RVE Practice Test QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is the best reason for using flexible grouping in the reading classroom?
A) Flexible grouping allows teachers to tailor instruction to address students' changing needs
B) Flexible grouping ensures opportunities for students to have discussions around a common
text with peers
C) Flexible grouping allows students to get comfortable working with the same group of peers
throughout the school year
D) Flexible grouping provides time for students to progress through a set of materials - correct
answer ✔✔A
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a norm-referenced test?
A) Interpreting a student's performance using set criteria
B) Measuring how well a student has learned content-specific knowledge and skills
C) Indicating where a student performs in comparison to a group of similar students
D) Evaluating a student's performance compared to a standard - correct answer ✔✔C
,A student at the conventional stage of writing development will primarily write
A) A combination of letters, symbols, and shapes in random order
B) Words that are often correctly spelled and include storybook language such as "Once upon a
time"
C) Sentences without including spacing between words or awareness of punctuation marks
D) Words represented by only the initial and ending consonant - correct answer ✔✔B
A second-grade teacher uses an assessment tool for coding, scoring, and analyzing a student's
oral reading behavior. Which of the following best describes the technique?
A) Shared Reading
B) Reader's conference
C) Process Interview
D) Running Record - correct answer ✔✔D
After administering a phonemic awareness test, which of the following is the most appropriate
next step a teacher would take with students who scored low on the assessment?
A) Teaching blending and segmenting sounds
,B) Developing phonics and decoding strategies
C) Building word recognition skills
D) Developing fluency and stamina - correct answer ✔✔A
A teacher reads a series of graded passages to a student to assess the skill of creating meaning
from written language when decoding is not a factor. Which of the following identifies the
highest level at which the student can comprehend 75 percent of the material?
A) Expressive Language Level
B) Listening Capacity
C) Linguistic Processing Capacity
D) Instructional Level - correct answer ✔✔B
Ms. Osborn teaches a variety of reading strategies to help her students become strategic
readers. The strategies include predicting, previewing, monitoring comprehension while
reading, generating questions, and summarizing. Which of the following most likely explains Ms.
Osborn's purpose in teaching the strategies?
A) Research has shown that reading comprehension improves when teachers provide explicit
instruction
B) The school district mandates that students receive instruction in reading comprehension
strategies
, C) Research has shown that only these strategies are effective
D) The school literacy coach has given workshops in the use of the strategies - correct answer
✔✔A
Standardized, norm-referenced, reading assessments
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Ineffective
Informal Reading Inventories
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Effective
Formative Reading Assessments
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Effective
A fourth-grade teacher is developing a writing assignment, the goal of which is to help students
persuade readers to agree with an opinion. Which of the following writing prompts is most
appropriate for this assignment?
A) Describe your favorite TV show
B) Write a new episode of your favorite TV show
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which of the following is the best reason for using flexible grouping in the reading classroom?
A) Flexible grouping allows teachers to tailor instruction to address students' changing needs
B) Flexible grouping ensures opportunities for students to have discussions around a common
text with peers
C) Flexible grouping allows students to get comfortable working with the same group of peers
throughout the school year
D) Flexible grouping provides time for students to progress through a set of materials - correct
answer ✔✔A
Which of the following is the primary purpose of a norm-referenced test?
A) Interpreting a student's performance using set criteria
B) Measuring how well a student has learned content-specific knowledge and skills
C) Indicating where a student performs in comparison to a group of similar students
D) Evaluating a student's performance compared to a standard - correct answer ✔✔C
,A student at the conventional stage of writing development will primarily write
A) A combination of letters, symbols, and shapes in random order
B) Words that are often correctly spelled and include storybook language such as "Once upon a
time"
C) Sentences without including spacing between words or awareness of punctuation marks
D) Words represented by only the initial and ending consonant - correct answer ✔✔B
A second-grade teacher uses an assessment tool for coding, scoring, and analyzing a student's
oral reading behavior. Which of the following best describes the technique?
A) Shared Reading
B) Reader's conference
C) Process Interview
D) Running Record - correct answer ✔✔D
After administering a phonemic awareness test, which of the following is the most appropriate
next step a teacher would take with students who scored low on the assessment?
A) Teaching blending and segmenting sounds
,B) Developing phonics and decoding strategies
C) Building word recognition skills
D) Developing fluency and stamina - correct answer ✔✔A
A teacher reads a series of graded passages to a student to assess the skill of creating meaning
from written language when decoding is not a factor. Which of the following identifies the
highest level at which the student can comprehend 75 percent of the material?
A) Expressive Language Level
B) Listening Capacity
C) Linguistic Processing Capacity
D) Instructional Level - correct answer ✔✔B
Ms. Osborn teaches a variety of reading strategies to help her students become strategic
readers. The strategies include predicting, previewing, monitoring comprehension while
reading, generating questions, and summarizing. Which of the following most likely explains Ms.
Osborn's purpose in teaching the strategies?
A) Research has shown that reading comprehension improves when teachers provide explicit
instruction
B) The school district mandates that students receive instruction in reading comprehension
strategies
, C) Research has shown that only these strategies are effective
D) The school literacy coach has given workshops in the use of the strategies - correct answer
✔✔A
Standardized, norm-referenced, reading assessments
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Ineffective
Informal Reading Inventories
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Effective
Formative Reading Assessments
Effective or ineffective in diagnosing the reading needs of individual students? - correct answer
✔✔Effective
A fourth-grade teacher is developing a writing assignment, the goal of which is to help students
persuade readers to agree with an opinion. Which of the following writing prompts is most
appropriate for this assignment?
A) Describe your favorite TV show
B) Write a new episode of your favorite TV show
