Ohio Assessments for Educators OAE (Reading) 3

Question 1

A running record shows a student read 95 of 100 words correctly. What is the student's accuracy rate?

Accepted Answer

95%

Answer

Accuracy equals words read correctly divided by total words, or 95/100 = 95%.

Question 2

Which instructional approach best supports English learners in building academic vocabulary?

Accepted Answer

Explicit teaching with visuals and repeated exposure

Answer

ELs benefit from explicit instruction paired with visuals and multiple meaningful exposures.

Question 3

The alphabetic principle refers to a student's understanding that:

Accepted Answer

Letters represent sounds in spoken words

Answer

The alphabetic principle is the concept that letters and letter patterns map to phonemes.

Question 4

A student reads a paragraph then summarizes it in their own words. This monitoring strategy is called:

Accepted Answer

Paraphrasing

Answer

Restating text in one's own words to check understanding is paraphrasing.

Question 5

Which assessment would best identify a student's independent reading level?

Accepted Answer

An informal reading inventory

Answer

An informal reading inventory measures accuracy and comprehension to determine reading levels.

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