CTEL CTEL Assessment and Instruction 3

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of formative assessment?

Accepted Answer

A teacher circulates during partner talk to note language patterns for reteaching

Answer

Formative assessment is ongoing, embedded in instruction, and used to adjust teaching in real time.

Question 2

A long-term English learner (LTEL) in 8th grade reads at grade level in Spanish but struggles with academic English writing. The MOST appropriate first instructional step is to:

Accepted Answer

Build on the student's Spanish literacy as a bridge to academic English writing structures

Answer

Cross-linguistic transfer allows students to leverage strong L1 literacy skills to accelerate academic writing development in English.

Question 3

Which questioning strategy is MOST effective for promoting higher-order thinking in EL students at the Expanding proficiency level?

Accepted Answer

Open-ended analytical questions with sentence frames to scaffold responses

Answer

Sentence frames reduce linguistic anxiety while still requiring students to construct analytical responses at higher cognitive levels.

Question 4

The difference between BICS and CALP is MOST relevant when:

Accepted Answer

Deciding whether a reclassified student is truly ready for academic work without ELD support

Answer

BICS (social fluency) develops faster than CALP (academic language), so a reclassified student may seem proficient socially but still need academic language support.

Question 5

A teacher uses sentence starters such as 'I agree with ___ because ___' during a discussion. This strategy primarily supports:

Accepted Answer

Structured oral academic discourse for ELs at multiple proficiency levels

Answer

Sentence starters scaffold academic discussion by providing the syntactic frame ELs need to participate in content-area discourse.

CTEL Exam Practice Test

CTEL Exam Practice Test

CTEL CTEL Assessment and Instruction 3