CALT Study Guide 2026
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📋 CALT Exam Format at a Glance
📚 CALT Topics to Study (45)
✍️ Sample CALT Questions & Answers
1. Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) probes for written expression typically measure:
CBM writing probes commonly measure Correct Word Sequences (CWS)—pairs of adjacent correctly spelled and grammatically appropriate words—as a sensitive indicator of written language proficiency.
2. Phonemic awareness is best described as:
Phonemic awareness is a specific subskill of phonological awareness focused exclusively on the phoneme in spoken language and does not involve print.
3. A student in ALT is learning to read words with the suffix -tion. This is best categorized as instruction in:
The suffix -tion is a morpheme, so teaching it falls under morphological instruction within the ALT curriculum.
4. When a therapist has a student say the sound /k/, trace the letter 'c' in sand, and look at the letter card simultaneously, which MSL principle is being demonstrated?
This technique is the essence of the multisensory principle. It involves engaging the auditory (saying the sound), kinesthetic-tactile (tracing in sand), and visual (seeing the letter) pathways at the same time to create strong, redundant neural pathways for learning.
5. Which of the following syllable types is defined as a syllable with a short vowel sound spelled with a single vowel letter followed by one or more consonants?
A closed syllable ends in one or more consonants that 'close in' the vowel, producing a short vowel sound (e.g., 'cat,' 'nap,' 'script').
6. During decodable text reading, a CALT corrects a student's oral reading error immediately. This practice aligns with which principle of structured literacy?
Immediate error correction in structured literacy prevents incorrect responses from being practiced and entrenched, a core diagnostic-prescriptive teaching principle.