ILTS Study Guide 2026
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📋 ILTS Exam Format at a Glance
📚 ILTS Topics to Study (21)
✍️ Sample ILTS Questions & Answers
1. In grammar instruction, which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
In option C, 'Running quickly' modifies 'the trophy,' which cannot run—the intended subject (the athlete) is absent, creating a dangling modifier.
2. What does 'data-driven school counseling' require counselors to do?
Data-driven counseling requires collecting and analyzing student outcome data to demonstrate program impact and guide continuous improvement.
3. Under the Illinois Teacher Evaluation System, which entity bears primary responsibility for designing the district's evaluation framework?
Illinois law requires a joint teacher-administrator committee to collaboratively develop the evaluation framework.
4. Which five components of reading were identified by the National Reading Panel as essential for effective literacy instruction?
The National Reading Panel identified phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension as the five essential components of reading.
5. Which Illinois Social Studies standard area focuses on civics and government for elementary students?
Illinois Social Studies Standard 14 addresses political systems, including civics and government concepts taught at the elementary level.
6. When foreign currencies are able to purchase more US dollars, which of the following normally happens?
US businesses will export more goods when their goods are less expensive for foreign consumers. US businesses will export fewer goods if US goods are more expensive for foreign consumers. The US currency rate does not always have an impact on the volume of exports made by foreign countries.
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