Ohio Assessments for Educators OAE (Reading) 2

Question 1

A student can decode words accurately but reads slowly and word-by-word with little expression. Which reading component most needs support?

Accepted Answer

Fluency

Answer

Slow, word-by-word reading with poor prosody despite accurate decoding indicates a fluency deficit.

Question 2

Which activity best develops phonemic awareness in a kindergarten student?

Accepted Answer

Segmenting the spoken word 'cat' into /k/ /a/ /t/

Answer

Phonemic awareness is the oral ability to isolate and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.

Question 3

A teacher wants to assess a student's ability to determine word meaning from surrounding text. This is a measure of what skill?

Accepted Answer

Using context clues

Answer

Deriving meaning from surrounding words and sentences is the use of context clues.

Question 4

Which of the following is the best example of an inferential comprehension question?

Accepted Answer

Why do you think the character slammed the door?

Answer

Inferential questions require readers to draw conclusions beyond what is stated explicitly.

Question 5

The morpheme 'un-' in 'unhappy' is best described as a:

Accepted Answer

Prefix that changes meaning

Answer

'Un-' is a prefix meaning 'not,' which alters the meaning of the base word.

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