STR Exam teachers of tomorrow Questions & Answers 2026
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? -
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? - 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? - 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: - 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? - 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 - 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 - 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? - 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? - 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" - 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? - 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? - While criterion referenced assessment can measure students mastery of
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? -
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? - 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? - 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: - 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? - 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 - 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 - 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? - 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? - 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" - 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? - 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? - While criterion referenced assessment can measure students mastery of
