LETRS Unit 1 Session 1

According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress, what percentage of fourth-grade students have scored “basic” or “below basic” in reading? o a. 33% of students nationally, equally split among white, AfricanAmerican, and Hispanic students o b. 23% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount o c. 50% nationally, with white students making up a disproportionate amount o d. 64% nationally, with African-American and Hispanic students making up a disproportionate amount 2. Which skills are least correlated with reading comprehension in children? o a. spelling and writing o b. oral language skills o c. word-reading accuracy and fluency o d. visual-motor skills and visual-spatial reasoning 3. Which statement most accurately describes how the human brain has evolved to process spoken and written language? o a. Our brains have evolved to process spoken language much more easily than alphabetic writing. o b. Our brains have evolved to process spoken and written language equally well. o c. Our brains process spoken language and pictorial writing equally well, but have not evolved to process alphabetic writing. o d. Our brains process spoken language extremely well, and we process alphabetic writing surprisingly well given that it is a relatively recent achievement. 4. What characteristic makes English a “deep” alphabetic orthography? o a. Its spelling system is entirely phonetic. o b. Its spelling system shares many word roots with other languages. o c. Its spelling system represents meaningful parts (morphemes) as well as sounds. o d. Its spelling patterns have not been completely stable over time. 5. According to the Simple View of Reading model, which is more important to reading comprehension—word recognition or language comprehension? o a. Word recognition is much more important. o b. Language comprehension is much more important. o c. Word recognition is