MTEL Assessment and Instructional Strategies 2

Question 1

A first-grade teacher uses DIBELS Oral Reading Fluency (DORF) probes three times per year to monitor all students. This BEST represents which type of assessment?

Accepted Answer

Universal screening / benchmark assessment

Answer

Administering brief, standardized probes to all students at regular intervals to identify those at risk is the defining feature of universal screening or benchmark assessment.

Question 2

Which instructional approach is MOST supported by research for teaching students with dyslexia to read?

Accepted Answer

Structured literacy instruction using explicit, systematic, and sequential phonics

Answer

Structured literacy, characterized by explicit and systematic instruction in phonology, phonics, morphology, and language structure, has the strongest evidence base for students with dyslexia.

Question 3

A teacher calculates that a student's oral reading accuracy on a grade-level passage is 88%. According to standard IRI criteria, this passage is at the student's:

Accepted Answer

Frustration reading level

Answer

An accuracy rate below 90% on a graded passage typically indicates the frustration level, where the text is too difficult for the student to read productively even with support.

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of explicit reading instruction?

Accepted Answer

Directly explaining a decoding strategy, modeling it, and guiding practice before releasing students to apply it independently

Answer

Explicit instruction involves directly stating the skill or strategy, modeling it clearly, guiding student practice, and then moving toward independent application — an I Do, We Do, You Do structure.

Question 5

Progress monitoring in a Tier 2 reading intervention PRIMARILY serves to:

Accepted Answer

Determine whether the intervention is effective and whether adjustments are needed

Answer

Progress monitoring in Tier 2 tracks whether students are responding to the intervention at sufficient rate, guiding decisions about continuing, intensifying, or changing the approach.

MTEL - Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

MTEL - Foundations of Reading Exam Practice Test

MTEL Assessment and Instructional Strategies 2