ALTA CALT Exam 2021 – EXAM STUDY
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Dyslexia and Social Development
May see: a lack of good judgement, the inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
Grade equivalent scores
Not a dependable representation of progress
Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery
a cognitive/ norm referenced test
synthetic instruction
Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them together into words.
analytic instruction
Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into parts. Whole to part approach.
linguistics
Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of language.
% of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education services that have
a deficit in reading
70-80%
According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the strongest indication of a
reading disability
a deficit in phonology
Section 504 and IDEA
,A person who has, has a history of having, or is regarded as having an impairment that
significantly limits one or more of life's major functions receives benefits under
Appropriate education under Section 504 may include
regular classroom, regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related
services
ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC
provide reasonable expectations of student outcomes to parents and students
Recommendations for private students
give parents documentation of the services received from you and discuss gradual transition
into the classroom
Professional Communication
Personal pronouns are unprofessional
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ALTA
Academic Language Therapy Association
ESL
English as a Second Language
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP
Individualized Education Plan
IMSLEC
International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
MSL
Multisensory Structured Language
MSLE
,Multisensory Structured Language Education
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT
Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
WRAT
Wide Range Achievement Test
swing up, stop
i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
push up and over
m,n,v,x,y,z
curve under, over, stop
a, ca, d,g,o,q
curve way up, loop left
b,f,h,k,l,e
grapheme
single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific phonemes or speech sounds
Closed syllable
napkin, button
Open syllable
lilac, tulip
Vowel- consonant e
shake, shine
Vowel pair
bread, nail
Vowel-r
, doctor, dollar
Final Stable
cable, sandle,stle
Inflectional suffixes
when added to a base word change the number, tense, voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
Derivational suffixes are
added to a base word or root and change the part of speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
Doubling rule
one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is being added
Silent e situations
to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of consonant le, added when the word ends in
a final v
norm-referenced test
assessment that measures performance in relation to a norm cohort or group
criterion referenced test
assessment that measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
curriculum-referenced test
assessment that measures knowledge that has been taught
screening
brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of
instruction
progress monitoring
periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific intstruction
diagnostic measure
assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and weakenesses
GUIDE 2026/2027 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT
ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
Dyslexia and Social Development
May see: a lack of good judgement, the inability to stick with a game, erratic emotional behavior
Grade equivalent scores
Not a dependable representation of progress
Woodcock Johnson Psycho-Education Battery
a cognitive/ norm referenced test
synthetic instruction
Teaching phonics by taking sounds and blending them together into words.
analytic instruction
Teaching phonics by taking words and breaking them into parts. Whole to part approach.
linguistics
Study of production, properties, structure, meaning and or use of language.
% of students with specific learning disabilities receiving special education services that have
a deficit in reading
70-80%
According to the National Reading Panel (2000) this represents the strongest indication of a
reading disability
a deficit in phonology
Section 504 and IDEA
,A person who has, has a history of having, or is regarded as having an impairment that
significantly limits one or more of life's major functions receives benefits under
Appropriate education under Section 504 may include
regular classroom, regular classroom with accommodations, or special education and related
services
ALTA Code of Ethics and IMSLEC
provide reasonable expectations of student outcomes to parents and students
Recommendations for private students
give parents documentation of the services received from you and discuss gradual transition
into the classroom
Professional Communication
Personal pronouns are unprofessional
ADHD
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ALTA
Academic Language Therapy Association
ESL
English as a Second Language
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IEP
Individualized Education Plan
IMSLEC
International Multi-sensory Structured Education Council
MSL
Multisensory Structured Language
MSLE
,Multisensory Structured Language Education
NICHD
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
VAKT
Visual-Auditory-Kinesthetic/Tactile
WRAT
Wide Range Achievement Test
swing up, stop
i,t,p,u,w,j,r,s
push up and over
m,n,v,x,y,z
curve under, over, stop
a, ca, d,g,o,q
curve way up, loop left
b,f,h,k,l,e
grapheme
single letters or groups of letter groups that represent specific phonemes or speech sounds
Closed syllable
napkin, button
Open syllable
lilac, tulip
Vowel- consonant e
shake, shine
Vowel pair
bread, nail
Vowel-r
, doctor, dollar
Final Stable
cable, sandle,stle
Inflectional suffixes
when added to a base word change the number, tense, voice, mood, or comparison.
-s, -er (more than), -ed, -est -ing
Derivational suffixes are
added to a base word or root and change the part of speech or the function of the base word.
-less, -ful, -ness, - cian
Doubling rule
one vowel, one consonant, one accent, and a vowel suffix is being added
Silent e situations
to make a vowel long, to make a c or g soft, part of consonant le, added when the word ends in
a final v
norm-referenced test
assessment that measures performance in relation to a norm cohort or group
criterion referenced test
assessment that measures knowledge attained and knowledge yet to be acquired in a domain
curriculum-referenced test
assessment that measures knowledge that has been taught
screening
brief assessment that identifies students who may need additional or alternate forms of
instruction
progress monitoring
periodic assessment that measures progress in response to specific intstruction
diagnostic measure
assessment that provides a detailed analysis of a student's strengths and weakenesses
