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ILTS 207 (Reading Specialist) – 100+ Verified Questions on Comprehension, Fluency, Assessment & Writing

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This document offers over 100 expertly verified questions and correct answers tailored to the ILTS 207 Reading Specialist exam for the 2025/2026 academic year. Structured in a concise Q&A format and graded A+, it is an essential resource for educators preparing for Reading Specialist licensure under the Illinois Licensure Testing System (ILTS). The content comprehensively addresses the ILTS 207 exam framework, with emphasis on: – Reading Development: phonemes, morphemes, fluency, automaticity, and prosody – Vocabulary & Semantics: domain-specific vocabulary, morphology, derivations, Tier 1/2/3 vocabulary – Comprehension Strategies: DR-TA, Reciprocal Teaching, Think-Aloud Modeling, Inferencing, Cloze Procedure – Assessment Types: formative, summative, authentic, diagnostic, running records, informal reading inventories – Fluency Tools: echo reading, multidimensional fluency scales, guided oral reading, recorded reading – Writing and Literary Forms: personal essays, narrative poetry, anaphora, editorials, recursive drafting – Instructional Practices: scaffolding, differentiation, curriculum compacting, oral language scaffolds – Speaking & Listening: impromptu vs. memorized speech, hot seat activity, PSA creation, panel discussion This document is most useful for: – Licensed educators aiming to add a Reading Specialist endorsement – Graduate students in reading and literacy education programs – Teachers transitioning to literacy leadership or intervention roles – Curriculum developers and literacy coaches designing prep tools – Faculty preparing pre-service teachers for state licensure assessments Its deep integration of theoretical frameworks (like Bruner’s scaffolding, schema theory, and fluency measures) ensures candidates gain not just test readiness, but also practical instructional insight. With coverage of both foundational knowledge and advanced pedagogical strategies, this resource supports success on the exam and beyond. Keywords: ILTS 207, reading specialist, Illinois teacher licensure, phonemic awareness, fluency strategies, reading comprehension, formative assessment, reciprocal teaching, academic vocabulary, differentiated instruction, running records, diagnostic assessment, reading fluency, literacy instruction

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Semantic web - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Visual representation of the relationships

among words related to the text's subjects. This in turn enhances student's

understanding of the word's nuances of meaning.


Domain specific vocabulary - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Language or word choice that

is directly related to the class for which you are writing. For example, if you

are writing a literary analysis essay for English, words like "theme,"

"symbolism," and "juxtaposition" would be great examples. In science,

however, those words would not be as relevant- instead, you might use

words like "scientific method" and "molecular."

,Infer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Using observation and background to reach a logical

conclusion. You probably practice this every day. For example, if you see

someone eating a new food and he or she makes a face, then you ____ he

does not like it


Motivation in reading - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Directly related to student's desire to

read for the purpose of either entertainment or education. A key factor in

connecting students to fiction is the presence of characters that are

relevant to student's personal experience.


Book study - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An in depth talk about a book conducted by a

teacher. Similar to a book talk.


Conversational turn-taking - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A a type of organization in

conversation and discourse where participants speak one at a time in

alternating turns. In practice, it involves processes for constructing

contributions, responding to previous comments, and transitioning to a

different speaker, using a variety of linguistic and non-linguistic cues.


Phonemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔sounds of language


Morphemes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔words and meaningful parts of words


Semantics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Meaning in language.

, Syntax - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sentence structure in language.


Pragmatics - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔How language works in a social context


DR-TA - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A teacher led model in which students are guided

in asking questions and making predictions about a text.


Contextual analysis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An analysis of a text (in whatever

medium, including multi-media) that helps us to assess that text as it

connects to its historical and cultural setting, but also in terms of its

textuality - or the qualities that characterize the text as a text.


Idiomatic expressions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An expression in the usage of a

language that is peculiar to itself either grammatically (such as no, it wasn't

me) or in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined

meanings of its elements (such as ride herd on for "supervise")


Three Part Model - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1 Qualitative Measures


The qualitative measures of text complexity requires an informed judgment

on the difficulty of the text by considering a range of factors. The Standards

use purpose or levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and

clarity, as well as the knowledge demands as measures of text difficulty.



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