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LETRS Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling — VIP Practice Exam
LETRS — LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is a professional development program developed by Louisa Moats and Carol Tolman, published by Voyager Sopris Learning. There is no single standardized licensing exam; teachers complete eight units across two volumes and receive a certificate of completion. Unit assessments cover the science of reading across phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, writing, and assessment. This practice exam mirrors the depth, style, and content emphasis of those unit assessments at VIP difficulty.
30
Questions
90m
Time Limit
80.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
The Simple View of Reading, originally proposed by Gough and Tunmer (1986), is expressed as the formula RC = D × LC. A third-grade student scores at the 70th percentile on a decoding assessment but at the 15th percentile on a listening comprehension measure. Based strictly on the Simple View, which profile best describes this student, and what is the most direct instructional implication? A) The student is a poor decoder with adequate language comprehension — explicit phonics instruction is the priority. B) The student has adequate decoding but weak language comprehension — vocabulary and background knowledge instruction is the priority. C) The student is weak in both components — simultaneous intervention in phonics and comprehension is required. D) The Simple View cannot be applied here because decoding and language comprehension scores must both be below the 25th percentile to be clinically meaningful.
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