CALT Formal and Informal Assessment for Dyslexia 2

Question 1

Which standardized assessment is commonly used to evaluate phonological processing in students suspected of having dyslexia?

Accepted Answer

Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing (CTOPP-2)

Answer

Running records

Answer

Informal reading inventory

Answer

Teacher rating scale

Question 2

Curriculum-based measurement in reading primarily tracks:

Accepted Answer

A student's rate and accuracy on grade-level reading probes over time

Answer

A student's IQ growth over time

Answer

The number of books a student reads per month

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A student's performance on state standardized tests

Question 3

A CALT notices that a student's reading fluency score is significantly below average but their listening comprehension is age-appropriate. This pattern most suggests:

Accepted Answer

A specific word-level reading deficit consistent with dyslexia

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Intellectual disability

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A language comprehension disorder

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A hearing impairment

Question 4

An informal reading inventory can help a CALT determine a student's:

Accepted Answer

Independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels

Answer

IQ score

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Neurological processing speed

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Phonological awareness standard score

Question 5

When a CALT conducts a phoneme segmentation assessment, they are measuring the student's ability to:

Accepted Answer

Break spoken words into their individual sounds

Answer

Name letters of the alphabet

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Read nonsense words aloud

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Identify rhyming word families

Question 6

Rapid Automatized Naming tasks measure a student's ability to:

Accepted Answer

Quickly name a series of familiar visual symbols such as letters, numbers, colors, or objects

Answer

Read a list of nonsense words quickly

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Spell words rapidly from dictation

Answer

Complete arithmetic problems under timed conditions