mastery of target skills, they provide little
information about the extent of students skill development toward mastery.
2025/2026 VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS (UPDATED)
01. According to findings in the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and
Youth which of the following curricular adjustments would most effectively support the literacy
development of English learners with respect to text comprehension? - ANS-integrating comprehensive
oral language instruction with literacy instruction
02. Which of the following actions by elementary school teachers in the early grades would best
demonstrate understanding that decoding and encoding are reciprocal skills that develop synchronously
during the early stages of reading development? - ANS-creating regular opportunities for students to
apply new syllable patterns in their daily writings that have been explicitly taught during phonics
instruction.
03. A teacher would like to help students identify their literacy skills and strengths as part of an assets-
based approach to literacy instruction. Which of the following teacher actions is consistent with this
type of approach? - ANS-Providing students with explicit feedback about what they already know and
are able to do well and helping them use this information to establish realistic yet challenging learning
goals.
04. A school district in Texas has adopted the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) model of
instruction in their K-3 literacy program which includes a core reading program (Tier 1) supplemental
instruction (Tier 2) and intensive instruction (Tier 3) Instructional grouping in Tier 2 is restricted to five or
fewer students. This limitation enhances the effectiveness of literacy instruction for the students
primarily by: - ANS-Providing students with increased opportunities to practice developing skills with
teacher feedback.
05. A second-grade student has been identified with dysgraphia but does not have difficulty with
decoding or encoding. Which of the following approaches to instruction would be most effective in
promoting the student's development with respect to the identified area of need? - ANS-Providing the
,student with explicit instruction in letter formation and frequent, short, guided-practice sessions to build
the student's handwriting fluency and automaticity in letter memory and formation.
06. In which line in the table below is the underlined portion of the example word accurately matched to
the phonics term that is used to describe that phonics element?
Line Phonics Term Example word
1 blend they
2 digraph factor
3 diphthong power
4 trigraph scrap - ANS-Line 3
07. Use the information below to answer the two questions that follow. Students in a third-grade class
have been studying ways in which Earth's surface is always changing. As the culminating project
students choose a topic that they would like to learn more about (e.g. volcanic eruptions earthquakes
landslides floods) and establish a research group focused on that topic. The students in each group
generate questions to focus their research read a variety of texts to gather information related to their
questions and engage in focused discussions of the texts based on their questions. The teacher's role is
to support the groups by helping them gather a range of print and digital informational texts related to
their chosen topic modeling norms for equitable discussions and monitoring each group's task progress
to ensure group members stay focused.
In which of the following ways can the teacher best foster the students - ANS-by providing students'
with a rubric with which they can self-evaluate their text analysis
08. Several research groups include students with a diverse range of reading skills. The teacher wants to
differentiate instruction for students in a way that will also strengthen their capacity for reading more
complex text. Which of the following approaches best aligns with research-based best practices to
accomplish this purpose? - ANS-providing a set of texts representing a range of text-complexity levels
and interactive formats, and allowing student to work collaboratively to read the texts.
09. A kindergarten teacher regularly has students write and draw in their journals in response to an
open-ended prompt. During these writing sessions the teacher circulates among students asks them to
read aloud what they have written and documents their performance with anecdotal notes in a teacher
record.
, This type of informal assessment strategy would be most appropriate to use for which of the following
instructional purposes? - ANS-observing individual student's development in various dimensions of
literacy over time.
10. Which of the following writing samples provides evidence that the student is beginning to develop
understanding of the alphabetic principle?
KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
ABCDEF
"Those are letters"
MIA
"I write my name!"
T Lo LE O
"The dog went home" - ANS-KLD
"Casey loves Dancing"
11. When planning assessments to measure students' comprehension of literary texts an elementary
school teacher selects a variety of passages from a range of cultures including those that reflect the
diverse cultural experiences of the students. The teacher also considers students' familiarity with
cultural content when evaluating students' responses to texts. The teacher's actions best demonstrate
the importance of taking which of the following factors into consideration when selecting texts for
assessments? - ANS-A reader's cultural background knowledge can be an important factor affecting their
comprehension of a literary text.
12. Which of the following statements identifies a characteristic of criterion-referenced tests that in
general makes them unsuitable for use as a formative assessment of foundational reading skills? - ANS-
While criterion referenced assessment can measure students mastery of target skills, they provide little
information about the extent of students skill development toward mastery.
